A BIG ISLAND FIRM SERVING THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
A BIG ISLAND FIRM SERVING THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
In 2015, Mr. Kwiat left his position with Kona Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to form the firm of Schlueter & Kwiat.
Mr. Kwiat started his legal career in 2009 with the firm Carlsmith Ball LLP. Mr. Kwiat worked as an associate for two years, focusing primarily on civil litigation. In September 2011, Mr. Kwiat took a position as a deputy prosecuting attorney for Hawai'i County, where he remained until August 2015. At the prosecutor’s office, Mr. Kwiat prosecuted felony and misdemeanor crimes of all types.
Mr. Kwiat handles much of the Firm's personal injury cases and civil litigation. Mr. Kwiat has recovered over a million dollars for his clients who have suffered injury. Mr. Kwiat also handles criminal defense cases. He is an experienced trial attorney having tried cases to include sex assault and murder.
As an appellate attorney, Mr. Kwiat has won cases as a prosecuting attorney and in private practice for his clients. Notable appellate cases include overturning a life sentence for murder in State v. Smith, 141 Hawai'i 251 (2020).
Mr. Kwiat was born in Oklahoma City and spent most of his youth in Shelbyville, Illinois. He attended the University of Missouri and graduated from Columbia College in 2005. After moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2005, he studied law at the Charlotte School of Law from 2006 through 2009, and graduated with their inaugural class. After graduating from law school, he moved to Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i, where his mother and father have lived since 2002.
Mr. Kwiat is actively involved in the community. Mr. Kwiat has served as a Circuit Court criminal law representative to the State bench bar conference. He assisted in the set-up of the self-help desk at the Kona District Court. He also served as West Hawai'i Director of the Young Lawyers’ Division of the Hawai'i State Bar Association from 2010-2011.
Mr. Kwiat is licensed to practice law in the State of Hawai'i and the United States District Court, District of Hawai'i.
Jason R. Kwiat
75-167 Kalani St, Suite 201
Kailua Kona, Hawai'i 96740
Phone: (808) 987-7275
Fax: (808) 443-0339
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