ANDREW LAUTENBACH, ESQ.

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    ANDREW J. LAUTENBACH

    Andrew J. Lautenbach received a BS in Business Administration, Finance, from the University of Colorado at Denver in 2002, and his law degree from the University of San Francisco in 2005.  Mr. Lautenbach is a Director at Starn O’Toole Marcus and Fisher, where he has practiced for over fifteen years and has developed a diverse practice that focuses primarily on complex commercial litigation matters.

    Mr. Lautenbach has vast experience in the mediation and arbitration context, including handling high stakes consumer protection disputes, complex disputes related to construction and development, disputes arising from real estate and other commercial transactions, lender liability matters, disputes related to the control of LLCs, partnerships, and other closely held entities, and disputes related to the management and operation of condominium projects and resorts.  Through his work on such matters, Mr. Lautenbach has earned a reputation for finding creative solutions to difficult problems, and for helping parties to efficiently move past counterproductive litigation that could otherwise be devastating to the individual parties and their businesses.

    Mr. Lautenbach holds Martindale-Hubbell’s® highest possible professional rating AV®. He has been selected to the Hawaii Super Lawyers® list each year since 2016, and was selected to the Hawaii Super Lawyers® list as a “Rising Star” in the area of business litigation from 2013-2015. Mr. Lautenbach has also been selected for inclusion to The Best Lawyers in America©, Hawaii list, Real Estate, Construction Litigation and Commercial Litigation, and as a “Litigation Star” Benchmark Litigation. Mr. Lautenbach is also recognized by Chambers and Partners USA Leading Lawyers for Business in the practice area of Commercial Litigation.

    Education:

    University of San Francisco School of Law
    J.D. (2005), Cum Laude
    CALI Award for Excellence – Real Estate Transactions

    University of Colorado at Denver
    BS Business Administration, Finance (May 2002) Summa Cum Laude
    Named “Outstanding Senior” by the Business School
    (1st in
    class)
    Received “Academic Athlete Award” Dean’s List 1999-2002

    Judicial Externships:
    Judge David Alan Ezra, United States District Court for the District Court of Hawaii
    Judge Helen Gillmor, United States District Court for the District Court of Hawaii

     Professional Activities:
    Licensed in Hawaii (2007)
    Licensed in California (2005, Inactive)|
    Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
    Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
    Admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    American Bar Association Member
    Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference, 2017-2019
    Former Rotary Foundation Chair and board member serving the Rotary Club of Metropolitan Honolulu

    Presentation/ Articles:
    “Peril Rising”

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