Mr. Homma worked at Mitsui Fudosan in Japan for 18 years. He moved to the United States in 1991 to attend the University of Cincinnati, College of Law. He has been practicing law in Indiana since 1996, primarily in the fields of employment, labor, and business immigration law. He advises Japanese companies on how to terminate safely problematic employees and how to keep workplaces union free.
Mr. Homma regularly conducts seminars for Japanese expatriates on various U.S. laws such as employment discrimination and harassment laws, the FLSA, the FMLA, labor laws, and immigration laws. He often is invited as an instructor to conduct seminars by mid- and large-size Japanese companies throughout the United States and Japan. Mr. Homma also publishes a Japanese-language legal newsletter entitled, "AJBL Scope," which covers current legal issues faced by Japanese companies conducting business in the United States.
Experience
Mr. Homma has been a regular instructor for legal compliance seminars at large Japanese companies doing business in the United States. In addition, he regularly serves as an instructor for seminars on the topic of U.S. employment and labor laws for organizations in Japan such as Japan Auto Parts Industries Association (JAPIA) and Japan Overseas Enterprises Association (JOEA). He has assisted many Japanese companies with USCIS petitions and visa applications to obtain E and L visas for Japanese expatriates. Mr. Homma also has assisted clients in conducting internal investigations on harassment complaints and in defending Japanese companies from union organizing campaigns.
Mr. Homma has extensive work experience in Japan at Mitsui Fudosan. He worked in the human resources department for five years and residential condominium development group in Hiroshima for five years. He also served as executive assistant to its president and chairman for six years and was the manager of its urban residential project planning group for two years.
Indiana
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Indiana Bar Association
- Indianapolis Bar Association
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Japan Overseas Enterprise Association - "U.S. Immigration Update" - Tokyo - July 8, 2011
- Japan Auto Parts Industries Association - "Recent UAW Activities and Maintaining Union-free Workplace" - Tokyo and Nagoya - July 5, 2011 - July 6, 2011
- Japan Overseas Enterprises Association - "Weakness of Japanese Management with U.S. Subsidiaries" - Tokyo - July 28, 2010
- Japanese Institute of International Business Law - "Parent’s Company’s Liabilities on Unlawful Employment Discrimination by U.S. Subsidiary" - Tokyo - July 27, 2010
- Japan Auto Parts Industries Association - "Weakness of Japanese Management with U.S. Subsidiaries" - Nagoya and Tokyo - July 26, 2010 - July 29, 2010
- Georgia Japanese Chamber of Commerce - "U.S. Immigration Update" - Atlanta - March 5, 2010
- Japan America Society of Indiana - "Employee Free Choice Act" - Indianapolis - October 14, 2009
- Japan Overseas Enterprises Association - "Effect on U.S. Employment and Labor Laws by the Result of 2008 Election" - Tokyo - February 4, 2009
- Japan Auto Parts Industries Association - "Employee Free Choice Act" - Tokyo and Nagoya - February 2, 2009 - February 3, 2009
- Georgia Japanese Chamber of Commerce - "2009 Legislative Agenda with Employment and Labor Laws" - Atlanta - January 26, 2009
- Japan America Society of Indiana - "Election 2008, The Impact on Employers" - Indianapolis - December 10, 2008
- Japan Overseas Enterprises Association - "Differences of Japan and the United States from Layer’s Perspective" - Indianapolis - December 10, 2008
- Japanese Institute of International Business - "Outline of U.S. Employment Discrimination Laws for Japanese " - Tokyo - June 12, 2008
- Japan Auto Parts Industries Association - "Difficulties in U.S. Personnel Management and Labor Union Issues" - Tokyo and Nagoya - June 11, 2008 - June 13, 2008
- Alumni Association of Legal Department of Hitotsubashi University - "Stricter Penalties imposed on Intentional Misconducts under U.S. Laws" - Tokyo - September 18, 2007
In The News
- February 1, 2007 - UJP News for Japanese Executive - "Zoom in Lawyer"
- August 21, 2006 - Indianapolis Business Journal - "Lawyer Treks to Japan"
- August 2006 - U.S. FrontLine - "New Life as a Lawyer in the U.S.; Interview with Rochelle Kopp"
- December 16, 2002 - Indianapolis Business Journal - "Japanese Executives Find Comfort in Lawyer"
- September 2008 - Global Management By Japan Overseas Enterprises Association - "Differences between Japanese and U.S. Employment Laws and the Effects on Business Practices"
- February 1, 2008 - February 28, 2008 - Global Management By Japan Overseas Enterprises Association - "Japanese Expats, Be Alert to U.S. Tougher Laws on Alcohol!! They are Different from Japanese Laws."
- January 2007 - Global Management By Japan Overseas Enterprises Association - "Parent Company’s Liabilities on Unlawful Employment Discrimination by U.S. Subsidiary"