Minami Tamaki LLP Senior Counsel Donald K. Tamaki spoke November 5 at the Peggy Downes Baskin Ethics Lecture by The Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz to 150 attendees. Past speakers at the lecture series include Toni Morrison, Ezra Klein, and Fania Davis. The lecture featured the premiere of...
Minami Tamaki LLP Managing Partner Sean Tamura-Sato and Senior Counsel Donald K. Tamaki are assisting the Japanese Benevolent Society of California (JBSC) regain its license to operate the historic Japanese Cemetery in Colma. The nonprofit retained Sean to deliver essential litigation support a...
Minami Tamaki LLP Senior Associate and former U.S. Immigration Judge Amber George was a featured guest in the program of Oasis Legal Services' 9th Annual Community Celebration on September 18 in Oakland. The evening brought together advocates, community members, and legal practitioners across the...
The Best Lawyers in America recognized five Minami Tamaki LLP attorneys in its 2027 edition. Partners Sean Tamura-Sato, Olivia Serene Lee, Suhi Koizumi, Senior Counsel Dale Minami, and Senior Associate La Verne A. Ramsay made the Best Lawyers list.
On May 12, 2026, the Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego (PALSD) honored Dale Minami, Senior Counsel and co-founder of Minami Tamaki LLP, with its Legacy Award at the organization's 48th Annual Dinner at Jasmine Seafood Restaurant in San Diego. In addition to accepting the honor, Dale delivered the e...
Minami Tamaki LLP Partner Olivia Serene Lee and Senior Associate La Verne A. Ramsay recently contributed their expertise on three panels at the 2026 AILA Conference in San Diego from June 17-20, 2026. The American Immigration Lawyers Association is a national association of more than 18,000 attor...
Chambers & Partners has ranked Minami Tamaki LLP and Partner Olivia Serene Lee in the immigration section of its new 2026 USA guide. Olivia was also recognized in Lexology Index: Thought Leaders USA 2027. “Olivia Serene Lee is well regarded for her ability to act on a diverse range of employment...
Current and former attorneys of Minami Tamaki LLP joined Superior Court Judge Ai Mori at her investiture ceremony on May 7, 2026, at the Milton Marks Auditorium in San Francisco. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Judge Mori to the San Francisco County Superior Court in September 2025. She served a...
We're proud to announce that six Minami Tamaki LLP attorneys were selected as Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2026. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented attor...
Minami Tamaki LLP Partners Olivia Serene Lee and Suhi Koizumi have been named to the 2026 Lawdragon 100 Leading Immigration Lawyers list. “These lawyers bring a vast span of skills and expertise – representing multinational corporations in their global mobility needs, advocating for family-based...
Partner Seema Bhatt and our personal injury practice successfully secured a $1.37 million settlement for a retired military veteran who suffered serious injuries in a head-on collision with a commercial armored vehicle in Sonoma County. The defense initially argued the accident was caused by dan...
Minami Tamaki LLP is ranked on the "Best Law Firms" 2026 list by Best Lawyers, marking the 12th consecutive year the firm has received this recognition. The firm achieved a National Tier 1 ranking for its Immigration and Nationality Law practice. Minami Tamaki's Personal Injury and Consumer and ...
Minami Tamaki LLP Partner Olivia S. Lee co-authored an article on noncitizen voting in non-federal elections in the latest issue of the AILA Law Journal, a publication of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. The journal is committed to helping develop and publish accurate, concise, and i...
Managing Partner Sean Tamura-Sato and Senior Counsel Dale Minami were named to The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Civil Rights & Plaintiff Employment Lawyers. Lawdragon is a legal media company that publishes guides to the nation's leading lawyers, and provides a platform for lawyers and firms to pr...
Minami Tamaki LLP congratulates Ai Mori on her appointment to the San Francisco County Superior Court by Governor Gavin Newsom. Judge Mori served as an Associate at Minami Tamaki from 2002 to 2006. Since 2020, she has served as a Chambers Attorney to Associate Justice Martin Jenkins at the California Supreme Court.
The Best Lawyers in America recognized six Minami Tamaki LLP attorneys in its 2026 edition. Partners Sean Tamura-Sato, Olivia Serene Lee, Suhi Koizumi, Senior Counsel Dale Minami, and Senior Associates La Verne A. Ramsay and Angela Mapa made the Best Lawyers list. Suhi, Olivia, La Verne, and An...
Minami Tamaki LLP Partner Suhi Koizumi will be a featured speaker at an immigration panel event hosted by the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California (KABANC) on August 7, 2025, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Fragomen's San Jose office, located at 2755 Orchard Parkway. Suhi; Aileen Kim,...
Seven Minami Tamaki LLP attorneys were selected as Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars for 2025: Dale Minami, Donald K. Tamaki, Sean Tamura-Sato, Olivia Serene Lee, Suhi Koizumi, Seema Bhatt, and Dian Sohn.
When the Minami Tamaki law firm started in 1975, Asian American attorneys faced discrimination in employment and the courtroom, just as Asian Americans did in other aspects of society. The firm's founders were determined to fight for social justice on their own terms and created a firm that would...
Minami Tamaki LLP is pleased to announce a significant victory on behalf of client Rouble Claire in his civil rights case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. Mr. Claire initially brought this matter after experiencing racial harassment and intimidation in ...
Minami Tamaki is investigating reports that Blue Shield of California (“Blue Shield”) allowed unauthorized access to the healthcare information of millions of California residents. In April 2025, Blue Shield disclosed that it had used Google Analytics in a manner that allowed member data to be s...
The Trump administration's invocation of the Alien Enemy Act (AEA) and the reconsideration of birthright citizenship have ignited deep concerns within our firm. These are not abstract legal theories for us; they are issues woven into the very fabric of our history and the personal experiences of ...
Minami Tamaki LLP is investigating reports of a data breach tied to PowerSchool Group LLC ("PowerSchool"), a Folsom, California-based provider of software used by many school districts around the country. Earlier this month, PowerSchool revealed that hackers had compromised the personal data of ...
The Minami Tamaki LLP law firm has named Seema Bhatt as Partner, effective January 1, 2025. Seema joined the firm in January 2016 and leads the firm's personal injury practice, succeeding B. Mark Fong, who retired on December 31, 2024. “We are thrilled to have Seema join the partnership,” said Ma...
Minami Tamaki LLP announced Senior Counsel B. Mark Fong's retirement effective December 31, 2024. Mark joined the firm as Senior Counsel in 2006, was a Partner from 2014 through 2023, and transitioned to Senior Counsel in 2024. He has led the firm's Personal Injury Practice Group since 2017, taki...
Minami Tamaki LLP is a San Francisco-based law firm serving clients in the areas of Personal Injury, Consumer and Employment Rights, Corporate and Nonprofit Counseling, and Immigration and Nationality Law.