Judy Tanaka practices primarily in the areas of commercial, real estate and construction litigation, representing residential and commercial developers, contractors and title insurance carriers. She also handles business transactions such as entity formation, commercial leasing and contracts, as well as related business matters. Handling both litigation and transactional needs makes sense to Tanaka. "Lawyers can offer preventive, proactive advice to potentially avoid litigation to begin with." Her clients range from mom-and-pop business owners to national corporations doing business in Hawai`I, but they all have something in common. "Even with a big corporation, you're still dealing with a person."
Representative Matters
· Represented owners and developers of a commercial project in lender liability and foreclosure actions
· Represented a national telecommunications carrier in obtaining approval by the Public Utilities Commission to provide telecommunications services throughout the state of Hawai`i
· Represented a Japan corporation in a lender liability case, involving conducting discovery in Japan
Affiliations
· Hawai`i State Bar Association
· American Bar Association
· Arbitrator, Hawai`i Court-Annexed Arbitration Program
· Hawaii Delegate, United States District Court Judicial Conference
Past Positions
· Paul Johnson Park & Niles, Managing Director (2003 - 2011)