Yanagida & Associates uses a collaborative team approach to client representation to develop the best strategy for our clients, leverage our legal knowledge, and attain our clients’ objectives in an effective and efficient manner. Our attorneys in Maui are proven achievers with educational backgrounds from the distinguished institutions of University of California at Berkeley, Stanford University and the University of Hawaii. We have a unique combination of intellectual agility and practical experience in business and law that allow us to find creative solutions to complicated legal problems.
Our team has the experience to represent clients in a variety of transactions and legal matters. Whether you are seeking to avoid a legal problem or you are dealing with one that has already arisen, we can help. We avoid costly litigation when possible and aggressively litigate our clients’ claims when necessary. Our main areas of practice include business law, family law, real estate law and representing creditors in bankruptcy.
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Stanford University Class of 1977 A.B.
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University of California, Berkeley
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1981
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Personal > Bankruptcy-Personal
Business > Business Law
Personal > Real Estate-Personal
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Joy Yanagida started Yanagida & Associates in 1991, specializing in business law, real estate disputes, and family law. She received her J.D. from the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and her A.B. with distinction from Stanford University.
She is admitted to practice law in Hawaii, the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She also is an inactive member of the California and District of Columbia bars.
Before starting Yanagida & Associates, Ms. Yanagida served in these positions:
Associated with Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin in Washington, D.C.
Of counsel, Center for International Environmental Law, Washington D.C.
White House staff attorney, Task Force on Iran Contra Matters (“Tower Commission”)
Attorney-adviser, U.S. State Department Office of the Legal Adviser
Adjunct professor, Washington College of Law, American University
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