Takaaki Nagashima / Partner

Education:

9/1976 - 4/1977

George Washington University National Law Center
Georgetown University Law Center
Consortium Independent Researcher

9/1975 - 8/1976

George Washington University National Law Center
M.C.L. in American Practice

4/1971 - 4/1973

The Supreme Court of Japan Legal Research and Training Institute,Tokyo

4/1968 - 3/1971

Tokyo Metropolitan University Research Center for Social Sciences

4/1964 - 3/1968

Chuo University Bachelor of Law

Legal Experience:

3/2012 - present

Visiting Professor of Hiroshima University

4/1993 - present

Partner in Nagashima & Hashimoto, Tokyo, Japan

4/1984 - 3/1993

Partner in Masunaga, Nagashima & Hashimoto, Tokyo, Japan

2/1981 - 3/1984

Partner in law firms in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in international commercial and financial transactions

9/1977 - 1/1981

Associate with Mudge Rose Guthrie & Alexander, New York, New York, and De Bant, Van-Hecke, Van Gerven, Lagae & Van Bael, Brussels, Belgium

4/1973 - 7/1975

Associate with Kikuchi Law and Patent Office, Tokyo, Japan

Bar Admissions:

Japan: The Japan Bar and the Second Tokyo Bar, 1973

Washington, D.C.: The Washington, D.C. Bar, 1978; the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1978; and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1978.

New York: The New York Bar, 1979; and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

United States
Customs Court: The Bar of the United States Customs Court, 1978; and the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1979.

Akira Hashimoto / Partner

Education:

1981 - 1982

Harvard Law School Master of Law, American Law

1974 - 1980

Paris University, Faculty of Law
Doctor Degree EC Antitrust Law

1973 - 1974

Paris University, Faculty of Law
Preparatory Degree for Doctor Degree
French Commercial Law

1971 - 1973

Supreme Court of Japan
Legal Research and Training Institute, Tokyo
Law Clerk for Tokyo District Court Judge

1966 - 1970

Tokyo University, Faculty of Law, Tokyo
Bachelor of Law: Japanese Law

Legal Experience:

1984 - present

Partner at Nagashima & Hashimoto Tokyo, Japan

1984

Schlumberger Limited Legal Department Paris, France

1982-1983

Schlumberger Limited Legal Department New York, USA

1979 - 1981

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton Brussels, Belgium

Bar Admissions:

The Japan Bar and the Tokyo Bar, 1973
The New York Bar, 1984
The Paris Bar, 1992

Tadahiko Yasukuni / Partner

Education:

1995

Bachelor of Law, University of Tokyo

1996 - 1998

Supreme Court of Japan, Legal Research and Training Institute

Legal Experience:

2005 - present

Associate, Nagashima & Hashimoto

1998 - 2004

Associate, Taguchi Sogo Law Office, Tokyo, Japan

Bar Admissions:

The Japan Bar and the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association, 1998

Legal Teaching:

Asia University (2002)
Tokai University (2004)

Leonard Colamarino / Of Counsel

Education:

1976

J.D. University of Pennsylvania Law School

1973

B.A. State University of New York

Legal Experience:

2011 - present

Of Counsel, Nagashima & Hashimoto (Tokyo, Japan)

1983 - 2008

Partner; Colamarino & Sohns, LLP
New York

1980 - 1983

Attorney; Christy & Viener
New York

1976 - 1980

Associate; Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander
New York

Bar Admissions:

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Member of the District of Columbia Bar
Member of the State Bar of New York

Marc R.Labgold / Of Counsel

Education:

1995

J.D. National Law Center, George Washington University

1990

Ph.D. California Institute of Technology (Chemistry & Molecular Biology)

1986

B.A. New York University (Chemistry)

Legal Experience:

2009 - present

Of Counsel, Nagashima & Hashimoto (Tokyo, Japan)
Member, Marc R. Labgold, P.C. (Washington, D.C.)

2002 - 2008

Partner; Chair of the Patent Department
Patton Boggs, LLP
Washington, DC

2000 - 2003

Partner; Co-Chair Intellectual Property Department and Managing Partner Int’l Biotech and Patent Litigation Practices Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe, LLP Washington, DC

1999 - 2000

Partner; Co-Chair Intellectual Property Department Long, Aldridge & Norman, LLP Washington, DC

1990 - 1999

Partner/Shareholder
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. Arlington, VA

Bar Admissions:

United States Supreme Court
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Member of the District of Columbia Bar
Member of the State Bar of Georgia

Patrick J. Hoeffner / Of Counsel

Education:

1996

J.D., St. John’s University School of Law

1992

B.S., NYU-Polytechnic (Electrical Engineering)

Legal Experience:

2011-Present

Of Counsel
Nagashima & Hashimoto, Tokyo, Japan

2010-Present

Partner
Marc R. Labgold, P.C., Washington, D.C.

2005-2010

General Counsel, Director of Intellectual Property
Humanscale Corporation, New York, New York

1999-2005

Senior Associate
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, New York

1998-1999

Associate
Hoffmann & Baron LLP, Syosset, New York

1996-1998

Associate
Downing & Mehrtens, P.C., New York, New York

1995

Law Clerk to Chief Judge Conrad B. Duberstein
United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District, Brooklyn, New Yor

Bar Admissions:

New York State: 1997
United States District Court, Southern District of New York: 1997
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York: 1997
Court Of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: 2002
United States Patent & Trademark Office: 1999

Steven Bryan / Associate

Education:

1993

J.D., Harvard Law School

1990

M.A., Stanford University

1988

B.A., Stanford University

Bar Admissions:

California

Ofer Sharone / Associate

Education:

1992

J.D., Harvard Law School

1989

B.S., University of Illinois

Bar Admissions:

California