Partner, Attorney at Law

Lepon McCarthy White & Holzworth, PLLC

1225 19th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036-2481

TEL: (202) 857-0105
FAX: (202) 857-0189

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  domestic investment; international trade and finance; Japanese corporations in the US
• LAW
  immigration labor law; international trade law; litigation; role of US lawyers in Japan
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  economic regulation; Japanese lobby in Washington, DC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Director, The US-Japan Bridging Foundation, Inc. 1999-present; Trustee, The Japan-America Society of Washington, 1999-present; Member, Japan-US Friendship Commission, 1994-present; Member, US-Japan Conference of Cultural & Educational Interchange, 1994-present; Associate, Reichauer Institute, Harvard University, 1992-present; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, 1981-95; Associate, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, 1978-83; Visiting Professor of Law, Sophia University, 1982.

IN JAPAN: 1982 - employment; 1978 - research; 1973-74 - study; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"Administrative Guidance," The Fletcher Forum (1978).