MEMBERS
Makiko Mizuuchi
- Tokyo
Qualifications
Attorney-at-Law
Languages
Japanese, English
Partner of Legal Profession Corporation CastGlobal
Japanese Attorney
California State Attorney
Areas of Practice
- International inheritance (Succession, Wills, Trusts: Estate Planning), the Hague Child Abduction Cases, and Civil Litigation
A Word from the Attorney
- Family issues are difficult to resolve, but I will work with you to achieve a friendly /amicable resolution.
Career
- Admitted to the Bar in Japan, 2005
- Bachelors of Laws from the Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo
Masters of Laws from the Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law - June 2019Joined Legal Profession Corporation CAST
- June 2019Appointed as the representative of the Kawaguchi Branch of CAST (later changed to Legal Profession Corporation CastGlobal)
- February 2025Transferred to the Tokyo office of Legal Profession Corporation CastGlobal
Main Publications
- ABA (American Bar Association) ILS International Family Law Committee Vol. 2025, issue 1 Contribution: “Protective Measures are Considered by Hague Judges in Japan when assessing a Grave Risk of Harm Argument” and “Children Heard in Japanese Family Court Cases”
- ABA (American Bar Association) ILS International Family Law Committee Vol.2024, issue 3 Contributed “Changes in Japanese Custody Law May Permit Joint Custody After Divorce”
- ABA (American Bar Association) ILS International Family Law Committee Vol.2024, issue 2 Contributed ”Japan Improves Enforcement of High Return Orders and has a High Rate of Amicable Settlement”
- August 2019Co-author of “Q&A: The Basics of International Divorce Cases - From Consultation and Acceptance to Various Procedures after Divorce” (Seirin Shoin Co. ,Ltd.)
- February 2017Co-author of “Practical Aspects of Preservation, Execution and Enforcement in Family Law Cases” (Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Family Law Committee, edited by Nihon Kajo Shuppan Co., Ltd.)
