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• Kyoko Ogura and other Shiki-no-Kaze Law Group Lawyer can assist you in the following areas:
• Domestic Relations
  
  Kyoko Ogura has extensive experience in handling divorce between Japanese and foreign nationals as well as those between Japanese. From 2008 to 2010, she worked as a part-time judge at the Tokyo Family Court, presiding over hundreds of mediations.
• Personal Injury
  
  As a member of “Iryo Mondai Bengo Dan,” a largest group of attorneys specialized in medical malpractice in Tokyo, she has represented victims of medical malpractice including many foreign nationals. In addition, Shiki-no-Kaze Law Group has an attorney specialized in auto accident.
• Debt Relief
  
  Debt problems may be solved by bankruptcy, civil rehabilitation, or out-of-court restructuring. All lawyers at Shiki-no-Kaze Law Group are experienced in debt relief. We have also been appointed as bankruptcy receivers by the Tokyo District Court.
• Employment Law
  
  From 2010 to 2011, Kyoko Ogura was appointed as a member of Labor Relations Commissions of Tokyo Metropolitan Government, a commission responsible for protecting the legal rights of workers, and presided over the tribunal with fellow members including former chief of the Tokyo District Court, law professors of prominent universities in Tokyo. In private practice, Kyoko Ogura has assisted foreign corporations to solve complaints by workers as well as foreign employees to collect unpaid wages and compensation for unfair treatment by employers, including termination of employment contract.
• Criminal Defense
  
  Foreign nationals held in custody of police face special problems, such as a language barrier, lack of support of family member or friends, racial and/or cultural bias, and little or no knowledge of the Japanese criminal procedure. It is vital to have a capable defense counsel at an early stage of the criminal procedure for early release, prevent indictment, acquittal, or reduction of sentence, depending on the charge and circumstances. Shiki-no-Kaze Law Group has lawyers competent in criminal defense.