Masuda Funai
Asa Markel is an accomplished legal professional with extensive experience in commercial law, litigation, and business development. Currently serving as Chair of the Distribution & Sales Practice Group at Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. since January 2017, Asa oversees commercial law matters and drives business initiatives. Asa has been a Principal at the same firm since February 2012, focusing on commercial litigation, business law, transportation law, and customs law. Previous roles include Senior Editor at Law of Tea.com, where research and writing on legal trends in the global tea trade were conducted, and Attorney at Cammarano Law Group, specializing in shipping litigation and international trade. Asa began the legal career as an Associate Attorney at Shorall McGoldrick Brinkmann and holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, alongside a Bachelor’s degree in History from Northern Arizona University.
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Masuda Funai
Since its founding in 1929, Masuda Funai has focused its practice on successfully representing international and domestic companies entering, operating and expanding in the United States. With offices in Chicago, Schaumburg and Los Angeles, the firm assists clients in every aspect of business, including establishing, acquiring, financing and selling operations and facilities; transferring overseas employees to the U.S.; providing employment and benefits counseling; structuring the distribution and sale of products throughout the U.S.; and delivering commercial and patent litigation services. The firm’s clients, many of which have been represented by the firm for decades, span many industries and technologies.