David F E Banks

Practice Areas

Agriculture & Food Distribution, Construction, Coronavirus Response, Corporate & Business, Employment Law & Labor Relations, Energy, Finance, Health Care, Hospitality & Retail, Pensions & ERISA

Career

Dave is a partner with Cades Schutte LLP. He is the Chair of the Corporate Department, as well as the Chair of the Employment Law and Labor Relations Practice Group and the Corporate and Business Law Practice Group.

With a client base that includes hotel owners, hotel managers, and interval ownership programs; a large professional employer organization, regional healthcare organizations, national restaurant chains, and local restaurants; construction companies and contractors, a cogeneration facility, national and local retailers, technology product and service providers, venture capital firms, and investment advisors, Dave is one of the most sought after attorneys in the state of Hawai‘i.

His corporate practice includes mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and securities law compliance, while his employment law practice focuses on counseling clients in matters related to strategic planning, legal compliance, labor and employment issues in M&A transactions, reductions in force, and assisting clients with drafting employment-related agreements, manuals, policies, and procedures.

Dave has an AV Preeminent Rating in Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, for the highest legal ability and ethical standards, and has been selected by his peers to be included in the Best Lawyers in America since 2003. He has been listed in Honolulu Magazine’s “Best Lawyers in Hawai‘i” for over 15 years and has been featured in Chambers & Partners USA Guides, “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” in the state of Hawai‘i since 2003.

A contributing editor for the ABA’s FLSA and FMLA treatises and annual updates, Dave is an author for BNA’s Treatise on State Wage and Hour Laws, and a regular speaker on labor and employment matters at many local and national seminars.

Professional Memberships

Hawaii State Bar Association (Business Law, Labor and Employment Law Sections); American Bar Association (Business Law, Labor and Employment Law Sections); ABA Committee on Federal Standards Legislation (FMLA, FLSA, and WARN Act Subcommittees); Member liaison for Employers Counsel Network, a national group of top-level management labor and employment law firms with representation in all 50 states – plus Washington D.C. and Canada; Member of Management Labor & Employment Roundtable, a national organization of preeminent management labor and employment lawyers

Publications

“Exempt Offerings of Securities in Hawai‘i – An Overview for Start-Up Companies and Small Business,” VII, No. 13, Hawai‘i Bar Journal (2003); “Hawai‘i’s Response to Regulation D,” XXIII, No. 1, Hawai‘i Bar Journal 1 (1991); “Voting Rights of Limited Partners Under Hawai‘i’s Uniform Limited Partnership Acts.” XL, No. 1, Hawai‘i Bar Journal 7 (1989); The Hawai‘i Employment Law Letter (Editor in Chief, Regular Feature Writer); ABA Annual Supplement on Fair Labor Standards Act; “50 Employment Laws in 50 States,” a guidebook that puts all the most need-to-know employment law information – for each of the 50 states (Hawai‘i Contributor)

Personal

LL.M. Corporate Finance/Securities Regulation (1986), Harvard University; M.A. Law & Economics (1983), University of Miami; LL.B. (1983), University of New Brunswick; B.B.A. (1980), University of New Brunswick, with highest honors