Paul Alston is a partner in Dentons' Honolulu office. He believes you must earn a client’s trust by consistently doing great work, exceeding expectations, and caring deeply about solving problems efficiently. He built a 40+ year career handling complicated disputes that involve large damage claims. His practice focuses primarily on commercial litigation, antitrust/unfair competition law, and appellate law, but he has also taken on a wide range of civil rights cases for the poor and disadvantaged.

Paul has been named Hawai`i Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America® four times, and in Chambers & Partners USA, a client describes Alston as “three steps ahead of everyone else.” He is listed as a “best lawyer” in seven categories. Benchmark Litigation identified Alston as among the litigation stars in Hawai`i.

Paul is a past president of the Hawaii State Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association (Hawai`i Chapter), the Hawaii Justice Foundation and Hawaii Lawyers Care, a pro bono project. He has served as Special Deputy Attorney General (defending the justices of the Hawai`i Supreme Court, two governors and the Attorney General), was a Trustee of the National Conference of Bar Foundations, and is one of 200 lawyers elected to the American Academy of Appellate Attorneys.

He and his wife are farmers–they own and operate Hawaii’s largest poha berry farm with customers around the State. He snowboards and surfs for fun.