Atty. Maile M. Hirota
MAILE M. HIROTA is the Manager of Hirota & Associates, LLLC, concentrating in business and family-based immigration law, including family visas, business and investor visas, deportation & removal defense, permanent residence and U.S. citizenship matters.
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Maile M. Hirota is a immigration attorney based in Honolulu, Hawaii, practicing at Hirota & Associates LLLC. Admitted to practice in Hawaii, Hawaii State Bar Association. Educated at Indiana University Bloomington (—, 1994) and University of Michigan (—, 1990). Recognitions include Lawyer of the Year — Immigration Law (Honolulu) (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Immigration Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Special Focus: (2026). Serands clients in Honolulu, HI and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- MAILE M. HIROTA is the Manager of Hirota & Associates, LLLC, concentrating in business and family-based immigration law, including family visas, business and investor visas, deportation & removal defense, permanent residence and U.S. citizenship matters
- Ms. Hirota has been selected by her peers as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in the field of immigration law each year since 2008
- She has been named the Best Lawyers’ Honolulu Immigration Law “Lawyer of the Year” for 2018 and 2015
- Only a single lawyer in each practice area, in each community is honored as a “Lawyer of the Year.” Ms. Hirota established the boutique immigration law firm of Hirota & Associates in 2009 after years as a Director of Lynch Ichida Thompson Kim & Hirota
- Prior to returning to practice law in Hawaii, Ms. Hirota was an Associate with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Ms. Hirota’s experience also includes one year working in a Japanese publishing company’s office in Tokyo and part-time work as a translator and law clerk for the Tokyo Aoyama Law Office, the associated office of Baker & McKenzie in Tokyo, Japan
- Her community immigration involvement includes: volunteering to serve on local and national committees for the American Immigration Lawyers Association
- membership in IMMLAW
- local citizenship clinics
- testifying as an expert witness on the Violence Against Women Act for the prosecution for the State of Hawaii
- free legal seminars to Hawaii Pacific University students on work visas
- and as a public speaker and advocate for positive immigration reform and survivors of domestic violence
- From 2002 through 2009 Ms. Hirota hosted a weekly immigration call-in radio show on KPMW 105.5FM, giving up-to-date immigration information and news to Hawaii’s immigrant community, especially the Filipino community on Maui
- Ms. Hirota represented Ms. An Na Peng, a citizen of China, in the first immigration-related Presidential pardon in over a decade
- Ms. Hirota enjoys spending time with her family, including her husband, their daughters, cats Fred & Ted, dog Rosie and rabbits Coco and Lola
- She is a sports fan, especially of University of Hawaii basketball and the University of Michigan Wolverines
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