Louise K.Y. Ing

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Louise K.Y. Ing

Louise K.Y. Ing

Louise K.Y. Ing is a partner in Dentons’ Honolulu office. Louise believes the better you know the community, the more you can help your client. Her deep connections to local businesses and nonprofits allow her to help the community prosper and make the most of relationships relevant to her clients’ business. Louise’s practice focuses on helping businesses, nonprofits and individuals resolve disputes, and get back to work as well as prevent future conflict. Her litigation and dispute resolution experience includes contracts, commercial transactions, leases, employment, real estate, creditors’ rights and bankruptcy law, proprietary information, non-competition and confidentiality agreements, and intellectual property matters. She also serves as chief outside legal counsel to Hawai`i-based online game development company Tetris Online, Inc. To help strengthen Hawaii’s communities, Louise has devoted considerable energy serving on the boards of nonprofits, such as the University of Hawai`i Foundation and the Child & Family Service, among others, and Hawai`i-based companies, such as Island Holdings. She also served as a past president of the Hawaii State Bar Association and the Hawaii State Bar Foundation. Louise’s awards and recognitions include: Best Lawyers in America’s® 2015 Hawai‘i Lawyer of the Year for both Bankruptcy Litigation and Bet-the-Company Litigation; Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation; Best Lawyers in America® in the categories of Commercial Litigation, Bet–the-Company Litigation, Bankruptcy Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation, and Real Estate Litigation; Chambers USA™; Martindale-Hubbell AV rating; Super Lawyers; the Patsy T. Mink PAC award for her legislative advocacy work on women’s health issues; and leadership awards from Hawaii Women Lawyers, Hawaii State Bar Association, the YWCA of O`ahu, Girl Scouts of Hawaii, and Pacific Business News. Born in Honolulu, Louise earned her JD from UC, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law, and her BA, magna cum laude, in American studies, from Yale University. She is married with two children—a daughter in college in New York City and a son who is a proud employee of the Boston Red Sox.

Recognition

  • Best Lawyers in America®
    • 2015 Hawai`i Lawyer of the Year – Bankruptcy Litigation
    • 2015 Hawai`i Lawyer of the Year – Bet-the-Company Litigation
    • Bet-The-Company Litigation (2010-present)
    • Commercial Litigation (2008-present)
    • Bankruptcy Litigation (2012-present)
    • Labor and Employment Litigation (2012-present)
    • Real Estate Litigation (2012-present)
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV rating (1994-present)
  • Chambers USA™
    • Commercial Litigation (2007-2012)
  • Benchmark Litigation
    • Litigation Star: General Commercial, Labor & Employment (2009-present)
  • Top 250 Women in Litigation (2012-present)
  • Super Lawyers
  • Business Litigation (2013)
  • Pasty T. Mink PAC annual award (2012)
  • YWCA Leadership Award (2004)
  • Planned Parenthood of Hawai`i Bette Takahashi Award for Outstanding Community Service (2001)
  • Hawaii State Bar Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to Community Service (1993)
  • Girl Scouts of Hawaii – Women of Distinction Award (2016)
  • Pacific Business News Women Who Mean Business Career Achievement Award (2016)

Activities and Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • American Bar Foundation
  • American Bankruptcy Institute
  • Child & Family Service, Board of Directors (2013-2016)
  • Federal Bar Association
  • Ninth Circuit Advisory Board (2012-present)
  • Hawaii State Bar Association (HSBA), President (2011)
  • Hawaii State Bar Foundation, President (2013)
  • Hawaii Women’s Legal Foundation, President (1992-1993)
  • Island Holdings, Board of Directors (2002-present)
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), Board of Directors – Hawai`i Chapter
  • Plaza Club of Honolulu, Board of Governors, Vice-Chair (2013)
  • The University of Hawai`i Foundation, Board of Trustees (1995-2001, Second Vice Chair 2000-2001; 2004-2010; 2014-2017)
  • YWCA Mission Making Society
  • Former board member of Aloha Airlines, American Savings Bank, The Hawai`i Community Foundation, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Sutter Health Pacific dba Kahi Mohala
  • Behavioral Health, Historic Hawaii Foundation, Assets School