Background
Coleman, Rexford Lee was born on June 2, 1930 in Hollywood, California, United States. Son of Henry Eugene and Antoinette Christine (Dobry) Coleman.
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Rexford Lee Coleman
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Student, Claremont McKenna College, 1947-1949; Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University, 1951; Juris Doctor, Stanford University, 1955; Master in Jurisprudence, Tokyo U., 1960.
Career
Member of faculty, Harvard University, 1959-1969;
member firm, Baker & McKenzie, 1969-1983;
income partner, Baker & McKenzie, 1971-1973;
capital partner, Baker & McKenzie, 1973-1983;
managing partner Tokyo office, Baker & McKenzie, 1971-1978;
senior partner, The Pacific Law Group, Los Angeles, since 1983. Adjunct Professor McGeorge School Law, U. Pacific, since 1989. Lecturer Gray's Inn, The Inns of Court School Law, London, 1989.
Consultant United States Treasury Department, 1961-1970. Counselor Japanese-American Society for Legal Studies, since 1964. Guest lecturer Ford Seminar on Comparative History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968.
Lecturer Legal Tng.and Research Institute, Supreme Court, Japan, 1970-1973. Guest lecturer Colloguium Scholars, California Lutheran U., 1989. Chairman foreign business customs consultative committee Bureau Customs, Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan, 1971-1972.
Chairman foreign business consulatative commission Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 1973-1976. Member United States Delaware, United States-Japan Income Tax Treaty Negotiations, 1961, international board advisors, McGeorge School Law, U. Pacific, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Participant in Japanese-American Program for Cooperation in Legal Studies,1956-1960. Co-chairman Conference on International Legal Protection Computer Software, Stanford Law School, 1986, Tokyo, Japan, 1987. Served to First lieutenant, Infantry Army of the United States, 1951-1953.
Lieutenant colonel Retired. Member American Bar Association, State Bar California, Massachusetts Bar Association, Japanese-American Society for Legal Studies, Association Asian Studies, American Political Science Association, International Studies Association, International Fiscal Association (United States and Japan), Academy Political Science, American Academy Political and Social Science, American Society International Law, American Foreign Law Association, Military Government Association, Reserve Officers Association (Vice-President army department Far East 1974-1975), United States Army Judge Advisory General's School Alumni Association, International House Japan (Tokyo), Stanford University Alumni Association, Gakushi Kai., International Law Association Japan, Japan-Western Association, Pacific Basin Economics Council, (United States Executive Committee 1985-1987), Nihon Shiho Gakkai, Nihon Kok usai Ho Gakkai, Nihon Kokusai Shiho Gakkai, Sozei Ho Gakkai, Phi Alpha Delta.
Connections
Married Aiko Takahashi, August 28, 1953 (deceased). Children: Christine Eugenie, Douglass Craig;m. Sucha Park, June 15, 1978.
