Stewart J. Martin

Mr. Martin practices in the business planning and transaction areas. His practice emphasizes the corporate, limited liability company, compliance and ethics, nonprofit and partnership law areas. Mr. Martin has significant experience in a wide variety of business transactions across diverse business industries, including business entity formation, organizational and governance structuring, acquisitions, dispositions, equity owner buyouts and dispute resolution transactions.

Mr. Martin also has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America in many years throughout his career and he has an AV Preeminent Rating® by Martindale-Avvo. Previously, Mr. Martin was a partner with the Honolulu law firm of Cades Schutte where he practiced in the Firm’s tax group and worked extensively with the Firm’s corporate and real estate groups for over 15 years. Mr. Martin was a member of the Firm’s management committee and was selected as one of the Top 250 Hawaii Business Executives.

He was elected and served as the Chair Elect, Treasurer and Secretary of the Hawaii State Bar Tax Section. In addition, Mr. Martin previously worked as a tax accountant in the Washington, D.C. office of Ernst & Young where his practice primarily emphasized tax planning and compliance in the partnership, corporate and nonprofit tax areas.

Mr. Martin has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Foundation since 2018 where he serves as a member of the Foundation's Governance Committee.