Mr. Martin practices in the business planning and transaction areas. He has extensive legal experience across diverse industries and in a wide variety of business transaction areas including business planning and strategy, organizational structuring, contract preparation and negotiations, employment law, real estate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, equity owner buyouts and dispute resolution transactions.
Mr. Martin has been selected to Super Lawyers in both 2024 and 2025 in the business and corporate practice areas. Mr. Martin has also been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America in many years throughout his career and has an AV Preeminent Rating® by Martindale-Avvo.
Previously, Mr. Martin was a partner with the Honolulu law firm of Cades Schutte where he practiced in the Firm’s tax group and worked extensively with the corporate and real estate groups for over 15 years. Mr. Martin was a member of the Firm’s management committee and was selected as one of the Top 250 Hawaii Business Executives. He also was elected and served as the Chair Elect, Treasurer and Secretary of the Hawaii State Bar Tax Section. In addition, Mr. Martin previously worked as a tax accountant in the Washington, D.C. office of Ernst & Young where his practice primarily emphasized tax planning and compliance in the corporate, partnership, tax and nonprofit areas.
Practice Areas
- Business Planning and Structuring
- Corporate, Limited Liability Company, Compliance and Ethics, Nonprofit and Partnership Law
- General Business Transactions, Contract Negotiations, Due Diligence and Strategic Planning
Honors
- Recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America in many years throughout his career
- Ranked AV Preeminent® which is the highest certification mark offered by Martindale-Avvo for legal abilities and ethical standards
- Named One of the Top 250 Hawaii Business Executives, Hawaii Business Black Book, 2000
Firm Management
- Management Committee of Cades Schutte, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1996-2000
Cades Schutte is one of the largest full-service law firms in the State of Hawaii and represents many of the largest publicly-traded companies and landowners in Hawaii and throughout the Pacific Rim.
Professional Affiliations
- Board of Trustees of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Foundation
Board of Trustees, 2018-Present
Treasurer, 2022-2024
Governance Committee, 2018-Present
- Board of Directors of The Cades Foundation
Previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Cades Foundation which is a nonprofit charitable organization supporting the arts and legal profession.
- Board of Directors of the KMR School of Golf, 2002-2009
The KMR School of Golf is a nonprofit charitable organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii, which develops and trains junior golfers for national and international competition.
- American Bar Association
- ABA Business Law Section
- Arizona State Bar Association
- Hawaii State Bar Association
- BoardSource
Teaching & Publications
- Adjunct Business Professor at Hawaii Pacific University, 1987-1992
- Contributor to the American Bar Association Report on the Comparison of S Corporations and Partnerships, published in The Tax Lawyer in 1991
Education
- University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia
Juris Doctor
Member, University of Richmond Law Review
Burgess & Merritt Merit Scholarship Award Recipient
Carle E. Davis Merit Scholarship Award Recipient
American Jurisprudence Award Recipient
- Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Georgetown University Law Center
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
McIntire School of Commerce, M.S. in Accounting
- Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
B.S. in Accounting
Admitted
- Hawaii
- Arizona
