History
After being admitted to the Hawaii bar, Ms. Hirota began her law practice in Ohio as an associate with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, a large law firm in Cincinnati. After practicing immigration law in Ohio for two years, Ms. Hirota returned to her family in Hawaii and joined Lynch & Farmer in 1997. She was named a partner of Lynch Ichida Thompson Kim & Hirota in 2002 and left that firm to found Hirota & Associates in 2009. Ms. Hirota's practice concentrates solely in U.S. Immigration and Nationality law.
Specialties
Building the future for families and businesses throughout the Hawaiian Islands Strong advocates for immigration rights. We view our work as a mission, not simply a job. We advocate for the administration of just immigration policy and the rights of individual immigrants. In her role as Hawaii Chapter Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Maile M. Hirota sought to influence policy that affects the immigrant community. Every year since 2008, Maile's peers have chosen her for the prestigious Best Lawyers in America publication in the field of immigration law. Hirota & Associates is ranked by US News & World Report in the First Tier of