About our FIRM
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In 1965, Takao OGURI established OGURI Law Office. His younger brother Atsuki OGURI joined him a few years later. In 1989, Shigeji ISHIGURO joined them, establishing OGURI & ISHIGURO Law Offices.
We have been litigation lawyers with our main activity representing our clients before courts. However, recently, we are taking care of more and more out-of-court cases.
Our practice area covers corporate governance, various contract disputes, especially international contracts, personal injuries such as automobile accidents, real estate, intellectual properties, labor disputes, inheritance disputes, bankruptcy cases and others.
LAWYERS
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Shigeji Ishiguro, admitted in 1979
Shuji Goto, admitted in 1988
Yukihiro Noda, admitted in 1997
Mie Iijima, admitted in 2002
Masashi Ohashi, admitted in 2018
Takao Oguri, admitted in 1963
Atsuki Oguri, admitted in 1968
Shigeji ISHIGURO
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Shigeji ISHIGURO has more than 47 years of experience as a litigation lawyer.
He has expertise on corporate governance and legal ethics. He has been a member of the Committee on Foreign Lawyers and International Legal Practices and the Committee on Legal Ethics of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA).
He was invited as a speaker at many workshops on legal ethics in Jakarta, Bangkok, Ulaanbaatar, Beijing, Istanbul, and Tokyo.
He has co-authored a textbook on legal ethics, “The Law and Ethics of Jurists”, published by University of Nagoya Press.
He had been an adjunct Professor on civil law at Aichi Shukutoku University in Nagoya, and has been a part-time lecturer on legal ethics at Nagoya University.
He also had served as a labor dispute mediator at Aichi Labor Bureau for several years.
Bar admissions
April 9, 1979 Nagoya Bar Association (presently Aichi Bar Association)
Bar Activities
< Japan Federation of Bar Associations >
1997 – present Committee on Foreign Lawyers and International Legal Practices
2001 – present Committee on Legal Ethics
2004 – 2023 Committee on International Activities of Bar Associations
< Aichi Bar Association >
April 1994 – March 1995 Vice president
Mediator
October 2001-September 2007 & April 2008 – March 2010
Mediator, Aichi Labor Bureau
Adjunct Professor
April 2005 – March 2012 Adjunct Professor(civil law), Aichi Shukutoku University
Part-time lecturer
September 2009 – Present Part time lecturer(legal ethics), Nagoya University
Speaker
KKAI and The American Bar Association (ABA) Asia Law Initiative in cooperation with The Center for Indonesian Law and Policy Studies: Workshop
Indonesian Advocates’ Code of Ethics– Steps Toward Enforcement (February 24-25, 2004)
ABA-Asia Law Initiative and the Association of Mongolian Advocates: Training Workshop
The Advocates' Code of Legal Ethics – Steps Toward Enforcement (May 31 and June 1, 3, 2004)
ABA-Asia Law Initiative in cooperation with The Lawyers Council of Thailand
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility: A Comparative Perspective From The U.S. and Japan (January 14-15, 2006)
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) : Training Program in Mongolia
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility(September 2008)
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA) in cooperation with JICA : Training Program for the Cambodian lawyers
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility(January 27, 2010)
JFBA in cooperation with JICA : Training Program for the Vietnamese lawyers
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility (September 13-14, 2010)
Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
A Worldwide Code of Ethics? (Istanbul, November 1, 2010)
Publications
Co-Author: The Law and Ethics of Jurists, University of Nagoya Press, 1st edition 2005-4th 2025