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The recent tragedy in Surfside, Florida raises many questions. Our friends at Berding Weil address a proactive approach to identifying and remedying hidden damage early. Click below to read the article: http://msmhawaii.com/hidden-damage-life-death-and-legislation/     Article Post Photo by James Sullivan on Unsplash

Ellen McKinley was nominated for Maui’s 2021 Volunteer Hero! Click the link below to read more about her volunteer efforts: Ellen McKinley — 2021 Volunteer Hero

MSM Senior Attorney Rebecca O. Filipović  and her husband Aleks share a passion for soccer, coaching and inspiring Maui’s youth to aim high. Rebecca and Aleks run the Valley Isle Soccer Academy, which they started in 2012. Read more about four of their players who will be heading off to college in furtherance of their […]

Firestop Materials Attack Sprinkler Pipes! By: Kyle Pineo, Esq. of Berding | Weil LP and William M. McKeon, Esq. of McKeon Sheldon Mehling, LLLC Berding | Weil LP and McKeon Sheldon Mehling LLLC sometimes find irony in our construction defect cases. Here’s one: building products that together are intended to increase safety turn out to [...]

McKeon Sheldon Mehling LLLC donated to the following charities this year: Hawaii Islands Land Trust Big Brothers Big Sisters Kihei Charter Operation Christmas Child Makawao Hongwanji

Shannon Sheldon and Keri Mehling of McKeon Sheldon Mehling LLLC attended the 23rd Annual Women Helping Women Fundraiser on Sunday, March 8th, 2020. The theme this year was “Wahine Alakaʻi – Women Leaders, Then & Now”. For more information about this cause, please visit: https://www.womenhelpingwomenmaui.com/

Partner Keri C. Mehling’s article on 7 Reasons to Avoid Litigation in Association Disputes was featured in the Building Management Hawaii November 2019 issue. See below for featured article.   Click here to be directed to the featured magazine on Building Management Hawaii’s website.  

What is it? Incorporation is the formation of an entity, typically a non-profit corporation for an association, by filing the requisite documents with the State of Hawaii.  Incorporating is not required in order to operate as an association in Hawaii, however, there are certain advantages.  Advantages of Incorporation The incorporation of an association provides several […]

Noise disputes among owners can be one of the most troublesome problems that community associations and their managers face. Not only can they be expensive to resolve, they can cause community unrest and bad feelings. However, if the association acts quickly and assertively, it may be able to diffuse the dispute, or at least keep […]

This 2018 summer legislative session contained some significant changes in the law pertaining to the way associations collect. The law took effect on July 1, 2018. Most significantly, HRS § 514B-105(c), which applies to condominium associations, has been changed so that the Board is no longer allowed to adopt a so-called “priority of payment” policy. […]