Overcoming glass ceilings, cultural differences and English language challenges, Junko Mukoyama is my next inspirational guest on Lawyer on Air. She explains how Japan has changed so much in just one generation but also the barriers she came up against in her career and how she took control of her career and ended up smashing through them.
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About Junko
Junko is a board member and senior corporate counsel of Avaya Japan Ltd. Avaya provides products and services to enhance and simplify communications and collaborations. She is in charge of all legal matters for the Japan operations including contract negotiation, compliance, personal data protection and dispute resolution. Before she joined Avaya in 2004, she worked for Yuasa and Hara as a trademark attorney and for Nihon Unisys Ltd. She is a member of the Japan Patent Attorney Association and New York State Bar. She received LLB from Chuo University, and Master of Laws from University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign and Waseda University. She has been studying bankruptcy and IP at a graduate school of law and published articles in bankruptcy and IP fields. She is a member of AIPPI, INTA, JTA, ABI and INSOL.
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