Philip J. Leas

About Philip

Philip J. Leas is Chairman of the Finance and Real Estate Department and a partner in the Litigation Department of Cades Schutte. Mr. Leas has extensive experience with real estate transactions, title analysis, financing, broker licensing, title insurance, leases, easements, subdivisions, condominiums, shopping centers, and hotels in Hawaii. He has extensive litigation and appellate experience in state and federal court and arbitration forums, including eminent domain cases, partitions, quiet title, foreclosures, collections, condominium and community association disputes, real estate brokerage cases, title insurance disputes, commercial lease disputes and evictions and cases dealing with real estate contract formation and enforcement. Trials handled are evenly divided between jury and nonjury. REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGEMENTS Anastasi v. Fidelity Nat'l Title Ins. Co., 2014 WL 7451097 (2014) Dias v. Akiu, 2012 WL 1232952 (2012) Hart v. Ticor Title Ins. Co., 126 Hawa'i 448 (2012) Hanalei Garden Farms, Inc. v. Pace, 2011 WL 3435362 (2011) and 2008 WL 2316303 (2008) Association of Apartment Owners of 1251 Heulu v. Chung, 2007 WL 3044468 (2007) Lee v. Hwang, 2007 WL 967112 (2007) Black v. Pollack, 2006 WL 729491 (2006) Chang v. Ho, 2003 WL 21685827 (2003) HI Kai Investment, Ltd. v. Krantz, 84 Haw. 75, 929 P.2d 88 (1996) Jenkins v. Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, 76 Haw. 115 (1994) Price v. Hawaii, 789 F.Supp. 330 (D. Haw. 1992) Price v. Hawaii, 939 F.2d 702 (9th Cir. 1991) Robinson v. Ariyoshi, 887 F.2d 215 (9th Cir. 1989) Uffman v. Housing, Finance & Development Corp., 70 Haw. 64, 760 P.2d 1115 (1988) Anthony v. Kualoa Ranch, Inc., 69 Haw. 112, 736 P.2d 55 (1987) Kona Old Hawaiian Trails Group v. Lyman, 69 Haw. 81, 734 P.2d 161 (1987) Caires v. Kualoa Ranch, Inc., 6 Haw. App. 52, 708 P.2d 848 (1985) United States v. 729.773 Acres of Land, 531 F.Supp. 967 (D. Haw. 1982) State v. Pioneer Mill Co., 64 Haw. 168, 637 P.2d 1131 (1981) Technicolor, Inc. v. Traeger, 57 Haw. 113, 551 P.2d 613 (1976) EDUCATION J.D. (1974), Stanford Law School A.B. (1971), Georgetown University, magna cum laude ADMISSIONS Hawaii State Bar ( 1974) United States District Court for the District of Hawaii United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit PUBLICATIONS Stanford Law Review (Editor: 1973) The Measure of Damage in Rule 10b-5 Cases Involving Actively Traded Securities, 26 Stanford L. Res. 371 (1974) MEMBERSHIPS/ACTIVITIES Hawaii State Bar Association American Bar Association PAST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Real Estate Law: Advanced Issues and Answers – Title Law (National Business Institute, 2013) Advanced Issues in Real Estate Law – Title Risks and Title Insurance Coverage (National Business Institute, 2012)

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Education

• Georgetown University, AB, graduated 1971

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii, Hawaii State Bar Association

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