Dale Minami - Korematsu v. United States

Send us Fan Maillovethylawyer.comA transcript of this podcast is available at lovethylawyer.com.https://www.minamitamaki.com/attorneys/daleminami/Wikipedia Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_MinamiDale Minami is recognized as one of the top personal injury lawyers in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was selected as a Super Lawyer for each year from 2004 through 2023 in the Personal Injury category, one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers for Northern California in 2005 and from 2007 to 2023, and in the Top Ten Super Lawyers in the Personal Injury Category from 2013 through 2018.He was also named to the Best Lawyers of America list for nine straight years from 2014-2022 by Best Lawyers, recognized four times as one of the 500 Best Lawyers in America by Lawdragon Magazine (2005, 2014, 2015, 2018), and in the top 3% of attorneys in the nation by The Legal News.In 2019, Mr. Minami was honored with the ABA Medal, the American Bar Association’s highest honor. He is the first Asian American to receive the award in its 90-year history.He has been involved in significant litigation involving the civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans and other minorities, such as Korematsu v. United States, a lawsuit to overturn a 40-year-old conviction for refusal to obey exclusion orders aimed at Japanese Americans during World War II, originally upheld by U.S. Supreme Court.Mr. Minami's advice to a new attorney:“I would advise a new attorney to find a mentor, someone with experience, knowledge, wisdom and willingness to help you grow.  A mentor will shortcut the learning process and accelerate your development of skills.  I was too dense and perhaps diffident to ask for help but if I were to do it all over again, I would be more assertive in finding someone and asking for help.  I realized later in my career that so many attorneys are willing to help younger attorneys if they were just asked.” Please subscribe and listen. Then tell us who you want to hear and what areas of interest you’d like us to cover.   Louis Goodman www.louisgoodman.comhttps://www.lovethylawyer.com/510.582.9090Music: Joel Katz, Seaside Recording, MauiTech: Bryan Matheson, Skyline Studios, OaklandAudiograms: Paul Robert  [email protected]