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Chun Kerr LLP

United States 2025
14
Metro Rankings
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General Information

22
Practice Areas
10
Individuals recognized in Best Lawyers
Year founded: 1970
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Overview

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Chun Kerr LLP has proudly served Hawaii since 1970. We are an award-winning Honolulu-based law firm specializing in large, multifaceted real estate and business transactions, complex commercial litigation, and complicated bankruptcy and collections cases. Our Firm's comprehensive approach to real estate, finance, and business-related issues affords our clients a distinct advantage. Through cross-practice collaboration, artful deal-making, results-oriented advocacy, and government affairs activities, we consistently deliver creative, viable solutions and strategic council to deliver winning results for our clients, no matter how "impossible" the task may seem.

Our attorneys are highly regarded for their expertise in local, national, and international transactions, litigation, and bankruptcy. The Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory has given Chun Kerr LLP its highest rating for ability and integrity for over 30-years, and Chun Kerr LLP has been ranked by Pacific Business News as a top law firm in Real Estate & Construction Law. Members of our Firm have been recognized in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, in Honolulu's Magazine's annual survey of Best Lawyers® in Hawaii, and in Super Lawyers and Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Chun Kerr LLP is also listed by Chambers USA as a leading firm in the Real Estate and Corporate/Commercial practice areas.

Rankings

Chun Kerr LLP is metro ranked in 14 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.

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Metro Rankings

Hawaii
Tier 1 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Tier 1 for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Tier 1 for Litigation - Real Estate
Tier 1 for Real Estate Law
Tier 2 for Bet-the-Company Litigation

Firm Leadership

Adrienne S. Yoshihara
Partner
Danton S. Wong
Partner
Duane R. Miyashiro
Partner
Kekoa Keiley
Partner
Kimi Ide-Foster
Partner
Nathaniel Higa
Partner
Michelle K. Correia
Partner

Rankings

Regional Rankings

Hawaii
Tier 1 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Tier 1 for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Tier 1 for Litigation - Real Estate
Tier 1 for Real Estate Law
Tier 2 for Bet-the-Company Litigation
Tier 2 for Litigation - Bankruptcy
Tier 2 for Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Tier 2 for Tax Law
Tier 3 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 3 for Construction Law
Tier 3 for Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Tier 3 for Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
Tier 3 for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Tier 3 for Trusts and Estates

Practice Areas

The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Appellate Practice
  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Collections
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Governance and Compliance Law
  • Creditors' Rights
  • Foreclosures
  • Land Use and Zoning Law
  • Litigation - Bankruptcy
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Litigation - Trusts and Estates
  • Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
  • Real Estate Law
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts and Estates

Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®

Chun Kerr LLP has 10 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Chun Kerr LLP eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings. For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards. Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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Demographics

Partners
Male: 4
Female: 3
Of Counsel (but not partners)
Male: 6
Female: 2
Associates
Male: 1
Female: 5
Paralegals
Female: 4
Non-Legal Employees
Female: 1

Main Location

Honolulu, HI
First Hawaiian Center, Suite 2100
999 Bishop Street
Honolulu, HI 96813-4443
United States
808-528-8200 Get Directions

Management and Personnel

Senior Counsel
Leroy E. Colombe
Senior Counsel
Simon Klevansky
Director, Government Affairs
Karen M. Piltz
Of Counsel
Joyce T. Takahashi
Associate
Katie L. Smith
Of Counsel
Ikaika B. Rawlins
Of Counsel
Alika L. Piper
Associate
Kolby K. Kahahawai
Of Counsel
Charles F. Fasi II
Senior Counsel
Andrew W. Char
Associate
Hannah C. Caddle
Of Counsel
Andrew R. Bunn
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