Business and General Corporate:
Provides advice and counsel regarding the organization and structuring
of foreign and domestic corporations, partnerships and joint ventures.

Advisor to Japanese trading companies, banks and government officials regarding their U.S. business operations and employee relations.

Real estate acquisitions, development and leasing.

Preparation of executive employment and compensation agreements
International licensing, sales contracts, and financings.

Employment History:

Founding partner, CHAN . DOI . LEAL LLP 1992 - present
Principal, Nichols, Doi, Rapaport & Chan, 1987-1992
Adjunct Professor and Lecturer (Japanese Business Psychology and Practices), San Francisco State University School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 1979 -1980

B.S., Golden Gate University, San Francisco, 1967
J.D., School of Law, Lincoln University, San Francisco, 1973
(Lincoln University Law Review, 1971-1972)

Admission to Practice:
State Bar of California, 1973 and U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California, 1973

Language:
Japanese (fluent)

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Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California
San Francisco - Osaka Sister City Association
Asian, Inc.
Japan Society of Northern California
California National Bank, Founding Director
International Farmers Aid Association

Member, Board of Directors, San Francisco County Fair and Exposition,
1986 -1993
Mayor's Advisory Panel on Children's Funding, 1992
San Francisco-Osaka Sister City Committee, 1976 - present

Member, State Bar of California
Member, Bar Association of San Francisco
Member, Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area
Member, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Recipient, the "Kunsho" - Order of the Sacred Treasure (with gold rays and rosette), bestowed by the Emperor of Japan for promoting Japanese culture and goodwill between the United States and Japan.

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