Masae Okura is an associate in the Atlanta office of Baker Donelson. She provides immigration counseling services to multinational companies, including business immigration, labor certifications, immigrant visas and consular representations. Ms. Okura also assists clients with outbound immigration services to Japan, China and other countries.
Ms. Okura routinely provides immigration seminars and training for Japanese companies in the United States. She has lived in Japan, Canada and the People's Republic of China and is fluent in Japanese, English and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese). In addition, Ms. Okura passed the U.S. CPA exam in 1997.
- Ms. Okura routinely presents to the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Georgia and the Japan-America Society of Georgia. She also writes articles on immigration for Japanese publications, Japanese websites, and local Japanese newspapers.
- Author – "The American Jury and the New Japanese Judicial System," The Historical Development of the U.S. Jury System (Publisher: Edix), February 10, 2011; 著者：アメリカの陪審制度と日本の裁判員制度、陪審制度の発展と意義（出版社：エディックス）2011年2月10日出版、"日本図書館協会選定図書"
- Featured – "A different culture: How to succeed when doing business in Japan," Smart Business Atlanta, November 2010
- Named a "Georgia Rising Star" in Immigration Law by Georgia Super Lawyers, 2011
- Member – American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Member – American, Georgia and Atlanta Bar Associations
- Member – Georgia Pacific Asian Bar Association
- Member – Japan Chamber of Commerce of Georgia
- Member – The Japan-America Society of Georgia
- University of South Carolina, School of Law, Moore Business School, J.D./M.B.A.
- Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Tokyo Gai-Dai), Chinese Department, B.A.