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Masuda Funai 
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois No. of offices 3 No. of attorneys approx. 40 attorneys Major practice areas Full legal services Date founded 1929 Company type Corporation Slogan We Speak Your Language Website www.masudafunai.com Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. is a U.S. law firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in suburban Chicago and Los Angeles, California.
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History
Masuda Funai was founded in 1929 by Thomas Masuda. Masuda was a general practitioner, with significant ties to the Japanese community and government of Japan, having been honored with Order of the Sacred Treasure Fourth and Fifth Class by the country of Japan. Masaru Funai concentrated his practice on advising foreign enterprises entering the U.S. market on all phases of business commencement and he was also honored with The Fourth Class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Japanese government in 2001. The firm’s other namesakes, Helmut Eifert and James Mitchell, joined the firm in the 1960s.
The firm consisted of 13 attorneys and one office in 1981 and has grown steadily into a national law practice with three offices and more than 40 attorneys. Masuda Funai has a broad range of practice areas, including significant business, distribution & sales, employment, immigration,[1] litigation and real estate practices.
In 2011, Masuda Funai entered into an international cooperative and collaborative relationship with Kitahama Partners,[2] a 70-attorney Japanese law firm with three offices located in the cities of Osaka, Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan.
Practice Areas
Business (Corporate Law, M&A, Financings) Immigration Distribution & Sales Intellectual Property & Technology Employment, Labor & Benefits Litigation Environmental, Health & Safety Real Estate Estate Planning & Administration Notable Attorneys and Alumni
- Dayne O. Kono – member of the 2010 Japanese American Leadership Delegation [3]
- Kathleen M. Gaber – former attorney for the Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
- Dooyong Kang – former research professor at the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES), Kyungnam University, one of Korea's leading research institutes in the field of foreign policy and North Korean studies
- Lawrence Flood – current associate judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois
Professional Affiliations
International Network of Boutique Law Firms
Masuda Funai has been a member of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF)[4] since 2006. The INBLF is an organization of highly credentialed law firms, located throughout the world, each of which has been identified and hand-selected as preeminent in each firm's respective field of practice.
References
- ^ U.S. News Best Law Firms http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com/firms/masuda-funai-eifert-mitchell-ltd-/overview/39788/
- ^ Asia Chronicles http://www.theasiachronicles.com/archives/3958
- ^ U.S.-Japan Council http://www.usjapancouncil.org/2010_japanese_american_leadership_delegation/#2010
- ^ International Network of Boutique Law Firms http://www.inblf.com/
External links
- Homepage http://www.masudafunai.com/
- Profile from Martindale-Hubbell http://www.martindale.com/Results.aspx?ft=2&frm=freesearch&lfd=Y&afs=masuda%20funai
Categories:- Law firms based in Chicago, Illinois
- Law firms established in 1929
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