Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert serves the Hawaii business community with the connections and capabilities of an international practice, holding the highest standards for business law and commercial litigation. We are the sole Hawaii firm that is part of the Meritas network of more than 170 independent law firms in at least 60 countries.
The ethnic and cultural diversity of our founders continues, reflected by our ability to offer client services in Japanese, Korean, French, Arabic, Mandarin, and Dutch in addition to English. Our attorneys temper intelligence and determination with wisdom conferred by a healthy sense of humor, a variety of experiences and a worldview that includes devotion to community and friends.
Since our beginning nearly 50 years ago, we have remained first and foremost creative, cost-effective problem solvers.
Our practice groups include Bankruptcy & Creditor’s Rights, Business & Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution, Estate Planning, Immigration & Naturalization, Insurance and Real Estate & Construction.
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News Briefs
Land Use Cases of Interest
September 2011Here‘s a list of land use and related cases that are worth following, or that have been decided in the last year.
Read moreDavid McCauley Reports: Plenty of H-1B Visas Available
September 2011David McCauley—one of Hawaii’s “Superlawyers” in Immigration Law and head of the firm’s Immigration and Naturalization group reports “Plenty of H-1B Visas Available.”
Read moreRobert Thomas to Speak on Government Ethics at ABA Meeting
September 2011As part of the Fall Meeting of the ABA’s Section of State & Local Government Law in Tucson, on Thursday, September 22, Robert Thomas will be on a panel discussing the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan, “Conflict of Interest Restrictions After Carrigan: Legislative Voting and the First Amendment.” More information here.
Read moreDamon Key Attorneys Author Chapters in ABA Eminent Domain Book
September 2011Damon Key attorneys contributed three chapters to a book on eminent domain law, recently published by the ABA, Eminent Domain - A Handbook of Condemnation Law (available for order here). Robert H. Thomas authored chapters on “Prelitigation Process,” and “Flooding & Erosion,” and Mark M. Murakami and Christi-Anne H. Kudo Chock co-authored the chapter “Damages Resulting from a Taking: An Overview.”
Read morePublications
New Article: Local Govt and the First Amendment at the Supreme Court: Legislative Voting as “Speech”
September 2011
The ABA has published a new article Local Government and the First Amendment at the Supreme Court: Legislative Voting as “Speech” and Union Grievances as “Petitions” by Damon Key attorney Robert Thomas.