NOTE: This list includes only members who volunteered to be on the list for public distribution. The list does not constitute an endorsement or referral by JABA.
Masayo Allen
Anderson, McPharlin & Conners LLP
4445 Eastgate Mall, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 812-3070
mka@amclaw.com
Practice areas: Real estate, surety & fidelity, professional liability defense
Reina Boaz
Reina Boaz Law PLLC
154 Grand Street
New York, NY 10013
reina@reinaboazlaw.com
Practice areas: Immigration
Languages: Japanese
James R. Ebert
Kitagawa & Ebert, P.C.
8001 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 960
Irvine CA 92618
(949)788-9980
jre@japanuslaw.com
Practice areas: Japanese business, litigation, probate, estate planning, corporate, M&A, Real Estate
Gary Eto
Law Offices of Gary C. Eto
1455 Crenshaw Blvd., Suite #150
Torrance, CA 90501
(310) 320-7700
gceto@aol.com
Practice areas: Personal Injury, Product Liability, Criminal Defense
Sandra S. Fujiyama
Sidley Austin LLP
555 W. Fifth St., 40th Floor
Los Angeles CA 90013
(213) 896-6000
sfujiyama@sidley.com
Practice areas: Intellectual property
Alex H. Fukui
California Bank & Trust, Legal Dept.
550 South Hope Street, Suite 300
Los Angeles CA 90071
(213) 593-3192
RoninAlex@aol.com
Practice areas: Corporate, banking
Languages: Japanese
Paul Jay Fukushima
Law Offices of Paul Jay Fukushima
12749 Norwalk Boulevard, Suite 111
Norwalk CA 90650
(562)864-2575
paul@fukushimalaw.com
Practice areas: Probate; estate planning
Leah M. Gasendo
Dale, Barden & Hinchcliffe
2443 Portola Rd., Suite A
Ventura CA 93003
(805)658-9393
lgasendo@dbhlaw.com
Practice areas: Employment, construction defect, civil litigation
Languages: Spanish, Tagalog
Richard H. Hikida
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
3161 Michelson Dr., Suite 1000
Irvine CA 92612
(949) 732-6533
hikidar@gtlaw.com
Practice areas: Litigation
Languages: Japanese
Kyle Y. Hoshide
Allen Matkins et al LLP
1901 Ave of the Stars, Suite 1800
Los Angeles CA 90067
(310)788-2466
khoshide@allenmatkins.com
Practice areas: Real estate
K. Anne Inoue
23440 Hawthorne Blvd. Suite 270
Torrance CA 90505
(424) 634-9240
anne.inoue@agulaw.com
Practice areas: Business/corporate, real estate, trademarks
Languages: Japanese
Louis K. Ito
Lamb & Kawakami
333 S. Grand Ave., #4200
Los Angeles CA 90071
(213) 630-5518
lito@lamb-kawakami.com
Practice areas: Business & corporate
Languages: Japanese
Shigenobu P. Itoh
Rutan & Tucker LLP
611 Anton Blvd., Suite 1400
Costa Mesa CA 92626
(714) 338-1820
sitoh@rutan.com
Practice areas: Corporate, Securities
Languages: Japanese
Sayaka Karitani
Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcava & MacCuish LLP
Los Angeles CA 90071
(213) 576-1026
skaritan@wbcounsel.com
Practice areas: Business and employment litigation
Languages: Japanese
Hirofumi Kawano
Law Offices of Hirofumi Kawano
21250 Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 500
Torrance CA 90505
(310) 375-3442
hkkawano@cs.com
Practice areas: Estate planning & probate
Languages: Japanese
Patricia A. Kinaga
Kinaga Law Firm
617 S. Olive Street, Suite 1210
Los Angeles CA 90014
(213) 623-8588
pkinaga@kinagalawfirm.com
Practice areas: Employment
Lisa M. Kitagawa
Kitagawa & Ebert, P.C.
8001 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 960
Irvine CA 92618
(949)788-9980
kitagawa@japanuslaw.com
Practice areas: Japanese business, employment, litigation, corporate, M&A
Languages: Japanese
Bill Klein
Law Office of Bill Travis Klein
4401 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 200
Long Beach, CA 90807
(562) 984-2008
www.btkleinlaw.com
Practice area: Immigration and nationality law
Kelly A. Knight
Law Offices of Kelly A. Knight
3435 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2470
Los Angeles CA 90010
(213) 915-6750
inquiries@kknightlaw.com
Practice Areas: Litigation, employment law, personal injury, business disputes
Melissa S. Lam
Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP
2049 Century Park East, 28th Floor
Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 284-2254
mlam@coxcastle.com
Practice areas: Litigation
Randall R. Lee
Wilmer Hale
350 S. Grand Ave., Suite 2100
Los Angeles CA 90071
(213) 443-5301
randall.lee@wilmerhale.com
Practice areas: Securities & white collar criminal
Mike H. Madokoro
Bowman & Brooke LLP
879 W. 190th Ave., Ste. 700
Gardena CA 90248
(310) 768-3068
mmadokor@bowmanbrooke.com
Practice areas: Products liability defense; complex litigation & trials
Languages: Japanese (conversational)
