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NORIHIKO YASHIRO, born Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, February 11, 1943; admitted, 1967, Osaka. Education: University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1965); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1967). Member: Osaka Bar Association (Vice-President, 1988-1989); Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese. PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate Law; Real Property Law; Litigation.

TERUMICHI SAEKI, born Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, December 28, 1942; admitted, 1968, Osaka. Education: Kyoto University (LL.B., 1965); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1968). Member: Osaka Bar Association (Vice-President, 1991-1992); Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese. PRACTICE AREAS: Corporate Law; Bankruptcy; Reorganization.

KATSUSUKE AMANO, born Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, February 27, 1952; admitted, 1978, Osaka. Education: Kyoto University (LL.B., 1976); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1978). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese. PRACTICE AREAS: Bankruptcy; Real Property Law; Insurance Law; Commercial Transactions.

KENJI NAKASHIMA, born Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, June 8, 1955; admitted, 1984, Osaka. Education: University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1980); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1984). Resident Japanese Law Consultant, Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Los Angeles, California, 1991-1993. Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations; International Bar Association and the International Pacific Bar Association. LANGUAGES: Japanese and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Bankruptcy; International Law; Litigation.

HIROSHI MORIMOTO, born Osaka, Japan, July 13, 1960; admitted, 1987, Osaka. Education: Waseda University (LL.B., 1985); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1987). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Products Liability; Insurance Law.

KENJI YAMAMOTO, born Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, February 20, 1962; admitted, 1991, Osaka. Education: Osaka City University (LL.B., 1989); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1991). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese. PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Law; Esates; Bankruptcy; Family Law.


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HIDEFUMI NAITO, born Asaguchi Township, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, November 19, 1961; admitted, 1990, Osaka. Education: Kyoto University (LL.B., 1987); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1990); Harvard Law School (LL.M., 1996). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese and English. PRACTICE AREAS:General International Practice; Litigation; Bankruptcy.

HIROKO TAKIGUCHI, born Osaka, Japan, December 24, 1963; admitted, 1992, Osaka. Education: Osaka University (LL.B., 1986); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1992). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Property Law; Estates; Family Law.

YUKIKO NARITA, born Osaka, Japan, September 30, 1964; admitted, 1993, Osaka. Education: Osaka City University (LL.B.,1987); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1993); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 1996). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese and English. PRACTICE AREAS: General International Practice; Litigation.

TORU WATANABE, born Ehime, Japan, February 2, 1966; admitted, 1993, Osaka. Education: Kyoto University (LL.B., 1991); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1993). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese. PRACTICE AREAS: General International Practice; Litigation.

MASAFUMI KODAMA, born Kyoto, Japan, June 5, 1966; admitted, 1993, Osaka. Education: University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1990); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1993). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese and English. PRACTICE AREAS: General International Practice; Litigation.

TOSHIHIKO OINUMA, born Fukushima, Japan, May 13, 1966; admitted, 1994, Osaka. Education: Osaka City University (LL.B., 1992); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1994). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese and English. PRACTICE AREAS: Intellectual Property Law; Real Property Law; Insurance Law; Consumer Financing.

AYUMU IIJIMA, born Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, December 14, 1966; admitted, 1994, Osaka. Education: Kyoto University (LL.B., 1992); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1994). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese. PRACTICE AREAS: Electronic Data Interchange Law; General Civil Practice.

WATARU NAKAMORI, born Osaka, Japan, February 13, 1966; admitted, 1995, Osaka. Education: Kyoto University (LL.B., 1991); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1995). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese. PRACTICE AREAS: General Civil Practice.

AYA KOTAKI, born Kyoto, Japan, June 28, 1966; admitted, 1995, Osaka. Education: Kyoto University (LL.B., 1993); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1995). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese. PRACTICE AREAS: General Civil Practice.

TAKAO OKUDA, born Kyoto, Japan, September 25, 1967; admitted, 1996, Osaka. Education: Doshisha University (LL.B., 1991); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan (1996). Member: Osaka Bar Association; Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. LANGUAGES: Japanese. PRACTICE AREAS: Real Property Law; Commercial Law.

  
  



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