Muller, Arsima A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Arsima Muller is an associate in the firm's Honolulu office and is a member of the Corporate & Business Practice Group. She concentrates her practice on business formations, real estate and corporate and finance projects, and environmental law.

Representative Matters

• Perform due diligence on complex real estate purchases, including preclosing review of title issues, and zoning and permit compliance.
• Perform environmental due diligence relating to sale of existing business.
• Assist client in negotiating and establishing a concession deal, including review and drafting of transaction documents.
• Assist client in drafting environmental assessment and environment impact statement.
• Represent employer against wrongful termination suit.
• Represent property owners and lessees in appealing real property tax assessments of residential properties assessed at more than $500 million.

Prior Work Experience

After graduating from law school, Arsima worked for the Washington, D.C., firm of Homer Law, Chtd., where she dealt with federal law issues relating to Native American and Alaska Native tribal governments, enterprises, and organizations.

Arsima then served as a law clerk for Honorable Carl B. Ingram, Chief Justice of the High Court of the Marshall Islands. After completion of her clerkship, Arsima became Staff Attorney for the High Court of the Marshall Islands.

Affiliations

• Hawaii State Bar Association
• Republic of the Marshall Islands Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association
• American Bar Association

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Law
• Corporate & Business
• Environmental Law
• Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution

Bar Admissions

• Hawaii
• Maryland
• Republic of the Marshall Islands
• Guam

Education

• The George Washington University Law School, Washington, District of Columbia
  J.D.
• Boston College
  B.A.

Address

ASB Tower
Suite 2200
1001 Bishop Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

Phones

808.523.2597

Faxes

808.523.0842

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