Hawai‘i REALTORS® has named Jack Legal the 2022 Hawai‘i REALTOR® of the Year. The award was announced at the Hawai‘i REALTORS® Convention at the Sheraton Waikiki on September 15, 2022.

Each year since 1967 the award has recognized an outstanding REALTOR® in Hawai‘i for work in the interest of fellow REALTORS®, the profession and the community.

Legal, who served as the 2020 President of Hawai‘i REALTORS®, earned his Hawai‘i Real Estate License in 1991 and was affiliated with various real estate companies until he founded Legal Realty in 2000. In addition to his Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), and Seniors Real Estate Specialist (SRES) designations, he is a graduate of the Hawai‘i Association of REALTORS® Leadership Academy and Policy Governance Academy. He was president of the Honolulu Board of REALTORS® in 2015, and he was recognized as the organization’s REALTOR® of the Year in 2020. He has also served in several roles with the National Association of REALTORS®.

Legal has served as president of the Filipino Chamber of Commerce and Hawai‘i Ballroom Dance Association, as well as on the board of ‘Ōlelo Community Media and Kapolei City Lion’s Club. He also chaired Neighborhood Board 34 and the Tax Appeal Review Board 111.