Practice Areas
At the Law Offices of Ryutaro Hirota, we provide quality legal advice and representation in a variety of fields. Below is a sample of the services we offer:
Corporate Law
We provide legal expertise and strategic counseling to multi-national businesses as well as emerging growth companies. We pride ourselves on providing complete legal solutions tailored to the individual needs of the businesses. We advise businesses from business creation, formation, and maintenance, corporate immigration, corporate counseling, negotiating and preparing contracts, walking businesses through common business transactions, and protecting corporate intellectual property.
Immigration
Here at the Law Offices of Ryutaro Hirota, we have assisted clients with a variety of immigration law issues, including employment-based petitions, family-based petitions, non-immigrant visas (including tourist visas), and naturalization. We also work with clients to ensure that they have the proper employment authorization documents to find work in the United States.
Employment Law
California has some of the most protective employment laws in the United States. California employers must provide certain rights above and beyond the federal minimum employment laws, including in areas of wages, meal periods and rest breaks, discrimination and harassment, time off from work, privacy, and other areas. Cities and counties can also require employers to provide additional rights. At the Law Offices of Ryutaro Hirota, we are familiar with employment law requirements and help both employers and employees to understand their relevant rights and responsibilities under the law.
Estate Planning and Probate
At the Law Offices of Ryutaro Hirota, we assist clients with planning for the management of their estates and with administering estates through the probate process. We understand the difficulties that clients may have in managing the affairs of their loved ones or considering their own plans for their future estates, and we work to ensure that clients are able to work through these processes as smoothly as possible.
Family Law
Landlord/Tenant
Landlord/Tenant law refers to the rights and duties that landlords and tenants have to each other. This type of law can refer to both residential and commercial leases and includes the formation and signing of the lease, issues that can occur during the term of the lease, and the ways that a tenancy can end. The San Francisco Bay Area has some of the most protective landlord/tenant laws in the country, and landlords must follow a number of laws and ordinances when dealing with tenants. At the Law Offices of Ryutaro Hirota, we work with both landlords and tenants to understand their rights and obligations and help them navigate this complex area of law.