Representative Experience
International business transactions

Banking and finance

Immigration

Real estate financing and development

Representative Clients
Major foreign banks, trading companies, fishing companies and investors

Publications and Presentations
Contributing editor, Legal Guide For Foreign Businessmen Doing Business in Washington State

Author of the chapter, "Alternative Methods of Doing Business in Washington State," Washington State Bar, 1989

Speaker, Immigration Rules and Their Impact on U.S. Employers, 2001

Memberships and Activities
Japan American Society of the State of Washington, current member and former Board of Directors member

Washington State Bar Association, Past Chair, Section of International Law and Practice

Lived and worked in Taiwan and has traveled extensively in Japan, The People's Republic of China, and other Asian countries

Education
M.S.F.S. and J.D., cum laude, Georgetown University School of Law, 1980

• Senior Lead Articles Editor, Georgetown's International Law Journal, Law and Policy in International Business