LegalTXTS is a blog of the Cybersecurity, Privacy & Internet Law practice group of Luminate Law, a Hawaii-based law firm serving business of all sizes, including small and mid-sized business that are often priced out of the market for legal services. 

The authors of LegalTXTS are Elijah Yip and Dean Wang.

 

 

 

 

 

Elijah is a partner and co-founder of Luminate Law.  His areas of practice are:

• Business and Commercial Litigation

• Cybersecurity, Privacy & Internet Law

• Healthcare Law

• Environmental and Natural Resources Law

Before starting Luminate Law, Elijah was a partner at Cades Schutte LLP, one of the largest firms in Hawaii, where he founded and chaired the firm’s Digital Media and Internet Law practice group.  Elijah clerked for the Honorable Samuel P. King, a federal district court judge in Honolulu.  He is the former chair of the Litigation Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association.  Elijah has taught as an adjunct professor at the William S. Richardson School of Law and a lecturer in the Communication and Journalism departments at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He has a track record of success representing media clients on issues such as access to records, Sunshine Law, newsgathering, and defamation.

Elijah earned his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Hawaii.  He has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers of America in Litigation-Environmental and Litigation-Real Estate since 2017.  He is rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell, and is listed in Super Lawyers .  In 2012, Pacific Business News selected Elijah as one of “Forty Under 40” young business leaders in Hawaii.

Elijah is admitted to practice in Hawaii.

Dean is a partner and co-founder of Luminate Law.  His areas of practice are:

• Business & Corporate Law

• Cybersecurity, Privacy & Internet Law

• Healthcare Law

• Energy & Public Utilities Law

Dean represents companies and individuals in corporate and regulatory matters.  Prior to co-founding Luminate Law, Mr. Wang worked at some of the world’s largest law firms on the east coast.  He is experienced in handling transactional and regulatory matters, and he has counseled executives and directors of companies on a variety of legal and strategic issues.

Mr. Wang received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.   He earned his Juris Doctor and Masters in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.

Mr. Wang is admitted to practice law in the states of Hawaii, New York, and New Jersey.

 

Contact Information:

Luminate Law
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1003 Bishop Street
Suite 2700
Honolulu, HI 96813

Tel: (808) 892-3370