Adams, Dale E.

Christian K. Adams is a partner in the firm's Honolulu office and a member of the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Group.  He concentrates his practice on complex commercial and real estate litigation, labor and employment, land use, zoning and entitlements.

Prior Work Experience

Following law school, Mr. Adams served a one-year term as law clerk to the Honorable David Alan Ezra, Chief United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii.  He has also served as an adjunct professor and guest lecturer at the University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law, for numerous years, where he has taught and lectured on legal practice and appellate advocacy.

Publications

• Calvert G. Chipchase, Christian K. Adams & Kamaile A. Nichols, A State-by-State Survey of Public Use Standards in Eminent Domain: A Handbook of Condemnation Law (ABA 2011)
• Jeffrey S. Portnoy & Christian K. Adams, Open Government Guide: Compendium of 50 States & D.C. (Hawaii Chapter) (Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press: 5th ed., 2006)

Distinctions

• Dean's Scholar Award, Richardson School of Law (2001- 2004)
• Editor-in-Chief, University of Hawaii Law Review (2003 - 2004)
• James Koshiba Law Review Scholarship (2003 - 2004)

Affiliations

• Federal Bar Association, National Director
• Hawaii State Bar Association