Chase Tajima is the managing partner at Trépanier Tajima LLP. Mr. Tajima handles all aspects of civil litigation including prefiling investigation, initial pleadings, discovery, depositions, dispositive motions, negotiations, settlements, trials and appeals in both state and federal courts as well as arbitration proceedings. Mr. Tajima has achieved outstanding success in the courtroom through numerous resolutions in favor of his clients in California, Hawaii, and beyond.

Prior to founding Trépanier Tajima LLP, Mr. Tajima was an associate attorney at Crockett & Associates practicing complex civil litigation in Los Angeles, California. Prior to that, he was an associate at Chun Kerr LLP in Honolulu, Hawaii where he practiced in real estate transactions, commercial leasing, mortgage finance, tax controversy, tax planning, real property tax, and business organizations. There, he achieved a trial victory against the IRS (T.C. Memo 2015-91), litigated a $70 million state tax assessments for a publicly traded hotel company and advised on a $30 million 1031 exchange of fractional condominium interests. He co-authored the 2011 edition of the Limited Liability Company Manual for the Hawaii State Bar Association and was formerly the vice chair of Hawaii State Bar Association’s tax section.

While in law school, he assisted the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office with a successful prosecution of a serial rapist and murderer. Mr. Tajima also served as an intern for Judge David Laro of the United States Tax Court and for the IRS. At Loyola Law School, Mr. Tajima achieved First Honors in his income taxation and ethical lawyering course work and qualified for the Dean’s Honor List. At Georgetown University Law Center, Mr. Tajima graduated with distinction near the top of his class.

Prior to law school, Mr. Tajima worked at an international business consulting firm and, in college, served as a Capitol Hill intern for an esteemed Hawaii Congressman.