HONOLULU (June 9, 2025)-Cades Schutte is honored to be recognized once again as a top-tier law firm in Hawai‘i in the 2025 Chambers and Partners USA Guide. The firm has achieved prestigious Band 1 or 2 rankings in eight practice areas: Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Corporate/Commercial, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Environment, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Real Estate, and Tax.
Market feedback from the 2025 review includes the following quotes:
“They excel in providing efficient and effective solutions and have a comprehensive base of knowledge, offering a one-stop shop for clients.”
“Cades has track record of successfully dealing with the most complex environmental matters, both in terms of litigation and transactional matters.”
“They offer professionalism, knowledge, and expertise with negotiations. They have vast legal manpower – each attorney specializes in a specific area, making them a leader in their respective fields.”
“Cades Schutte’s attorneys are well versed in Hawaii law and practices and bring practical solutions and suggestions, alongside their excellent legal representation.”
“Cades has the deepest knowledge of the local real estate industry and is well versed to handle any type of issue.”
In addition, a record number of 27 Cades Schutte attorneys were ranked this year of which eleven have received a Band 1 ranking:
Trever K. Asam (Band 1) – Tax
Lisa D. Ayabe (Band 3) – Real Estate
David F. E. Banks (Band 1) – Corporate/Commercial; (Band 3) – Labor & Employment
Calvert G. Chipchase (Band 2) – Litigation: General Commercial; (Band 1) Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
John P. Duchemin (Band 3) – Litigation: General Commercial
Roger W. Fonseca (Senior Statespeople) – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Vito Galati (Senior Statespeople) – Tax
C. Michael Heihre (Band 1) – Litigation: General Commercial
Cheryl L.M.T. Itagaki (Band 1) – Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Amanda M. Jones (Band 1) – Labor & Employment
Rick Kiefer (Band 1) – Real Estate
Kelly G. LaPorte (Band 1) – Litigation: General Commercial
Michele S. Loudermilk (Band 3) – Real Estate
John R. Love (Band 2) – Corporate/Commercial: Finance; (Band 2) – Real Estate
Chris S. Mashiba (Band 1) – Tax
Cary S. Matsushige (Senior Statespeople) – Corporate/Commercial: Finance
Lindsay N. McAneeley (Up and Coming) – Environment
Patricia J. McHenry (Senior Statespeople) – Environment
Mark K. Murakami (Band 2) – Real Estate
Trisha L. Nishimoto (Band 3) – Litigation: General Commercial
Nathan T. Okubo (Band 2) – Real Estate
Jeffrey S. Portnoy (Senior Statespeople) – Litigation: General Commercial
Paul M. Saito (Band 3) – Labor & Employment
Justin M. Sugiyama (Band 1) – Corporate/Commercial: Finance
Andrea K. Ushijima (Band 1) – Corporate/Commercial: Finance
Ryan M. Wilson (Band 2) – Tax
Theodore D.C. Young (Band 2) – Bankruptcy/Restructuring
About Chambers and Partners
Chambers and Partners is a world-renowned legal directory that ranks attorneys in their practice areas based on their legal knowledge and experience, effectiveness, and client service, and is based heavily on client feedback and peer reviews.
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.
Contact:
Chelsey Hisamoto
Marketing Coordinator
808.521.9332
communications@cades.com
