Our Mission is Simple: High Quality,
Sophisticated International Work at Local Law Firm Rates
Jeffrey P. Clemente
Admission:
1978 New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey,
1988 District of Columbia,
1988 New York,
1989 U.S. Supreme Court,
1991 Japan, as Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi
Member:
New Jersey State Bar Association,
The District of Columbia Bar,
Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association (Special Foreign Member),
Colonel (Ret.) US Army
Practice Area:
General Practice (U.S. Law), International Commercial Transactions, Financial Transactions and Cross-Border Litigation
Languages:
English and Japanese
Birthplace:
Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Education:
Cornell University (B.S., 1970; M.B.A., 1972)
Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D.,cum laude, 1978)
E-mail:
Takashi Sugawara
Admission:
1988 Japan
Member:
Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
Practice Area:
Corporate law, International Commercial Transactions, Labor Law, Bankruptcy Law, and Intellectual Property Rights
Languages:
Japanese and English
Education:
Tokyo University (B.A. concentration in French Literature, 1979; LL.B., 1983)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (1988)
Cornell Law School (LL.M., 1992)
Peter M. Nadler
Admission:
1983 New Jersey,
1985 New York,
2002 New South Wales (Australia),
2003 Japan, as Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi
Member:
New York County Lawyers' Association,
Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Asssociation (Special Foreign Member)
Practice Area:
General Practice (U.S. Law), International Commercial Transactions, HR matters and Cross-Border Litigation
Languages:
English and Japanese (near native level)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Education:
Columbia College (B.A.,1979)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (J.D., 1982)
E-mail:
Tomomi Sagawa
Admission:
2001 Japan
Member:
Tokyo Bar Association
Practice Area:
General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation
Languages:
Japanese and English
Education:
Chuo University (LL.B. 1995)
Waseda University (Master, Corporate law major, 1997)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court（2001）
Kazue Tanaka
Admission:
2006 Japan
Member:
Tokyo Bar Association
Practice Area:
General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation
Languages:
Japanese and English
Education:
Kumamoto University (B.A., 1991)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (2006)
Taeko Narikawa
Admission:
2008 Japan
Member:
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Practice Area:
General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation
Languages:
Japanese and English
Education:
Waseda University (B.Econ., 1998)
Waseda Law School (J.D., 2007)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (2008)
Kyoko Morita
Admission:
2013 Japan
(voluntarily deregistered in 2021
and readmitted in 2023)
2023 New York
Member:
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Practice Area:
General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation
Languages:
Japanese and English
Education:
Hitotsubashi University (LL.B, 2004)
Chiba University School of Law (J.D., 2010)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (2012)
New York University School of Law (LL.M, 2022)
Naoki Matsumoto
Admission:
2012 Japan
Member:
Dai-ichi Tokyo Bar Association
Practice Area:
General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation
Languages:
Japanese and English
Education:
Chuo University (LL.B, 2006)
Meiji University School of Law (J.D., 2009)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (2010)
Toshihide Ban
Admission:
Currently studying abroad, and has voluntarily de-registered
from the Bar Association until his return.
Member:
Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
Practice Area:
General Corporate Commercial Practice and Litigation
Languages:
Japanese and English
Education:
Hosei University (LL.B, 2014)
The University of Tokyo School of Law (J.D., 2016)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (2017)
David H. Ching
Admission:
2017 Hawaii,
2018 New York
(Foreign Associate, not admitted in Japan)
Member:
Hawaii State Bar Association
Practice Area:
General Practice (U.S. Law) and International Commercial Transactions
Languages:
English
Birthplace:
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
Education:
University of Hawaii (B.A.,2007; M.B.A., 2010; J.D., 2017)
Claire E. Adams
Admission:
2017 New Mexico
(Foreign Associate, not admitted in Japan)
Member:
New Mexico State Bar Association
Practice Area:
General Practice (U.S. Law)
Languages:
English and Spanish
Birthplace:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
Education:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A., 2012)
University of New Mexico School of Law (J.D., 2016)
Our Mission is Simple: High Quality,
Sophisticated International Work at Local Law Firm Rates
Of Counsel
Hiroshi Nagayasu
Admission:
1974 Japan
Member:
Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association
Practice Area:
Corporate Law, International Law, Real Estate, Litigation, Arbitration and International Commercial Transactions
Languages:
Japanese and English
Education:
Tokyo University (LL.B., 1971)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (1974)
Norifumi Tateishi
Admission:
1979 Japan
Member:
Tokyo Bar Association
Practice Area:
Corporate Law, International Commercial Transactions, Litigation, Arbitration, Financial Transactions, Securities Business and Intellectual Property Rights
Languages:
Japanese and English
Education:
Tokyo University (LL.B., 1977)
Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court (1979)
Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1985)
Russell G. Fujiwara
Admission:
1985 California
1988 New York
(not admitted in Japan)
Member:
State Bar of California
Practice Area:
International Commercial Transactions and Intellectual Property Rights
Languages:
English
Education:
University of California (B.A., 1981)
Columbia University School of Law (J.D., 1984)