Ryan H. Engle

Ryan H. Engle


Lung Rose Voss & Wagnild

Recognized since 2015

Honolulu, Hawaii

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Construction Law

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Mr. Engle's practice focuses in the areas of real estate litigation, construction contracts and disputes, and complex business litigation.

Examples of Mr. Engle's work include:

  • Constitutional Law. Represented a national REIT in a highly publicized constitutional challenge of legislation affecting the methods for calculating lease rent under long-term industrial ground leases. Successfully obtained ruling declaring statute unconstitutional under the contracts and equal protection clauses of the United States Constitution.
    • Construction Litigation. Represented large general contractor in a landmark mechanic’s lien action involving a master-planned commercial project. Proceeded to a probable cause hearing and obtained a total mechanic’s lien against the project for an amount in excess of $20 million.
      • Class Action Defense. Represented prominent Hawaii developer in ten year long class action litigation alleging construction defects and statutory non-disclosure in the design and sale of units in a large-scale residential subdivision. Mr. Engle obtain summary judgment on half of the claims asserted by the class, resulting in a highly favorable settlement that involved the payment of only nominal damages to a handful of individual class members and the implementation of an extended warranty program.
        • Complex Business Litigation. Represented one of the nation's leading generic drug manufacturers in highly-publicized multi-party case brought by the State of Hawaii alleging fraud and misrepresentation in the pricing and distribution of pharmaceuticals to Hawaii Medicaid program.

          He is a member of NAIOP, the Urban Land Institute, and the American Institute of Architects. Mr. Engle is also a frequent speaker at construction law seminars in Hawaii and the author of a number of construction-related publications.

Location
  • Topa Financial Center, Suite 900
    700 Bishop Street
    Honolulu, HI 96813
Education
  • Boston University School of Law, J.D., graduated 2001
  • Kenyon College, BA, graduated 1997
Bar Admissions
  • Hawaii, Hawaii State Bar Association
Affiliations
  • Building Industry Association of Hawaii - Director

Lung Rose Voss & Wagnild
Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaii

11 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

3 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Construction Law
Awards:
  • Hawaii Super Lawyers 2013
  • Forty Under 40 - Pacific Business News 2014
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Appellate Practice
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Real Estate Law

Publications

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