Nicholas R. Monlux

Nicholas R. Monlux is a partner at Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, LLP who handles complex commercial litigation, including class-action defense. His experience also includes catastrophic-fire investigation and defense, personal-injury defense, construction defects, real-estate disputes, landlord and tenant matters, foreclosure, premises liability, product liability, and condominium or community-association disputes.

Monlux earned a B.S. in Sociology from Brigham Young University and a J.D. cum laude from the William S. Richardson School of Law in 2009. In law school he received multiple CALI awards, served as editor-in-chief of the University of Hawaii Law Review, and published work on intellectual-property topics. This background supports his ability to analyze legal and factual issues carefully, communicate options clearly, and approach client matters with practical judgment.

Monlux has litigation practice that covers matters from early factual investigation through motions, discovery, trial preparation, and appeals. Fire, construction, property, and liability cases can involve technical evidence and multiple parties, while class actions and commercial disputes add procedural and business complexity to the legal issues he addresses. Across these matters, he focuses on understanding the record, identifying the legal issues that matter most, and helping clients move through the relevant legal process with a clear strategy.

Nicholas R. Monlux represents clients in complex litigation with a practice that reaches commercial, property, association, employment, foreclosure, and liability disputes. His law-review leadership and academic record support the research and writing demands of significant trial and appellate matters. The practice reflects a practical approach to legal service, with attention to the facts, applicable law, and the decisions clients must make as a matter progresses.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Kobayashi Sugita & Goda, LLP
• Member, Hawaii State Bar Association
• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
• Member, J. Reuben Clark Law Society
• Corporate Board Member, Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii
• Member, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel
• Member, American Judicature Society

Licensed State

• Hawaii

Education

• University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law
  J.D. (JurisDoctor)
• Brigham Young University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Sociology

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