Practice Areas

• Criminal cases (especially, concerning corporation and tax laws violation)
• Companies' compliance strategy
• Judicial affairs (especially, defense methodology)

Biography

1944

Born in Osaka

Mar. 1963

Osaka prefectural Toyonaka High School

Mar. 1967

Kyoto University Faculty of Law (LL.B.)

Apr. 1969

The Supreme Court's Legal Research and Training Institute (21st term)

Apr. 1969

Assistant Judge of Tokyo District Court (Department of Criminal Justice)

Apr. 1972

Assistant Judge of Morioka District Court and Family Court

Mar. 1975

Admitted to the Bar
Registered with the Osaka Bar Association
Partner of Midosuji Law Office

Feb. 1991

Auditor of Rohm Music Foundation (~ present)

Jun. 1994

Outside statutory auditor of Chugai Ro Co., Ltd (~ present).

Jul. 1995

Member of administrative reform promotion committee of Minoo City (~2002)

May 2001

Member of human rights protection committee of Ministry of Justice (~ present)

Dec. 2001

Member of conciliation committee of Osaka District Court (~ present)

Sep. 2002

Member of corporate ethics committee of Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (~2004)

Jan. 2003

Partner of Midosuji Legal Profession Corporation (~ present)

Apr. 2003

Chairperson of operating committee of the Osaka Bar Association (1st term)

Apr. 2005

Councilor of Assumption Academy (~ present)

Jun. 2005

Outside statutory auditor of Zett Corporation (~ present)

Mar. 2006

Member of compliance audit committee of Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd. (~ present)

May 2006

Member of corporate value evaluation committee of Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (~ present)

Mar. 2007

Administration officer and councilor of Social Welfare Corporation Hokkeikai(~ present)

Experience

• Corruption defense cases including Osaka Taxi corruption case
• Tax evasion defense cases
• Cartel and bid rigging defense cases
• Other criminal cases

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