Dennis M Lombardi

Practice Areas

Real estate, concentrating in land use, development and hospitality law. Extensive experience in acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, permitting, development, and financing of master planned residential, resort commercial hotel and mixed-use developments including branding and franchise agreements. He is President of the firm.

Career

Bar Admission: Hawaii State, California State (inactive), District of Columbia, United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Recognitions: Dennis Lombardi has been named 2019 (& 2016) Best Lawyer of the Year for Administrative/Regulatory Law in Hawaii by The Best Lawyers in America©. He has also been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©, (2001-2024) in Corporate Law, Administrative/Regulatory Law and Real Estate Law for Hawaii. He has been named a Hawaii Super Lawyer (2008-2018) by Super Lawyers®. He is listed in Marquis Who’s Who In America. Mr. Lombardi holds an “AV” rating (the highest level in legal ability and ethics) by the preeminent lawyer rating service of Martindale-Hubbell®. Mr. Lombardi has also been rated by Chambers & Partners – Real Estate (Band 1) (2005 -2018) and (Eminent Practitioner) (2018 -2024).

Professional Memberships

Hawaii State Bar Association, California State Bar Association.

Publications

Lauren Sharkey and Dennis Lombardi. "Chapter 4, Subdivision and Other Regulatory Issues/Pad Lease Provisions/Licenses and Other Lease Alternatives." Hawaii Real Estate Manual IV, edited by Deborah Chun, et al. Hawaii State Bar Association, 2013, pages 4-1 to 4-55.

Personal

Education: JD (summa cum laude), University of Santa Clara, 1977; BA, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1974.

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