Attorney Profiles

JEFFREY DANIEL LAU
Senior Director
Phone:   (808) 533-3999
Fax:       (808) 533-0144


Mr. Lau is a Senior Director of the firm and has practiced law over thirty years and joined the firm in 1985. Mr. Lau was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He graduated from Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where he earned his B.S.B.A. in Economics in 1970, Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earning his M.B.A. in Finance in 1973 and received his J.D. in 1977 from University of California, Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, California. His practice of law includes:

  • • Civil Litigation
  • • Real Estate Law
  • • Collections and Foreclosures
  • • Bankruptcy Law
  • • Banking and Corporate Law
  • • Trusts, Estates and Probate Law

Mr. Lau is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association, its Collection Law Section serving as a founding director, the International Law Section, Probate & Estate Section, Real Property & Financial Services Section and is a Hawaii Circuit Court Appointed Arbitrator since its inception. He is also a member of the American Bar Association. He has lectured at a number of Chinese Universities and was appointed a visiting Professor at Tianjin Normal University in 2010. Mr. Lau is Honorary Consul for Belgium in Honolulu, a Trustee and Executive Committee member of the University of Hawaii Foundation, past President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, a Trustee of the UC Hastings Foundation, a Director of the University of Hawaii Shidler College of Business Alumni Association, serves as the President of the Lehigh University Alumni Club of Hawaii and is the Sister City Liaison for a number of Chinese cities for the City and County of Honolulu.