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Profile

Ishibashi Legal Office
California Attorney, Gyosei Shoshi Junko Ishibashi

  • Member- The State Bar of California
  • Tokyo District Gyosei Shoshi Association- Member (since 2007)
  • American Bar Association- Forum Committee on Entertainment & Sports Industries, Section of Intellectual Property Law
  • Real Estate Transaction Manager
  • Business Copyright Upper License

Profile

Born in Tokyo, Japan. Graduated from Waseda University (BA in Economics), Chuo University (BA in Law)

Worked at Pony Canyon (Record Label and Audio Visual Production & Distribution Industry) for 5 years and Ad Agency, Cosmo Communication, Inc., (Account Executive, and Media Planner) for 10 years. Decided to go to New York, in the US for studying IP and Entertainment Laws.

Living in NY for 3 years, Graduated Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Intellectual Property Program, Master Degree (LLM), and obtained New York University,  Entertainment Marketing Course Certification there.

After going back to Japan, she worked for Japanese music and game companies and Foreign based IT corporations (Thomson Reuters, Oracle) as Legal Counsel or Contract Deal Manager dealing with general legal matters, IP & licensing deal or any other contract negotiations and litigation matters.

On September, 2014, established “Contra, Inc.”, consulting firm for the entertainment contents (including Animation), with Yoshiro Kataoka, president of this company now and worked as planner, sales rep, system admin and legal counsel.

Passed California Bar Exam in 2022 and registered Attorney in California as of December 7.