Officers

President

President-Elect
Colin M. Kawaguchi
Nevers, Palazzo, Packard, Wildermuth & Wynner, PC
(818) 879-9700

Vice President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Immediate Past-President
(ex officio)
Catherine Endo Chuck
McBirney & Chuck
(213) 688-9100
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Kira T. Conlon
Somos Group
(213) 669-6392
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Stephen Franz
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
(213) 655-9632
stephenfranz@dwt.com
Mark J. Furuya
Turner Construction Company
(714) 940-9000
mfuruya@tcco.com
Karyn Ihara
Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
(424) 324-3483
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Glenn Inanaga
Cherng Family Trust
(626) 372-8448
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Ryan Iwasaka
Greenberg Glusker LLP
(310) 201-7405
riwasaka@ggfirm.com
Kari C. Kadomatsu
Seki Nishimura & Watase, LLP
(213) 481-2869
kkadomatsu@snw-law.com
(619) 557-5610
Mike Madokoro
Bowman and Brooke LLP
(310) 380-6519
mike.madokoro@bowmanandbrooke.com
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Susan Roe
Office of the Public Defender
(213) 974-2907
sroe@pubdef.lacounty.gov
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Ryan T. Sakamoto
ZipRecruiter, Inc.
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Chiharu Sekino
California Department of Justice
(619) 358-1029
chiharu.sekino@doj.ca.gov
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Mike Suzuki
Office of the Public Defender
(562) 491-6376
msuzuki@pubdef.lacounty.gov
Diane Tan
Tan & Sakiyama
(323) 620-7751
dmltan@aol.com
Ayano Wolff
Department of Social Services
ayano.wolff@dss.ca.gov
Steven K. Yoda
Walzer Melcher & Yoda LLP
(818) 591-3700
sky@walzermelcher.com
Dennis T. Yokoyama
Southwestern Law School
(213) 738-6746
dyokoyama@swlaw.edu
Board of Governors
Advisory Council
The Honorable Fred J. Fujioka
Los Angeles Superior Court
The Honorable Alison Matsumoto Estrada
Los Angeles Superior Court
Ms. Janice Y. Fukai (Ret.)
The Honorable Ernest M. Hiroshige
Los Angeles Superior Court
Ms. Patricia Kinaga
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Mr. Gilbert N. Nishimura
Seki Nishimura & Watase, LLP
The Honorable Fumiko Wasserman
Los Angeles Superior Court