Kitagawa & Ebert, P.C.

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 and in Georgia. 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, and Alabama. 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:

Corporate
(Incorporation, Minutes, Bylaws, Stock Certificate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital, Tax Free Reorganizations, Asset Acquisitions)
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)
Estate Planning / Probate
(Revocable Living Trusts, Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust, Estate Tax Planning for Multinationals, Charitable Trusts, Family Limited Partnership, Probate Administration, Trust Administration, Probate & Trust Litigation)

Locations	No. of Attorneys
Irvine, CA	2

Practice Areas	No. of Attorneys
Corporate	2
Labor & Employment	1
Litigation	2
Litigation - General (consumer)	2
Real Estate	2
Trusts and Estates	1