Norman H.Y. Cheng Selected for HSBA Leadership Institute

July 7, 2009

(Honolulu, Hawaii) Norman H.Y. Cheng, an associate at Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher, has been selected to participate in the Hawaii State Bar Association’s first Leadership Institute. Mr. Cheng, a William S. Richardson School of Law graduate, will gain valuable leadership insights through interaction with legislators, government officials, civic and business leaders and members of the judiciary. 

The Leadership Institute program will also stress the importance of community participation and leadership in the six-month program.  As a Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher attorney, Mr. Cheng is committed to 50 hours a year of pro bono legal services to support the Access to Justice Commission community effort.

Mr. Cheng was licensed in Hawaii in 2002, and focuses on real estate, hotels & resorts, business structure and operations, commercial transactions, and small business sales and acquisitions.

Starn O’Toole Marcus & Fisher specializes in large real estate and hotel industry transactions as well as complex commercial litigation.  Founded in 1994, the law firm has twenty-four attorneys and eight paralegals.  Attorneys at the law firm have been distinguished as Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers, achieved top ranking in Chambers USA, and listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.  The law firm was selected as one of Hawaii Business Magazine’s “Best Places to Work” in 2008.