JUNKO ISHIBASHI
Junko is a licensed California Attorney, Solicitor in Japan (Gyosei Shoshi), specializing in Entertainment Law (including Intellectual Property, Labor Law), Corporation, Immigration Law and Estate Planning. She’s long been dealing with IP & licensing deal or any other contract drafting, reviewing & negotiations and litigation matters as corporate legal counsel at entertainment, IT companies, and licensed professional.
In 2017, she got certificate at American Law Studies of Temple Law School, Japan Campus including CA professional responsibilities, civil procedures and corporation law.
In 2014, she has established “Contra, Inc.”, consulting firm for the entertainment contents (including Animation), with Yoshiro Kataoka, as co-founder and worked as planner, sales rep, system admin and legal counsel.
She worked for Japanese music and game companies and Foreign based IT corporations (Thomson Reuters, Oracle) as Legal Counsel or Contract Manager dealing with general legal matters after going back from New York.
She’s been living in NY for 3 years, got master degree (LLM) of intellectual property program at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and obtained Entertainment Marketing Course Certification at New York University.
Right after graduating Waseda University, she began working at Pony Canyon (Record Label and Audio Visual Production & Distribution Industry) for 5 years as sales rep and promoter, and until going to New York, worked at Ad Agency, Cosmo Communication, Inc., as sales rep and media planner for 10 years.
She enjoy watching Rugby, Korean & American Drama and yachting, playing golf, skiing, piano & flute.
Larry L. Larkin
Larry L. Larkin, an attorney with extensive senior executive level experience in both the military as well as government service. His experience includes human capital resource allocation/staffing and analysis, employee labor relations, supply chain and logistics management, enterprise and organizational level document regulation/policy review, and budget management. As an attorney his experience includes contract negotiation, probate, consultation with clemency application, consultation with family legal matters, and DUI. Larry is a warm, caring and diligent attorney that tailors his services to the needs of clients and diligently pursues matters through to successful closure.
Junichiro Shibata
Junichiro has been Local general counsel having the regional responsibilities and heading the team of in-house lawyers and professionals in the entertainment business sector. Have expertise on general corporate & commercial legal counseling (e.g., transnational and commercial legal counseling, contract drafting & negotiating, compliance, government relations, dispute management), and entertainment law (e.g., production, marketing and promotion, licensing and monetizing) and intellectual property, accumulated through more than 15-year experience of in-house roles with US-headquartered entertainment companies as well as 4-year experience in private practice, with emphasis on strategically counseling the senior management team & business leaders as well as the US headquarter in balance with the Japanese trade customs.