Drawing on his experience as a judge in civil litigation and bankruptcy cases, as well as his experience as a litigation prosecutor in large-scale lawsuits on the side of the parties’ involved, Mr. Nakayama is committed to resolving various disputes.
SERVICES
Practice Areas
Restructuring/Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Dispute Resolution
CAREER
Mar 1982
Chuo University (LL.B.)
Apr 1987
The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
Apr 1987 - Mar 1995
Assistant Judge, Osaka District Court, Nagano District Family Court, Toyama District Family Court, Nagoya District Court
Apr 1995
Public Prosecutor (Litigation, General Affairs Division, Nagoya Legal Affairs Bureau)
Apr 1998
Judge, Tokyo District Court (General Civil Division)
Apr 2001
Chief of the Shibata Branch, Niigata District Family Court
Apr 2005
Judge, Tokyo District Court (Bankruptcy and Rehabilitation Division)
Apr 2008 - Mar 2013
Public Prosecutor (Director, Civil Litigation Division, Ministry of Justice; Director, Litigation, General Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice; Deputy Director-General, Litigation, General Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice)
Apr 2013
Judge, Tokyo High Court
Jul 2013 - Sep 2016
Presiding Judge, Tokyo District Court (Civil Litigation Division; Bankruptcy and Rehabilitation Division)
Sep 2016
Presiding Judge, Tokyo District Court (Temporary Restraining Division; Deputy Chief Judge, Civil Division)
Sep 2018
Chief Judge, Nagano District Family Court
Dec 2020
Presiding Judge, Tokyo High Court
May 2022
President, Legal Training and Research Institute
May 2023
President, Hiroshima High Court
Mar 2025
Age-limit retirement
QUALIFICATIONS
Japan（1987）
PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
Tokyo Bar Association
LANGUAGES
Japanese
English
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