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Hirota & Associates, LLLC is a law firm based in Honolulu, Hawaii, devoted exclusively to U.S. immigration and nationality matters. The firm assists families and businesses throughout the Hawaiian Islands with a wide range of immigration issues. Maile M. Hirota, the managing attorney, brings over 30 years of experience in the field.

The firm's practice areas include business immigration, family-based immigration, derivative U.S. citizenship, naturalization, waivers, and consular processing. They also handle employment-based immigration applications, various visa types such as E-1, E-2, O-1, P-1/P-2/P-3, H-1B/H-2B/H-3, L-1, and R-1, as well as green card applications, adjustment of status, and citizenship procedures.

Hirota & Associates, LLLC is recognized for its work in immigration law. The firm has been ranked by U.S. News & World Report in the First Tier of "Best Law Firms" in Hawaii in the field of Immigration Law each year since 2016. Maile M. Hirota has been selected by her peers for The Best Lawyers in America© in Immigration Law annually since 2008 and was named "Lawyer of the Year" in Immigration Law in Honolulu for 2015, 2018, 2024, and 2026. Stella Shimamoto, a senior associate, received "Super Lawyers Rising Stars" in 2020 and 2021.

The firm offers legal services in English, Tagalog, Ilocano, and Japanese. Its attorneys advocate for just immigration policy and the rights of individual immigrants, with Maile M. Hirota and Stella Shimamoto having served as Hawaii Chapter Chair of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).