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Twelve Masuda Funai Lawyers Have Been Selected As Leading Lawyers for 2024

2.2.24

Masuda Funai is proud to announce that 12 lawyers have been selected as Leading Lawyers. The Leading Lawyers designation is limited to less than 5% of lawyers licensed in each state, based on peer recommendations. 

2024Leading Lawyers include:

  • Bryan Funai – Closely & Privately Held Business Law; Immigration Law: Employment; International Business & Trade Law
  • Kathleen Gaber – Immigration Law: Employment
  • Tim Hammersmith – Real Estate Law: Commercial; Real Estate Law: Finance
  • Eldon Kakuda – Closely & Privately Held Business Law; Immigration Law: Employment; International Business & Trade Law
  • Steven Katz – Commercial Litigation; Franchise & Dealership Law
  • George Kobayashi – Franchise & Dealership Law; Intellectual Property Law; International Business & Trade Law
  • Dayne Kono – Immigration Law: Employment; International Business & Trade Law
  • Rein Krammer – Commercial Litigation; International Business & Trade Law
  • Derek Strain – Immigration Law: Employment; Immigration Law: Individual
  • Fazila Vaid – Immigration Law: Employment
  • Gary Vist – Commercial Litigation; Franchise & Dealership Law; International Business & Trade Law
  • Robert White – Immigration Law: Employment

Leading Lawyers is a division of Law Bulletin Media. Law Bulletin Media is a diversified print and electronic information company that has been serving the Chicago legal and business communities since 1854. Flagship of the privately held corporation is the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, the oldest daily courts newspaper in the country. From its modest beginning in 1854 as a daily reporter of courthouse information, the company has grown into a leading Midwestern information provider in the legal, real estate and financial fields.

Masuda Funai is a full-service law firm with offices in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Schaumburg.