Cheryl Itagaki

Practice Areas

Coronavirus Response, Litigation, Pensions & ERISA, Tax, Trusts & Estates

Career

Cheryl’s experience in public accounting and employee benefits provides her with invaluable insight into her clients’ legal issues.

Cheryl advises and counsels clients in Employee Benefits, ERISA, and Executive Compensation, including the design, establishment, maintenance, and compliance of qualified retirement plans.

Cheryl obtained her B.B.A. in accounting, with distinction, from the University of Hawai‘i Shidler College of Business. She received her M.B.T. from the University of Southern California Leventhal School of Accounting, and her J.D. from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law with a Certificate in Business Law. As a law student, she served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Derrick H.M. Chan, Circuit Court of the First Circuit, State of Hawai‘i. She was also the recipient of a USC Law Merit Scholarship and served as a Production Editor of the Southern California Review of Law and Social Justice.

Prior to attending law school, Cheryl worked in public accounting as both an auditor at an international firm and a tax accountant at a local firm. She is also licensed as a CPA in Hawai‘i (not in public practice).

Professional Memberships

Hawaii State Bar Association (2015); American Bar Association (2016); Hawaii Estate Planning Council (2016); The ESOP Association, Hawai‘i Chapter (2016); Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society (2014)

Personal

J.D. (2015), Certificate in Business Law, University of Southern California Gould School of Law; M.B.T. (2015), University of Southern California Leventhal School of Accounting; B.B.A. Accounting (2007), University of Hawai‘i Shidler College of Business, with distinction