Admitted
1980, District of Columbia; 1985, Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar
Law School
Harvard University, J.D., cum laude, 1980; Tokyo University, Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan
Law School Graduation Year
College
University of Michigan, B.A., with high honors, 1974; University of Michigan, M.A., Japanese Studies
Biographical
Author: Testing, Testing A-D-A, Corporate Counsel Magazine (1999); The Exercise and Control of Prosecutorial Discretion in Japan, 5 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal Nos. 1 and 2 (1986). Regular Contributor to International Legal Strategy, a Japanese language publication for Japanese business, on employment law and international litigation. Attorney: Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., 1982-1984; Kovar, Nelson, Brittain & Sledz, 1984- 1992.