Yamane Nicki

Nicole K. C. Yamane

Associate

Nicole is an associate in the Litigation Department of Cades Schutte. She maintains a broad civil litigation practice, advising clients large and small on complex legal issues in the state of Hawai‘i.

Overview

Nicole is an associate in the Litigation Department of Cades Schutte. She maintains a broad civil litigation practice, advising clients large and small on complex legal issues in the state of Hawai‘i.

Nicole earned her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. At Georgetown Law, Nicole represented clients as a student attorney in Georgetown’s Civil Rights Clinic and served as an Executive & Submissions Editor on the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics. While in law school, Nicole externed at the United States Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division, interned with the Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, and was a Summer Associate at Cades Schutte.

Nicole received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington where she double-majored in Political Science and Law, Societies & Justice and minored in Human Rights.

Awards

  • Georgetown Law Pro Bono Pledge Honoree

Education

  • J.D. (2021), Georgetown University Law Center
  • B.A. Political Science and Law, Societies & Justice (2017), University of Washington
  • ‘Iolani School (2013)

Admissions

  • Hawai‘i State Bar (2021)
  • United States District Court for the District of Hawai‘i (2021)

Membership

  • Hawaii State Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

  • “Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Field and the Indispensable Human Element Legal Ethics Demands,” 33 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 877 (2020) (Author)