Twenty-Six Carlsmith Ball Lawyers Listed In The Best Lawyers In America 2013; Firm Ranked In First Tier In 12 Areas Of Practice

Carlsmith Ball is pleased to congratulate its 26 attorneys who were selected by attorney peers throughout the profession for inclusion in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer–review publication in the legal profession. Several of the firm's lawyers have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for many years, including James L. Starshak (25+ years); and John C. Khil (15+ years); Eric A. James, J. Thomas Van Winkle (10 years); and Lawrence S. Okinaga, Dean H. Robb, Ian L. Sandison, and Robert E. Strand (5+ years). Additionally, the firm is delighted to be ranked in the first tier for law firms in Hawaii in 12 separate practice areas:

• Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law;
• Corporate Law;
• Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law;
• Employment Law – Management;
• Energy Law;
• Land Use & Zoning Law;
• Litigation – Land Use & Zoning;
• Litigation – Real Estate;
• Litigation – Trusts & Estates;
• Mergers & Acquisitions Law;
• Real Estate Law; and,
• Trusts and Estates .

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer–review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast almost 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

Attorneys at Carlsmith Ball are no stranger to accolades. The firm is ranked among the top bands for all five practice areas by the rigorously researched and highly esteemed Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. Fourteen lawyers are individually ranked in Chambers as well. Further, 12 Carlsmith attorneys were selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Super Lawyers 2012, in a total of 21 practice areas.

Carlsmith Ball Lawyers Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2013