Alan Nakazawa

Current Employment Position(s):
Partner

Areas Of Practice:
Maritime Law
Transportation and International Law
Commercial Transactions
Litigation

Bar Admissions: California, 1978
U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1978
U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1978
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1978
U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1978
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1978
U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Education:
University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, California, 1978
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1974
B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works:
COGSA and Choice of Foreign Law Clauses in Bills of Lading (Co-Author), Tulane L.D., Vol. 17, No. 1 Fall, 1992

Representative Cases:
North River Ins. Company v. Fed Sea/Fed Pac, 647 F. 2d 985 (9th Cir. 1981)

Mobil Sales & Supply Corporation v. Panamax Venus, 804 F. 2d 541, 1987 AMC 305 (9th Cir. 1986)

Carman Tool & Abrasives, Inc. v. Evergreen Lines, 871 F. 2d 897 (9th Cir. 1989)

Mori Seiki USA, Inc. v. M.V. Alligator Truimph, 990 F. 2d 444 (9th Cir. 1993)

Lauritzen A/S v. Dashwood Shipping, Ltd., 65 F. 3d 139 (9th Cir. 1995)

North End Oil v. Norman Spirit, 1993 AMC 88 (C.D. Cal. 1992)

Oman Refinery v. M.T. Bertina, 1993 AMC 147 (C.D. Cal. 1992)

Tradex v. Astyanax, 1993 AMC 1792 (9th Cir. 1993)

Kelso Enterprises v. Wisida Frost, 8 F. Supp. 2d 1197 (C.D. Cal. 1998)

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Lecturer, Norwegian Shipping Academy, International Bunker Conference, Oslo, Norway, November, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member

State Bar of California
Member

The Maritime Law Association of the United States
Proctor Member

Japan American Society
Member

Yale Alumni Association of Southern California
Member

Japanese-American Bar Association
Member

Birth Information:
December 12, 1951, Tokyo, Japan