Jodi Shin Yamamoto is Of Counsel to the firm, practicing in the areas of energy, regulatory, telecommunications, water, real estate, and utilities law. She is particularly well known for helping clients obtain favorable results in complex, multi-party administrative proceedings, including before Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission and County-level land-use authorities. Jodi was selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© beginning in 2019 through the present in the areas of Administrative/Regulatory Law, Communications Law, Real Estate Law, and/or Water Law. Before joining the firm, Jodi served for 6 years as Vice President and General Counsel of Bishop Museum, which, for over 135 years, has been a leading cultural, educational, and research institution in the Pacific region. In that role, Jodi ensured the museum’s goals were achieved by supervising corporate governance, contracts and agreements, licensing arrangements, and strategic litigation. Jodi also worked for four years as a commercial litigator for a large Hawaii law firm. Jodi’s extensive experience helps the firm’s clients navigate particularly complex regulatory matters. Recent results Jodi has helped the firm’s clients achieve include obtaining government approvals for the merger between Charter and Time Warner Cable from two Hawaii regulatory agencies in approximately 8 months, and obtaining acceptance of an Environmental Impact Statement and issuance of an Incidental Take License in connection with the repowering of a wind farm on Maui. Jodi is active in the Honolulu community and devotes considerable time to public service. She is currently a member of the Board of Governors of ‘Iolani School and of the Board of Trustees of Hanahauoli School, Vice Chair of the Board of the Hawaii Foodbank, a Co-President of the Brown Club of Hawaii, and a Board Member of the Jarrett Middle School Foundation and Access Tennis Foundation. Jodi also serves as a Co-Chair of the ‘Io Society for ‘Iolani School. She is a past President of the Board of the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii. Jodi received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy and Sociology, with honors, from Brown University. She earned her J.D. Cum Laude from Boston University School of Law, as both a Paul J. Liacos Scholar and an Edward F. Hennesey Scholar. 
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Jodi S. Yamamoto
