Paul A. Schraff
Profile
Paul is a skilled litigator with over 40 years of trial
experience. His specialties are trial and appellate civil
litigation, including complex commercial litigation, information
technology and intellectual property, real estate, and commercial
and corporate law, including class actions. Paul also provides
advice and counsel on commercial and corporate matters, real
estate, information technology, software, internet and other IT
services, and the discovery of electronically stored information
and litigation holds.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Paul had a career in systems
analysis and programming mainframes. His real world experiences
and lessons learned in the technology industry allow him to find
practical solutions to his clients problems. Paul is also a
contributing author of articles on remedies and real property law
in Hawai‘i and has spoken before a variety of groups on real
property and information technology issues.
Paul is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court,
Hawai‘i and the U.S. District Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Paul is also a licensed arbitrator with the American Arbitration
Association, Dispute Prevention & Resolution, Inc, and the
Court Annexed Arbitration Program, First Circuit Court, State of
Hawai‘i.
Areas of Focus
Bar Admissions
Education
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Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Juris Doctor, summa cum laude
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Cleveland State University
Master of Business Administration
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University of Dayton
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Professional and Community Associations