Attorneys

KITAGAWA & EBERT is dedicated to serving Japanese businesses throughout the U.S. We are committed to excellence and quality business legal services. We emphasize responsive personal service, business law experience, efficiency, positive results, and cost-effectiveness. We are aggressive advocates and sensitive to the issues which are unique to Japan businesses. We focus on pragmatic business solutions to assist our clients to succeed in a competitive business world. Since our firm is not burdened with a large franchise-type firm’s overhead, our legal fees are reasonable. Attorneys Ms. Kitagawa and Mr. Ebert are both “AV PREEMINENT” (Legal Ability & Ethics) rated by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review.

Lisa M. Kitagawa, Esq. is the third of only four American lawyers to have graduated from Kyoto University. She is fluent in Japanese and also attended Tokyo University. James R. Ebert, Esq. is an attorney and a California Certified Public Accountant. Ms. Kitagawa is licensed to practice law in California, Texas, New York , Georgia, and in Michigan. They are also both admitted to practice before U.S. federal and appellate courts, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Kitagawa has years of experience at large international law firms, and Mr. Ebert worked in the international sections and Japan practice groups of PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Our firm has attorneys who are licensed in California, Texas, New York, Georgia, Nevada, Alabama, and Michigan. We have Japanese support staff on our team. We have extensive legal research resources and provide efficient current law research and experience.

Our legal services include:

Litigation

(Contracts, Collections, Mediations, Arbitrations, Trials)

Employment

(Overtime, Employee Handbooks, Discrimination, Reorganization, Discipline, Termination, Sexual Harassment, Meal & Break Violations, Wrongful Termination Litigation, EEOC/DEFH Investigations, Training, etc.)

Collections

(Demand Letters, Litigation, Attachment, Foreclosure, Execution of Judgments)

Contracts

(Management Agreements, Asset Acquisitions, Production Agreements, Distributorships, Joint Ventures, etc.)

Real Estate

(Purchase and Sales, Leases, Loans, Construction Litigation, Foreclosure)

Corporate

(Incorporation, Minutes, Bylaws, Stock Certificate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital, Tax Free Reorganizations, Asset Acquisitions)

Client List

KITAGAWA & EBERT’s prominent Japanese clients are from a broad spectrum of industries, including finance, pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements, technology, cosmetics, automotive, manufacturing, food distribution, retail, banks, electronics, logistics, distribution, paper pulp, textile, travel, software, toys, entertainment, real estate, construction, etc. A partial client list includes:

Air Water

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (ANA)

ANA Sales Americas

AISAN

AISIN

AKATSUKI

ASAHI BEVERAGES AMERICA

Asahi Mutual Life Insurance

AUTOBACS

Chino Works America, Inc.

Cyber Entertainment, Inc.

Daisho Denshi America, Inc.

Daiwa Health Development, Inc.

DNP Elecrtonics America

Dynamesh, Inc.

EIZO Inc.

ENEOS

Fuji Natural Foods, Inc.

Fujitrains U.S.A., Inc.

Fujitsu-Ten Corp. of America

G.F. Galaxy

GMO INTERNET

HAKUHODO

Hokto Kinoko

House Foods

IKO International

Japan Pet Design

Japan Pulp & Paper Corporation

The Japan Foundation

Jodo-In

KDF U.S., Inc.

Kissei America, Inc.

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.

Kobelco Compressors America

Kojima America

Koyorad Cooling Systems, Inc.

Kura Sushi

Mamiya-OP Co., Ltd.

Marukan Vinegar

MARUKOME

Maruyama U.S.

Marvelous USA, Inc.

Matsusada Precision

Merlin Entertainment

Mita Securities

Mitsubishi Materials U.S.A.

Mitsubishi Warehouse

Mitsui-Soko (U.S.A.), Inc.

Mitsuwa Market

Miyota Development Center of

America

Mizuho Bank

Muginoho Holdings

Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd.

Nippon Steel & Sumikin Bussan

Nissin Ion

Noevir U.S.A., Inc.

Oji Paper Co., Ltd.

OK Color

Orange Bakery, Inc.

PEC of America Corporation

RAKUTEN

Rheon U.S.A.

RICOH LOGISTICS

Safeshred Co.

Sanritsu Logistics America

Sapporo Breweries

Seiko Epson Corp.

SMK

Sugakico Systems Co., Ltd.

Sumitomo Warehouse

Sumitronics

Taiheiyo Cement U.S.A.

Tamiya America

Thanks Four

TKR

Toei Animation

Tokyu Travel America

Toshiba America Information

Tritech Corporation

Uchida of America

Union Chemicar America, Inc.

U.S. Bank

Wilshire Credit Corporation

Wakanuga of America

Wismettac Asian Foods

Zett Corporation