HONOLULU (May 29, 2025)-Congratulations to Rio Kwon, Reyn Ono, and Keola Whittaker who have been selected as fellows for the 17th Annual Leadership Institute of the Hawaii State Bar Association (HSBA).
The HSBA Leadership Institute is an eight-month program designed to identify and develop leaders in various sectors of Hawai‘i’s legal community. The selection process is competitive, only 15 individuals are selected for each class based on resume submissions and responses to the program application.
Rio is a member of Cades Schutte’s Finance and Real Estate Group and focuses his practice on commercial and residential real estate transactions, commercial real estate finance, leasing, and project development.
Reyn is a member of Cades Schutte’s Finance and Real Estate Group and focuses his practice on public utilities, water resources, energy, banking and finance, real estate, and construction.
Keola is a member of Cades Schutte’s Finance and Real Estate Group and focuses his practice on complex entitlement processes and has over fifteen years of transactional and litigation experience.
About Cades Schutte LLP
Cades Schutte is a full-service law firm with around 80 attorneys, providing superior service in over 40 practice and industry areas from our main office in Honolulu and offices in Kahului, Kona, Līhu‘e, and Waimea. Since the founding of our firm in 1922, Cades Schutte attorneys have been called on to serve as counsel in some of the most notable cases and transactions in the State of Hawai‘i.
Cades Schutte offers a wide range of corporate and personal legal services with an emphasis on business counseling. The firm is proud to serve local, national, and international clients, and regularly handles estate planning, tax, real estate, finance, and civil litigation matters.
Cades Schutte is organized into four departments—Finance, Real Estate, and Corporate; Litigation; Tax; and Trusts and Estates—but departmental lines are fluid. Cades Schutte attorneys from different departments routinely collaborate on projects to benefit the firm’s clients. This approach provides a full array of the firm’s expertise and experience.
The firm has adopted a democratic style of management in which the strategic direction and vision for the firm are developed by its partners, and headed by its Management Committee.
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