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A. BERNARD BAYS is a partner in the Honolulu law firm of Bays Deaver Lung Rose & Holma, where he concentrates on real estate law and litigation, land use law and litigation, real estate development law, commercial and business litigation including antitrust claims, condemnation, and partnership and shareholder disputes. Because of the stringent experience and testing requirements, Mr. Bays is one of only a handful of attorneys in Hawaii who is Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Legal Certification and Certified as a Specialist in Civil Trial Advocacy by the Hawaii Supreme Court. He has repeatedly been selected as one of the Best Attorneys in Hawaii by Honolulu magazine. His experience encompasses a broad range of business and real estate cases. Mr. Bays has represented clients in landmark cases before the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, the Hawaii Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a licensed real estate broker and is a frequent speaker at seminars on litigation skills, real estate law and professional liability. Mr. Bays also has written numerous articles on real estate law and litigation. He earned his B.A. degree in economics from the University of Southern California and his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School, where he was selected to the Law Review. CRAIG P. WAGNILD is a partner at the Honolulu law firm of Bays Deaver Lung Rose & Holma, where his practice areas include real estate transactions, real property development, commercial leasing, corporation and business entity structuring, formation and management, general business advice, and international business transactions. He serves as a professor of Japanese law at the University of Hawaii Schidler College of Business, and is a regular speaker at NBI and other seminars on issues relating to real estate, entity formation, and the sale/acquisition of businesses in Hawaii. Mr. Wagnild is admitted to practice in Hawaii, Washington, and the U.S. District Courts of Hawaii and Washington. He is a member of the Hawaii, Washington, American and Inter-Pacific bar associations, as well as the Japan-America Society of Hawaii. He is the former chair of the Hawaii State Bar Association Business Law Section and former chair of the International Law Section. He currently serves as Vice-President of the HSBA and will serve as President of the HSBA in 2013.
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