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Kazuhiko Otani
Education / Personal and Professional Experience
1984

Graduated from Soka University in Tokyo
Passed the national bar examination

1987 Completed the Judicial Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, and registered as an attorney
1987~1997 Worked for 10 years as an associate attorney, having registered with Tokyo Bar Association
1998

Graduated from New York University School of Law, with M.C.J.
Internship with Volunteer Lawyers for the Art and an immigration lawyer’s office
Worked on a lecture “Artists and Laws” at the Japanese American Association of New York (JAA)
Passed the New York State bar examination

1999

Free legal consultations on Japanese laws at JAA
Registered as a New York State attorney
Returned to Japan and opened Otani Law Offices

2003

Lectured in Korea about revision of Japanese commercial law

2005 Studied at Yoon & Tang in Seoul, Korea
Lectured at Seoul University on “Sports and IT”
2007~2014 Foreign law joint enterprise with Yoon & Tang of Seoul, Korea
2009~2013
Outside ombudsman for Korea Exchange Bank
Professional Affiliation
  • ・Entertainment Lawyers Network
  • ・Japan Sports Law Association
Languages
  • ・Japanese
  • ・English
  • ・Korean
Mikiko Otani
Education / Personal and Professional Experience
1987

Graduated from Sophia University Faculty of Law

Passed the national bar examination

1990 Registered with Tokyo Bar Association
1999 Completed the Master Degree program at graduate school of International Public Policy at Colombia University (majored in human rights studies)
1998 Internship at the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights Office in New York
2003

Completed the Master Degree program (International Law) at University of Tokyo Graduate Schools for Law and Politics

2012 Studied International Law in Doctor Degree at Aoyama Gakuin University
Presently, a partner with Otani & Partners Law Offices
Professional Affiliation
  • ・International Operations Promotion Center of Japan Federation of Bar Associations (Deputy Director of the Center)
  • ・Japan Women Lawyers Association (former Vice President)
  • ・Foreign Lawyering Network (Co-Representative)
  • ・International Human Rights Law Association (Director)
  • ・Japanese Family (Society and Law) Association (Director)
  • ・Asia International Law Institute Japan Association (Director)
  • ・International Bar Association (Council Member of Human Rights Institute)
  • ・LAWASIA (The LAW Association for Asia and the Pacific) (Country Representative of Japan of Family Law & Family Rights Section)
  • ・International Academy of Family Lawyers
Languages
  • ・Japanese
  • ・English
Tomoko Toyosawa
Education / Personal and Professional Experience

2002

Graduated from Niigata University Faculty of Law
2005 Passed the national bar examination
2007

Completed the Judicial Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, and registered as an attorney with Tokyo Bar Association

Associated with Otani Law Offices

2009 Took part in Toranomon Law and Economy Office
2012

Became a partner with Toranomon Law and Economy Office

2017 Became a partner with Otani & Partners Law Offices
Professional Affiliation
  • ・Japan Women Lawyers Association
  • ・Japan Sports Law Association
  • ・Foreign Lawyering Network
  • ・Japan Mediator Association
  • ・Entertainment Lawyers Network
Masami Kittaka
Education / Personal and Professional Experience
1997
Graduated from International Christian University
2007

Employed by SONY (Environment/CSR division)

Graduated from University of Tokyo School of Law

Passed the national bar examination

2008

Graduated from Pittsburg University Law School, with LL.M.

Passed the New York State bar examination

2009

Completed the Judicial Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan

Registered as an attorney with Tokyo Bar Association
Registered as a New York State attorney

2010

Worked at Toranomon Law and Economy Office

2012 Worked at Tokyo Public Law Office (Foreigners & International Div.)
2014 Took part in Toranomon Law and Economy Office
2017 Became a partner with Otani & Partners Law Offices
Professional Affiliation
  • ・LAWASISA
  • ・Foreign Lawyering Network
  • ・Committee on Foreigners Rights of Tokyo Bar Association
  • ・Japan Federation of Bar Associations Hague Convention Working Group
  • ・Eco Action 21 Ruling Committee
  • ・Machida City Review Committee for Freedom of Information and Protection of Private Information
  • ・Pal system Environmental Inspection Committee
  • ・Network for Promotion of the Aarhus Convention in Japan
  • ・Director of National Congress to Counter the Dioxin Environmental Hormone
  • ・Auditor of Environmental Partnership Committee
  • ・Director of non-profit organization `Women’s Eye`
Languages
  • ・Japanese
  • ・English
Ryoko Minagawa
Education / Personal and Professional Experience
2003
Graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Law
2004 Completed University College London, LL.M
2009
Graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Graduate Law School
Passed the national bar examination
2010 Registered as an attorney with Tokyo Bar Association
2011
Worked at Milestone Law Office
2012-2015 Worked at Foreign nationals and International Service Section(FISS) at Tokyo Public Law Office
2016
Worked at Milestone Law Office
2016, Nov  Partner, Otani&Partners
Professional Affiliation
  • ・Officer of Office of International Affairs, Japan Federation of Bar Associations
  • ・LAWASIA
  • ・Lawyers Network for Foreigners(LNF)
  • ・Supporting Lawyer, Japan Law Interpreter Association
  • ・Secretary General, Lawyers for Trafficked Victims(LTV)
  • ・Auditor, Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies
Languages
  • ・Japanese
  • ・English
Lee Sechan
Education / Personal and Professional Experience
2010
Graduated from Korea University, Law Department
2014

Completed the Legal Research program at Hosei University School of Law

Passed the national bar examination

2015
Registered as an attorney
Membership
  • ・Korean Residents in Japan Civil Rights Association
  • ・Foreign Lawyering Network
  • ・Committee on Foreigners Rights of Tokyo Bar Association
  • ・Korean Residents in Japan Lawyers Association
Languages
  • ・Japanese
  • ・Korean

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