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Dr. Atsushi Shiraki
Dr. Atsushi Shiraki is a leading family lawyer with an S.J.D. (Ph.D. in Law) in Transnational Litigation Law. He is qualified to practice in Japan, New York, and Maryland, and serves as a professor at a Japanese law school. His extensive experience in cross-border family law disputes between the U.S. and Japan makes him a trusted advisor for international legal matters.
He possesses not only an academic and practical background, but also a strong motivation to address family law disputes stemming from his own experience of parental divorce during childhood. After seven years practicing family law as a Japanese attorney in Tokyo, he moved to the United States, where he studied divorce law practice centered on the best interests of the child in Philadelphia, New York, and Honolulu. Currently, while teaching family law and conflict of laws at the University of the Ryukyus Law School, he engages in cross-border divorce practice based in Tokyo.
Education
2006 Waseda University, School of Law (B.A.)
2009 Waseda Law School (J.D.)
2020 University of Pennsylvania, Carey Law School (LL.M.)
2021 Columbia Law School (Visiting Scholar)
2024 University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law (S.J.D. [Ph.D. in Law])
Others
Fellow, USJLP (US-Japan Leadership Program)
Fulbrighter, Fulbright Japan
Trustee, Human Rights Watch, Tokyo
Academic & Professional Journey
Dr. Shiraki, a renowned professor, has authored numerous publications on Family Law and Transnational Litigation Law. After graduating from Waseda Law School, a leading institution in Tokyo, he earned an LL.M. (Master’s degree in Law) from the University of Pennsylvania, Carey Law School, as a Fulbright Scholar. In 2024, his doctoral dissertation on Transnational Litigation Law between the U.S. and Japan was accepted, and he obtained S.J.D. (Doctor’s Degree in Law) from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law. In 2022, Dr. Shiraki also served as a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School in New York. His academic and professional achievements underscore his expertise in cross-border family disputes between the U.S. and Japan, making him a trusted authority in the field.