Robert T. Matsuishi
7189 Tanager Dr.
Carlsbad CA 92011
matsuishir@gmail.com
Languages: Japanese
Jon M. Mayeda
JAMS
707 Wilshire Blvd., 46th FL
Los Angeles CA 90017
(213) 620-1133
jmayeda@jamsadr.com
Practice areas: Mediation & arbitration
Gary S. Mikuni
Law Office of Gary S. Mikuni
770 South Arroyo Parkway, Suite 102
Pasadena CA 91105
(626) 564-9200
gary@gmikuni.com
Practice areas: Estate planning
Audra M. Mori
Perkins Coie LLP
1620 26th St., 6th Floor, South Tower
Santa Monica CA 90404
(310) 788-9900
amori@perkinscoie.com
Practice areas: Intellectual property, litigation
Carole Morita
Law Offices of Carole S. Morita
3250 Wilshire Blvd #2130
Los Angeles CA 90010
(213)387-4499
carolemorita@dslextreme.com
Practice areas: Probate,mental health
Tritia Murata
Morrison & Foerster LLP
555 W. Fifth St., Suite 3500
Los Angeles CA 90013
(213) 892-5765
TMurata@mofo.com
Practice areas: Employment and Labor, Litigation, Appellate
Jason Murai
JOL Management Co.
6701 Center Drive West, Suite 1500
Los Angeles CA 90045
(310) 561-7483
jaymurai@gmail.com
Practice areas: Corporate law, advertising law, employment law
Languages: Japanese (conversational)
Shodai Nakano
Hahn & Bolson, LLP
21250 Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 500
Torrance CA 90503
(310) 792-7406
snakano@hahnbolsonllp.com
Practice areas: Corporate, business, employment, trademark
Languages: Japanese
Miyuki Nishimura
Law Office of Miyuki Nishimura
333 S. Grand Ave., 25th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 278-2780
miyuki@lawofficenishimura.com
Practice areas: Family law, divorce, custody, child/spousal support, DV prevention
Languages: Japanese
Evan Okamura
Feinberg, Mindel, Brandt & Klein LLP
12424 Wilshire Blvd., Ninth Floor
Los Angeles CA 90025
(310) 447-8675
eokamura@fmbklaw.com
Practice areas: Civil litigation
Crystal Ondo
Perkins Coie LLP
10885 NE Fourth St., Suite 700
Bellevue, WA 98004
condo@perkinscoie.com
condo@perkinscoie.com
David Ono
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
400 S. Hope Street, 15th Floor
Los Angeles CA 90071
(213) 430-7759
dono@omm.com
Practice areas: Intellectual property
Tom Roth
Steinmeyer Roth LLP
3100 W. Burbank Blvd., #101
Burbank CA 91505
(818)562-1532
tom@prolific.com
Practice areas: Business, real estate
Bill H. Seki
Seki Nishimura & Watase, LLP
1055 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1900
Los Angeles CA 90017
(213) 481-2869
bseki@snw-law.com
Practice areas: Criminal Defense; Administrative Law; Business Litigation; Employment Law
Yuriko Mary Shikai
Neufeld Law Group
30 East Second St., Ste. 703
Los Angeles CA 90012
(213) 625-2625
yshikai@neufeldlawgroup.com
Practice areas: Civil & Business Litigation Japanese
Andrew V. Sperry
Lindahl Beck, LLP
660 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1500
Los Angeles CA 90017
(213) 488-3900
asperry@lindahlbeck.com
Practice areas: Litigation, legal malpractice, products liability
Languages: Japanese
Michelle K. Sugihara
Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP
601 S. Figueroa St., Suite 3900
Los Angeles CA 90017
(213) 892-4937
msugihara@luce.com
Practice areas: Real estate; Business litigation Japanese
Craig S. Sunada
Law Offices of Craig S. Sunada
655 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 125
Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274
(310)544-7161
geesunada1@aol.com
Practice areas: Civil litigation
Chase Tajima
1050 S. Flower St., #422
Los Angeles CA 90015
chasetajima@mac.com
Languages: Japanese (basic)
Kasumi Takahashi
Jones Bell Abbott Fleming & Fitzgerald LLP
601 S. Figueroa St., 27th Flr
Los Angeles CA 90017
(213) 485-1500
kltakahashi@jonesbell.com
Practice areas: Business litigation, business transactions
Janet M. Takenouchi
Gotfredson & Associates
11755 Wilshire Blvd, 15th Fl.
Los Angeles CA 90025
jmkojima@verizon.net
Practice areas: Complex civil litigation
Steven G. Teraoka
Teraoka & Partners LLP
1801 Century Park East, Suite 2400
Los Angeles CA 90067
(310)552-2600
steve@teraokalaw.com
William T. Uyesugi
Loeb & Loeb LLP
10100 Santa Monica Blvd. #2200
Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 282-2000
wuyesugi@loeb.com
Practice areas: Complex litigation, ins coverage, bad faith, real estate litigation, commercial arbitration
Languages: Japenese (basic)
Ako S. Williams
Rutan & Tucker, LLP
611 Anton Blvd., 14th Fl.
Costa Mesa CA 92626
(714) 338-1851
awilliams@rutan.com
Practice areas: Litigation, IP, corporate transactions
Languages: Japanese (native)
David Yamada
P.O. Box 91132
Pasadena CA 91109
(626)449-8014
dyamadalaw@aol.com
Practice areas: Criminal, mental health
Steven K. Yoda
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 23rd Floor
Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 712-6100
syoda@kelleydrye.com
Practice areas: Commercial Litigation
Mark K. Yoshida
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
1145 Wilshire Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles CA 90017
(213) 977-7500
myoshida@apalc.org
Practice areas: Immigration
