Yuri Kondo is the one
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Education |
B.A. |
University
of the Sacred Heart (Seishin Joshi Daigaku) in Western History: Japan. |
M.A. |
Stanford University, in Cultural/Social Anthropology, Department of
Anthropology in 1978. |
Ph.D.
course work completed |
Stanford
University in Cultural/Social Anthropology, Department of Anthropology
in 1979. |
J.D. |
Arizona State
University, College of Law in May, 1996. |
Professional Experience |
1997 May |
Admitted
by the State BAR of Arizona (as an attorney at law) |
1986-present |
Established
Futures Inc. (a Japanese corporation based in Kawasaki city in Japan)
and have worked in the area of US-Japan business consultation including
language services such as interpretation and translation as well as
facilitating joint ventures, joint research, and management of legal
disputes (preparation of depositions and trials). |
1985 |
United
Nations Consultant, Tokyo, Japan |
1982-84 |
Evaluation
Officer, International Planned Parenthood Federation, London, U.K. |
1980-82 |
Free
lance interpreter/translator, Tokyo, Japan |
1975 |
Teaching
Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University |
1971-74 |
Research
Assistant, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University |
Areas of expertise: U.S.
Legal/Litigation Consultation, Japanese/English translation and interpretation |
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-Providing U.S. legal and litigation
consultation and assistance including the preparation of Japanese
witnesses for testifying in depositions and court trials under the
U.S. law; consultation and assistance on document preparation for
U.S. court cases, including legal analysis, translation, and organization
of Japanese documents. |
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Consultation in U.S.-Japan
business negotiations including those for establishing joint ventures,
licensing, business and research contracts, and medical management. |
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Disputes mediation. |
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- Simultaneous and consecutive interpretation in scientific, business,
and other conferences and meetings |
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Preparing or translation of legal documents such as licensing agreements
and business and research contracts, computer and other high-tech
machines and systems related manuals including both hardware and software,
telecommunications, factory automation, electronics, semiconductors,
research contracts, medical, management and personnel related documents. |
Major Projects |
2003-06 |
- Translation of equity investment related
documents for ClearLight Partners
since 1995 (monthly report); translation of legal documents for
Nishimura & Partners, Tokyo; court appointed official interpretation & check
interpretation for various cases involving Japanese, U.S., and Korean
companies; simultaneous interpretation for business meetings at Lexus
special events for Toyota Motor Corporation; for telecommunication/data
storage and processing related technical meetings involving NTT Data,
FDC,CISCO, Sun; for medical/technical meetings for GORE and other
Japanese and American companies. |
2002 |
- FDC/DC CARD business meeting, Eli Lily medical conference
interpretation, Canon business meeting, Lexus Owners Forums/focus
group interpretation |
2001 |
2001 - FDC/DC Card/NTT DATA/DC Service Joint Venture
formation interpreting.
- MIKI Corporation US Conference interpreting (for President Clinton
and other speakers)
- Lexus Owners Forum/focus group interpretation
- Fujitsu internal/global technical meetings simultaneous interpretation
(global data communication system related)
- NTT Data/FDC technical meeting simultaneous interpretation (global
financial data processing and communication system)
- Covisint auto e-commerce related translation (legal and website
texts)
- Check interpreter in antitrust and other cases (for Morrison & Foerster
LLP) |
2000 |
- Interpretation
in meetings to prepare a joint venture among NTT data/First Data
corporation and others (both technical
and legal …involving discussion on shareholders agreement,
by-laws, articles of incorporation etc.); interpretation in meetings
of Lexus Division of Toyota involving focus group discussion, distributor
meetings; interpretation in NTT Data/NTT Communications meetings
with Qwest, GE, and other U.S. corporations; interpretation in a
Canon preparatory meeting for an arbitration; Fujitsu internal/global
technical meetings simultaneous interpretation; focus group facilitator
and interviewer for Cheskin (SF based marketing research company)
involving the National Park Association, Duty Free, and other U.S.
and Japanese corporations; drafting/translating legal documents such
as Articles of Incorporations, by-laws, Board of Directors and Shareholders
Meetings Minutes for Commerce Center Japan and Teramoto and Partners
Law Office in Japan |
1999 |
- Business
meeting facilitation for Honda R&D,
NTT Communications, litigation language assistance for Lyon and Lyon;
simultaneous interpretation in business conferences for Lexus/Toyota
Motor Corporation; translation
and consultation in drafting licensing agreements and other legal
documents for Teramoto and Partners; drafting and translating financial
and business results reports for Westec Securities Group, Commerce
Center, Inc. and others. |
1998 |
- Legal/language
consultation/assistance in various lawsuits (depositions and court
trial interpretation): Fujitsu v. Samsung: ITC case, Sony Corp.,
Sony/Sony Pictures Entertainment v. MGM, Yamaichi v. Enplas etc.
Medical, technical and business conference simultaneous interpretation:
AchroMed, Hewlet Packard, The Gap |
1997 |
- Legal/language consultation/assistance in various
lawsuits and SEC investigation (interpretation and check interpretation
in deposition/court trial, witness preparation) and technical meetings
(Achilles Corporation, Sony Corporation, Honda Motor Corporation of
Japan, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Fish & Richardson, Jackson Walker,
Lyon & Lyon and others) |
1996 |
- Official
Interpreter at trial for a patent infringement case (Sony v. Fairchild)
(CCD/semiconductor related); Honda Motor
Corporation: simultaneous interpretation for Technical evaluation
meetings, and technical visits; simultaneous interpretation for an
internal medical/technical meetings of Otsuka Pharmaceutical; IntelligentPad
Consortium: translation of IntelligentPad Standard Specifications
(for Internet users); National Scientific University: translation
and narration (dubbing into Japanese) of one of its lecture series: “Introduction
to Netscape.” |
1992-95 |
- Official interpreter/translator in depositions and
court trial in a product liability case involving a Japanese automobile
manufacturer in Phoenix, AZ. Interpretation for Japanese technical
visits to Motorola and Medtronic, patent, licensing, copyright, trade
secret lawsuits related language and research services; Nomura Research
Institute: Consultation/arrangement of technical visits; NTT data:
Interpretation technical visits in the United States, technical conference
in Tokyo. |
1988-91 |
- Go-Video antitrust case: Official Interpreter/translator
in depositions in Japan and court trial in Phoenix, AZ. |
1986-91 |
- SRI International: Research projects/marketing,
research contracts interpretation/translation in Tokyo and Menlo
Park. |
1989 |
- Sony Corporation: TV Division Strategic Papers translation. |
1988 |
- Asahi
Chemical Industry Personnel Management Manual translation and production
from Japanese into English (for the company’s
overseas management development). |
1985-89 |
- Pacific Telesis/Kajima Corporation Joint Venture
Negotiation Interpretation and Translation in Tokyo, Japan (an intelligent
building/telecommunication related project). |
Clients |
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Major
Japanese/American electronics, telecommunications, computer hardware/software
manufacturers, research institutes, general
contractors and law firms: Nippon Steel, First Data Corporation,
DC Card, JTB, MIKI Corporation, Fujitsu, Honda, Toyota/Lexus, Sony,
NTT, NTT Communications, NTT data, Toshiba, NEC, Canon, Kajima Corporation,
Morrison & Foerster, Jackson Walker, Nomura Research Institute,
Hazama Corporation, Asahi Chemical Industry, Motorola, SRI International,
Pacific Telesis, Medtronic, Finnegan Henderson (a patent law firm),
Westec Group, GORE, San Eigen. |
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