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Koji F. Fukumura is a partner in the Cooley Godward Kronish Litigation department and is resident in the San Diego office and also part time in the Colorado office. Mr. Fukumura is a Co-Chair of the Firm's National Securities Litigation practice. Mr. Fukumura also chairs the Firm's Diversity Committee and serves on the Hiring and Associate Review Committees.
Mr. Fukumura's practice focuses on securities, corporate governance and other complex business litigation, including the defense of securities class actions, derivative suits, M&A-related class actions and government investigations. He regularly conducts internal investigations for boards as well as their audit and special litigation committees. Mr. Fukumura also counsels public companies, directors, officers, and principal shareholders about a wide range of issues relating to corporate governance, antitrust/unfair competition, FCPA, SEC enforcement, insider trading, disclosure obligations under and compliance with federal and state securities laws. His nationwide practice includes representation of companies such as Gateway, Inc., Sequenom, Inc., Brocade, StarTek, Inc., Charlotte-Russe Holdings, The Titan Corporation, Quest Software, Inc., Gemstar TV-Guide, and SAIC. He is a former Co-Chair of the Securities Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation and currently is a Co-Chair of that Committee's SEC Enforcement Subcommittee.
Mr. Fukumura was named to Best Lawyers in America 2009 in the categories of Commercial Litigation and Securities Law and in 2008 in the category of Commercial Litigation. He was recognized in Euromoney's 2010 Benchmark Litigation Guide of Leading Firms and Lawyers as one of California's "litigation stars." He was also named to Southern California Super Lawyers in the categories of "Top 50 Lawyers in San Diego" (2009) and Securities Litigation (2007-2009). He holds the highest peer-reviewed rating (AV) by Martindale Hubble.
He has written about and appeared on numerous programs discussing a variety of litigation-related issues including, most recently, the following programs:
- Legal Issues in the Year Ahead: What Directors and General Counsel Need to Know; 2010 Directors Forum; January 2010 (with Vice Chancellor Strine and Darren Robbins).
- Mediating Securities Class Actions; 2009 ABA Section of Litigation Insurance Coverage CLE Seminar; Tuscon, AZ; March 2009.
- 2008 PLI Advanced Securities Workshop - Litigation Developments; August 2008.
- The Do's, Don'ts and Ethical Issues of Corporate Investigations; ABA; March 2008.
- ALI/ABA Trial Evidence in Federal Courts (Newport Beach, CA); February 2008.
- 30th Annual University of Texas Conference on Securities Regulation and Business Law; Key Developments in Securities Litigation (Dallas, Texas); February 2008.
- 2007 PLI Advanced Securities Workshop - Litigation Developments (with William Lerach); August 2007.
- Federal Enforcement Actions Against Gatekeepers; Association of Corporate Counsel of America (San Diego); June 2007.
- 10th Annual ABA National Institute on Class Actions; October 2006.
- Co-Chair, 2006 ABA Annual Meeting (Section of Litigation).
- Conducting Internal Investigations; Association of Corporate Counsel of America (San Diego); April 2006.
- How Do You Get Rid Of A Material Weakness Once Reported?; PLI; September 2005.
- Class Actions in California; 2004 and 2005; Lorman Educational Services. Seven hour program.
- SEC "Hot Topics" Institute;RR Donnelley and Glasser LegalWorks (La Jolla, CA); June 2005.
- 8th Annual Industry Forum D&O Liability Insurance Conference; Hottest Developments in U.S. Securities Class Actions (London, U.K.); March 2005.
- All for One and One for All? Navigating the Changing Landscape of Joint-Defense Agreements; ABA TeleConference and Live Audio Webcast; October 2004.
- Joint Defense Agreements - Changing Landscape; 2004 ABA Section of Litigation Annual Meeting (Phoenix, AZ).
- Juror and Judicial Perceptions of Financial Scandals; 2004 ABA Corporate Counsel Meeting (Palm Desert, CA).
Mr. Fukumura is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is a member of the American Bar Association and was recently elected to the governing Council of the ABA Section of Litigation (2009 - ) after having held various positions within the Section's Leadership since 2000. He is a member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (Executive Committee (2005); Regional Governor (2001-2004)). He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the NAPABA Law Foundation, the Union of Pan Asian Communities, and the La Jolla Music Society. Mr. Fukumura is admitted to practice in the states of California, Colorado, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Education- Temple University School of Law
JD, 1993 - University of Colorado at Boulder
BA English Literature, 1989 - University of Colorado at Boulder
BS Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, 1989
Court Admissions
- All California State Courts
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Admissions
- California
- Colorado
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- American Business Trial Lawyers Association
- American Inns of Court
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego
- San Diego County Bar Association
- Southwest Center for Asian Pacific American Law
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