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Hagatna Business Transactions and Litigation Law Firm
Overview
ARRIOLA LAW FIRM is a full service law firm, with a strong background and established presence in the Western Pacific, particularly Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (“CNMI”). Led by its senior and founding partner, Joaquin C. Arriola, it is Guam's oldest established law office, since 1953. The firm currently has six lawyers and nine staff members. The firm's lawyers graduated from among the finest American law schools, and are licensed to practice in the Courts of Guam, CNMI, and federal courts, including the U.S. District Courts of Guam and CNMI, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court. They are variously licensed (inactive) in California and Minnesota. The firm devotes much of its practice to admiralty, appellate advocacy, banking, business transactions, civil and complex litigation, criminal defense, energy, family law, insurance, probate, procurement, real estate, and telecommunications. The firm's practice has brought them into the courts of Hawaii, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Belau. The lawyers at the firm are actively involved in civic and government associations, and have represented numerous organizations and individuals pro bono. The firm takes pride in making its resources available to local clients, as well as servicing the legal needs and demands of international corporations and business clients.About Arriola Law Firm
Previous Law Firm Name
- Arriola, Cowan & Arriola
- Arriola, Cowan & Bordallo
Languages
- English
- Chamorro
- Tagalog
Practice Areas
- Business Transactions and Litigation 40%
- Criminal Defense 30%
- Real Estate 10%
- Family Law 10%
- Estate Planning and Probate 10%
Honors
- PIKA’S BEST OF GUAM – Best Divorce Lawyer: Joaquin C. Arriola, Jr., 2014 - 2018
- PIKA’S BEST OF GUAM – Best Law Office: Arriola Law Firm (formerly Arriola, Cowan & Arriola), 2017 - 2018
Pro Bono Activities
- Estate planning (wills and probate) for elderly clients, 1990 - Present
- Civil litigation representation for low-income clients, 1990 - Present
Representative Clients
- AXS Insurance
- American Express International
- Aon Micronesia (Guam) Inc.
- AT&T Services, Inc.
- Aviation Concepts, Inc.
- Bankpacific, Bank of Guam
- Cabras Marine Corp. (Guam and Saipan)
- Coast360 Federal Credit Union
- Coco Commercial Property
- Core Tech International Corp., Ecolab (Guam) LLC
- Family Finance Co., Inc.
- Fidelity National Title Group
- IMCO General Construction Inc.
- G4S Secure Solutions (Guam), Inc.
- Grow Guam LLC
- Guam Landmark Inc.
- John Hancock Life Insurance Co.
- Marianas Energy Co.
- Menhalom, LLC
- Midpacific Warehousing
- Oka Condominium Homeowners Association
- Our Lady of Peace Memorial Plan, Inc.
- Oxford Properties & Finance Co., Ltd.
- Pacair Properties LLC
- Prudential Insurance
- Seabridge, Inc.
- StayWell Insurance Inc.
- Teleguam Holdings LLC dba GTA
- Teleguam, Inc.
- Tristar Terminals Guam, Inc.
People
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Fees
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Accepts Credit Cards
Office Information
Address
259 Martyr StreetSuite 201 Hagatna 96910, Guam
Office Hours
M-F 8am-5pm
Phone
Fax
- 671-477-9734
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