Grace Nihei Kido

Practice Areas

Agriculture & Food Distribution, Banks & Financial Institutions, Educational Institutions, Environmental, Finance, Hospitality & Retail, Land Use, Zoning & Entitlements, Real Estate

Career

Grace is senior counsel in Cades Schutte’s Finance and Real Estate Department. She joined Cades Schutte in 1985.

Her practice areas include real estate acquisition, sales and financing transactions, commercial leases and ground leases, condominium law, and environmental law in the context of real estate and lending transactions. She is also a former member of the firm’s Management Committee and a current member of the firm’s Recruiting Committee and Summer Program Committee. She is recognized as a leading attorney by Chambers& Partners’ USA Guide and currently listed as one of Hawai‘i’s Best Lawyers®.

Grace is a former Chair and current member of the Real Property and Financial Services Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association, and was the editor-in-chief of the 5th Edition Hawai‘i Conveyance Manual. She is also a fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys.

Grace received her B.A., with distinction, in American Studies and Japanese Language from the University of Hawai‘i, where she also earned her law degree, was Phi Beta Kappa, Casenotes Editor of the Law Review, and a Finalist in the School’s Moot Court Competition.

Professional Memberships

Hawaii State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Real Property and Financial Services Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association, Former Chair; American College of Mortgage Attorneys; Hawaii Women Lawyers’ Association

Publications

“Hazardous Waste Liability Chapter,” Hawaii Real Estate Law Manual (1977) (Co-Author); University of Hawai‘i Law Review (1984 – 85) (Author, Casenotes Editor, and Member); Hawaii Conveyance Manual 5th Edition (Editor in Chief)

Personal

J.D. (1985), William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i; Case Notes Editor for the School’s Law Review; Finalist in the School’s Moot Court Competition; B.A. American Studies and Japanese Language (1977), University of Hawai‘i, with distinction; highest GPA; Exchange Student, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1975-1976)