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VIRTUAL
LAW OFFICE
We are a full service Virtual Law Firm with our physical location in Honolulu Hawaii. Our specialty is in all aspects of Entertainment, Transactional, Contracts, and debt resolution Law. Although we are virtual, we offer the same legal services and attention to your legal matters as traditional law offices. We can assist you in navigating through your legal issues whether it involves Contracts (drafting, reviewing, negotiating), Real Estate (Buyer, seller, AOAO/Condominium Association, Property Manager, Owner, Renter or Financial Institution), Insurance issues (Insurer or insured), Professional Licensure defense, Business and Compliance issues.
We also offer Limited Scope/Unbundled Legal Services for those who prefer taking a more active role in their legal matters. Free consultation upon request.
PRACTICE
AREAS
ENTERTAINMENT, CONTRACT, and INTERLLECTUAL PROPERTY
Our entertainment practice encompasses legal guidance in all aspects of the entertainment business, and we represent both talent and industry side clients. We can also assist brand and social media influencers, models/agencies and musicians with their contract needs. We can draft and review all types of contracts for The Entertainment, Media, financial, and Business world.
INSURANCE
Our insurance practice focuses on insurance companies that cover both individuals and businesses in a wide range of industries and occupations.
REAL ESTATE
We help our clients with their real estate needs whether you are an owner, property manager, AOAO, seller, renter, or financial institution, We will work hard to protect your real property interest. I also hold a Hawaii Real Estate License.
EMPLOYMENT and PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE
When your employer violates your rights or your professional license is threatened, it’s anxiety-producing and sometimes emotionally shattering. Our firm advocates aggressively for Hawaii workers and licensed professionals.
BUSINESS and TRANSACTIONAL LAW
We will use our legal skills, experience and creativity to handle a broad range of business transaction and litigation matters. Working with our clients (Small and large businesses, and non-profits), We will carefully examine the facts, develop an appropriate strategy and aggressively pursue litigation if necessary
UNBUNDLED LEGAL SERVICES
We can provide you Unbundled Legal Consultation Services, which may comprise advice, strategizing, document review or preparation, ghostwriting, coaching, witness preparation, hearing preparation, research, etc., minimizing attorney time and expense while providing the benefit of expert advice and assistance as requested. We offer you the ability to "unbundle" various services tailor made to suit your desires, needs and ability to pay.
OUR VISION
Aloha, my name is Emmitt Ford, Jr., the Founder and Managing Attorney of E.H. FORD LAW LLLC. Our vision is to provide the very best legal representation at a competitive rate in a variety of practice areas. We want to empower our clients to get actively involved in their legal representation at every level from providing traditional full service legal representation where we would handle all aspects the case. We operate as a Virtual Law Firm and not as an online legal technology company providing generic online legal self help document preparation as some popular nationally advertised legal website organizations. We are a full-service firm practicing in the State and Federal Courts in the state of Hawaii. However, we do provide contracts and other legal document assistance through our unbundled service. Our firm uses the latest technologies to communicate virtually to connect with our clients from our physical location in Honolulu, Hawaii. We can meet with clients all over the state and even on the mainland virtually for cases in Hawaii (State and Federal Courts) all without every catching a flight. That is unless the situation requires in-person meeting and representation. I have made a point to develop strong relationships with the local legal community, the courts, state, city and county governmental agencies. I worked in state government for various state agencies for nearly 20 years. At this time, our consultations are available by appointment only. Please email us below to schedule a free consultation. No case is too small to assist you with your legal needs. Our low overhead allow us to provide effective legal services with competitive fees. As previously mentioned, we offer unbundled legal services for those who only need a limited scope legal services/representation or those representing themselves pro se.
Education and Experience
I have a diverse background in various professions and disciplines before becoming an attorney. I am a professional musician and spent most of my life as a drummer in both live performance on the road and as a studio musician. I helped other artists set up their own record companies, established corporate entities, and drafted their music/entertainment industry contracts. I hold both a Real Estate and Cosmetology Licenses and was a small business owner in the past establishing and operating several business ventures. I have years of experience negotiating, reviewing, and drafting contracts including recording/music industry contracts, NDAs, Real Estate and Financial agreements. I have also negotiated clinical trial research agreements with pharmaceutical companies on behalf of universities and research hospitals. I spent the last decade working with a top law firm specializing in criminal defense, administrative law, insurance defense, litigation, real property, and AOAO/HOA law in addition to entertainment law until I decided to start my own virtual law firm. We look forward to servicing your legal needs.
Admitted to Practice in Hawaii
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Hawaii State Courts
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United States District Court for the District of Hawaii
Education
Christian Brothers University, 2001
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Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Chaminade University (Honolulu), 2005
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Masters of Arts (MA)
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Hogan Entrepreneurial MBA Program
William S. Richardson School of Law-University of Hawaii, 2009
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Juris Doctor (JD)
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Hawaii innocence Project
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Environmental Law Program
Professional Associations
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Hawaii State Bar Association
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Federal Bar Association (Hawaii Chapter and Intellectual Property Section)
OUR TEAM
EMMITT H. FORD, JR.
Principal Attorney
Tel: (424) 209-8822
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KAU`I FORD
Office/Virtual Office Manager
Tel: (424) 209-8822
VACANT
Staff
Tel: (424) 209-8822
OUR ADDRESS
Virtual online via secured wi-fi
Mailing Address: 2700 S. King St., PO Box 283279, Honolulu, HI 96826
Email: emmitt@ehfordlaw.com
Tel: (424) 209-8822
(808) 351-6090
For any general inquiries, please fill in the following contact form. Also, please tell us how you found our firm. Thank you!
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Unbundled Legal Services
À la Carte Legal Services By Design
What are Unbundled Legal Services?
Unbundled legal services (Unbundled Services) are consultation services offered by an attorney [sometimes referred to herein as "the Unbundled Services Provider"] to a person handling his or her own case, i.e., a party representing himself or herself "in Pro Per" [sometimes referred to herein as "the Pro Per" or "the party"], to counsel and assist, but not to represent that person in the pending case.
In an Unbundled Services arrangement, the party consults the lawyer and gets legal information, advice about the party's case, and assistance from the Unbundled Services Provider when the party determines a need for it. Unbundled services does not provide the sort of traditional full-service representation that a party would receive by retaining an attorney for all purposes in the case.
Unbundled services are frequently sought and received in Business and Entertainment Law, Contracts, Employment law, Estate Planning, Family Law, and Credit/Debt defense cases when a party seeks assistance with certain aspects of his or her case. People who can't afford to pay an advance retainer to retain an attorney for ongoing representation, or who don't want the responsibility to pay the ongoing charges of a retained attorney, can obtain consultation and assistance from attorneys who offer unbundled services, on a "pay as you go" basis. This form of assistance has become more prevalent in the past few years, following the downturn of the economy. COVID -19 pandemic, and clients choosing to represent themselves and their own self-interest.