Muse, Daniel E.

Arsima Muller is an associate in the firm's Honolulu office and is a member of both the Corporate & Business Practice and Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Groups. Arsima has considerable experience with business formations, real estate, corporate and finance projects, and environmental law.  She also regularly handles civil and commercial litigation matters.

Representative Matters

• Perform due diligence on complex real estate purchases, including preclosing review of title issues, and zoning and permit compliance.
• Perform environmental due diligence relating to sale of existing business.
• Assist client in negotiating and establishing a concession deal, including review and drafting of transaction documents.
• Assist client in drafting environmental assessment and environment impact statement.
• Represent employer against wrongful termination suit.
• Represent property owners and lessees in appealing real property tax assessments of residential properties assessed at more than $500 million.
• Represent property owners in trespass and nuisance cases.
• Represent shipowners against criminal allegations brought pursuant to MARPOL.
• Obtained summary judgment for recycling company in unfair competition dispute.

Prior Work Experience

After graduating from law school, Arsima worked for the Washington, D.C., firm of Homer Law, Chtd., where she dealt with federal law issues relating to Native American and Alaska Native tribal governments, enterprises, and organizations.

Arsima then served as a law clerk for Honorable Carl B. Ingram, Chief Justice of the High Court of the Marshall Islands. After completion of her clerkship, Arsima became Staff Attorney for the High Court of the Marshall Islands.

Affiliations

• Hawaii State Bar Association
• Republic of the Marshall Islands Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association
• American Bar Association