Special Counsel
Takafumi Okuda
Okuda Takafumi
- Languages
- Japanese
Contact Information
- TEL
- +81-3-6213-8131
- FAX
- +81-3-6213-8031
Practice Areas
Work Highlights
Takafumi Okuda：News
- Public Service
- Takafumi Okuda became Headquarters Examiner, The Japan Center for Settlement of Traffic Accident Disputes
- Public Service
- Takafumi Okuda became a member of The Committee for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation of Law Schools, National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education
- Public Service
- Takafumi Okuda became the member of Committee for Recommending Summary Court Judges
Takafumi Okuda：Publications
- Book Article
- "Handbook for the Commercial Litigation Settelement"
- Book Transcript
- "Changes in Business Succession"
Takafumi Okuda：Other
Background
- Kyoto University (LL.B., 1974)
- Assistant Judge at Tokyo District Court (1976)
- Assigned to Administrative Affairs Bureau, Supreme Court General Secretariat (1978)
- Assistant Judge at Shimonoseki Branch of Yamaguchi District Court (1980)
- Assistant Judge at Osaka District Court (1983)
- Assistant Judge at Izuhara Branch of Nagasaki District/Family Court (1986)
- Professor (in charge of civil affairs) at the Court Clerk Research and Training Institute (1988)
- Acting Judge at Tokyo High Court (1991)
- Professor (in charge of civil trials) at the Legal Training and Research Institute (1992)
- Director General of the Legal Training and Research Institute (1998)
- Chief Judge at Tokyo District Court (2002)
- Judge at Tokyo High Court (2006)
- Director of Niigata District Court (2007)
- Chief Judge at Tokyo High Court (2009)
- Director of Yokohama District Court (2015)
- Retired upon reaching retirement age (2016)
Major Activities
- Member of the Japan Association of the Law of Civil Procedure (1985)
- Bar Examiner of the National Bar Examination Commission (second-stage examination, Civil Code) (1993-1996)
- Bar Examiner of the National Bar Examination Commission (second-stage examination, Code of Civil Procedure) (1998)
- Specialist Member of the Central Council for Education (Subdivision on Universities) (2001-2002)
- Member of the Legal Profession Training Issue Committee, Japan Bar Association (2001-2003)
- Member of the National Bar Examination Commission (2006-2015)
- Member of Committee for Recommending Summary Court Judges (2016-2019)
- Temporary Member of Examination Committee for Certification of Sickness and Disability, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2017-)
- Member of The Committee for Certified Evaluation and Accreditation of Law Schools, National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (2018‐)
- Headquarters Examiner, The Japan Center for Settlement of Traffic Accident Disputes (2018-)
Bar Admissions
admitted in Japan, August 2016
Tokyo Bar Association