SHIRAKI Atsushi
SHIRAKI Atsushi
Counsel
Education
2009:
Waseda University, School of Law, B.A.
2011:
Waseda University Law School, J.D.
2020:
University of Pennsylvania, Carey Law School (Fulbright Scholar), LL.M.
2024:
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law, S.J.D. (Ph.D. in Law)
Professional Background
2012:
Associate, Tokyo Surugadai Law Offices (Tokyo, Japan)
2016:
Partner, Waseda University Legal Clinic Law Office, LPC (Tokyo, Japan)
2018:
Intern, Lee Wong & Co., Solicitors & Parkside Chambers (Hong Kong)
2021:
Visiting Scholar, Columbia Law School (New York, US)
2022:
Trustee, Human Rights Watch, Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Profile
Atsushi Shiraki is a transnational family lawyer based in Tokyo, Japan. Dual-qualified in Japan and the United States (New York and Maryland), he provides advice on transnational divorce law to clients residing in Japan and abroad, primarily in the United States. By taking advantage of his four-year experiences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law, he also handles cross-border family law, inheritance law, and transactional laws involving state laws and regulations of Hawaii, collaborating with local counsels.
In addition, he represents Japanese businesses and individuals, especially in accessing foreign evidence in the U.S., and international clients in obtaining evidence located in Japan for their domestic proceedings. His academic contributions to transnational evidence-taking between the U.S. and Japan are well-acknowledged in the Japanese legal community. He co-authored a book on cross-border litigations between the two jurisdictions and published several law review articles on access to extraterritorial evidence in top-tier Japanese legal journals. He, as a tenured law professor at the University of the Ryukyus, Law School in Okinawa, Japan, is also passionate about teaching Japanese family law and conflict of laws to law students.
For more information about his legal services, visit http://shirakilaw.com/.
For his academic achievements, refer to https://researchmap.jp/atsushishiraki/association_memberships?lang=en
In addition, he represents Japanese businesses and individuals, especially in accessing foreign evidence in the U.S., and international clients in obtaining evidence located in Japan for their domestic proceedings. His academic contributions to transnational evidence-taking between the U.S. and Japan are well-acknowledged in the Japanese legal community. He co-authored a book on cross-border litigations between the two jurisdictions and published several law review articles on access to extraterritorial evidence in top-tier Japanese legal journals. He, as a tenured law professor at the University of the Ryukyus, Law School in Okinawa, Japan, is also passionate about teaching Japanese family law and conflict of laws to law students.
For more information about his legal services, visit http://shirakilaw.com/.
For his academic achievements, refer to https://researchmap.jp/atsushishiraki/association_memberships?lang=en
Professional Admissions and Memberships
- American Society of International Law
- Asian Law & Society Association
- International Private Law Association of Japan
- The Japan Society for Socio-Legal Studies on Family Issues
- Japan Association of the Laws of Arbitrators and Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Japan Clinical Legal Education Association
Major Areas of Practice
Divorce (domestic and international)
Access to Extraterritorial Evidence in the U.S. and Japan
Access to Extraterritorial Evidence in the U.S. and Japan
Bar Admissions
Japan (2012-)
New York (2021-)
Maryland (currently inactive)
New York (2021-)
Maryland (currently inactive)
