Congratulations to new Cades Schutte associate Andy Z. Lei who recently joined our Finance and Real Estate Department.
Andy earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law, where he served as a Technical Editor for the University of Hawai‘i Law Review and competed as a member of the Sports Law and Negotiation Moot Court Team.
During law school, Andy served as a judicial extern to Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald at the Hawai‘i Supreme Court and as a legal extern at Alexander & Baldwin. He was also a research assistant to Professor Miyoko T. Pettit-Toledo and a teaching assistant for Torts.
Andy was born and raised in Honolulu and is a graduate of Roosevelt High School. He began his career at Cades Schutte as a summer associate in 2023 and 2024 before joining the firm as an associate in 2025.