Robert S. Katz

is a director with the firm. An experienced trial attorney, his practice is concentrated in the area of complex business and real estate transactions, employment and labor law matters, healthcare law, and complex business litigation. He also serves as an arbitrator in complex business transactional disputes.

Mr. Katz has practiced with the firm since 1968 and has been consistently recognized as one of Hawaii's preeminent lawyers. Mr. Katz has been honored with selection to the American College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has also been consistently selected by The Best Lawyers in America and honored by Who's Who in America. He has also been named as one of Hawaii's A+ Lawyers by Honolulu Magazine.

Mr. Katz received his B.A. degree in History from Rutgers University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School. Mr. Katz is admitted to the bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Katz is active in many community projects, and currently serves as a trustee of the Blood Bank of Hawaii. He also served several years as co-chair of the American Bar Association's employment law section on antitrust and labor relations law.