Kealakekua Immigration Lawyers

David A. Jakeman, founding attorney of Beacon Immigration, has been interested in foreign cultures and languages since he was a young boy. That interest culminated in his decision to dedicate his legal career to immigration. In high school, David studied Spanish and German. After his graduation, he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mexico City and surrounding regions, where he grew to love the Mexican people and the Spanish language. After returning home from his mission he completed a Bachelor’s degree at Brigham Young University in Near Eastern Studies, graduating magna cum laude....

Danielle Nelisse has successfully handled hundreds of immigration cases for individuals and companies to obtain work visas and marriage green cards (including same sex marriage green cards) for foreign nationals who living throughout America. Danielle Nelisse is an experienced immigration attorney who was admitted in the District of Columbia in 1999 and practices exclusively 100% immigration law in all 50 American states and abroad.

Na Lan is a director of Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert. Her practice areas are Condominium and Community Association Law, Business and Real Property Transactions and Dispute Resolution, and Immigration. Born and raised in China, she is fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and English. She co-taught Property I at William S. Richardson School of Law as a Lecturer in Law in Spring of 2020. She graduated cum laude from the University of Hawaii’s William S. Richardson School of Law. She was the Managing Editor of the Asia Pacific Law & Policy Journal, and also served as an intern for Judge...

Clare Hanusz founded Aloha Immigration in June 2017, after working with the Immigration Practice Group at Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert in an Of Counsel affiliation since October 2013.

Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, Clare has lived in Honolulu since 1995 (with an 18-month move to Melbourne, Australia from 2012-2013). After graduating from Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College in 1991 she moved to Arizona worked for the Valley Religious Task Force on Central America, advocating for immigrants and more just U.S. foreign policies. The opportunity to meet and work with refugees and their attorneys in Arizona propelled Clare...

Rick Abelmann is a bankruptcy attorney admitted to practice in Hawaii and New York. He graduated in economics before entering law school, and worked for both small and large business and firms in the past. Rick previously practiced corporate and securities law in Hong Kong with Clifford Chance, one of the largest law firms in the world, and also spent time working on the trading floor for the equities division of the Wall Street investment bank Morgan Stanley. He worked on transactions valued at hundreds of millions of dollars on a regular basis.

After leaving the corporate world,...

Ms. Hirota began her law practice in Ohio as an associate with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, a large law firm in Cincinnati. After practicing immigration law in Ohio for two years, Ms. Hirota returned to her family in Hawaii and joined Lynch & Farmer in 1997. She was named a partner of Lynch Ichida Thompson Kim & Hirota in 2002 and left that firm to found Hirota & Associates in 2009. Ms. Hirota’s practice concentrates solely in U.S. Immigration and Nationality law. Ms. Hirota is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, having served on the following...

The Law Office of Gary G. Singh is a high-volume practice providing legal assistance for immigrants on matters ranging from visa applications, adjustment of status, bond, exclusion and removal proceedings. Gary is an active member of the Hawaii Federal Criminal Justice Act panel where he represents clients before the Federal Court. He is fluent in English, Japanese, Malay and Punjabi, and has been a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association since 1995.

As a former Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Hawaii Law School and former Chairman of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Hawaii Chapter, Mr. Ma was previously appointed the Trade Representative of the State of Hawaii in Hong Kong and China for U.S.-inbound investment.

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Bilingual International Lawyer. International Buisness. Conflict of Laws. International Litigation. Language: Japanese

Practice limited to Immigration Law matters and Visa Processing Overseas.

Our offices are located in the Waterfront Plaza complex in Building 4.

The United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), formerly known as the U.S. Immigration Service, is located in the same Waterfront Plaza complex in Building 2.

Website: www.kagimotolaw.com

Mr. Tran is an experienced attorney dedicated to the practice of immigration and nationality law. He has fought for and protected the rights of large companies and individuals alike. Following his professional affiliations with solo practitioners, small to mid-sized firms, and non-profit organizations, Mr. Tran founded his own private practice to continue his goal of promoting and advocating immigrant rights.

Attorney Gordon Yang helps clients achieve the American Dream through U.S. Immigration, Naturalization & Citizenship, and Deportation/Removal Defense. If you need help with the following, contact Attorney Gordon Yang: U.S. visa applications such as, but not limited to: fiance visa, relative visa, visa for spouse/husband/wife/child/son/daughter, church/minister/religious visa, student visa, employment visa, work visa, tourist visa, victim visa; change of status/change of visa; Work card/EAD Employment Authorization Document; Adjustment of Status (green card) application; U.S. citizenship/naturalization; Deportation Defense/Removal Defense - attorney to represent you in Immigration Court in Honolulu, Hawaii; Appeal to Board of Immigration Appeals; Appeal/Petition for Review to U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

University of Washington School of Law
London Law Programme, Regents College
University of Hawaii, M.S., Biomedical Sciences
University of Hawaii, B.A., Speech (major), Zoology (minor)

Former staff attorney, Hawaii State Senate
Former manager, The Queens Healthcare Plan
Former Adjunct Professor, Central Michigan University
Former lecturer, University of Hawaii