Miho M. Takeshita joined the Tokyo office of White & Case in December 2007.

Ms. Takeshita's practice primarily focuses on international asset finance transactions, including aircraft financing.

Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Takeshita served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable Jacqueline Chooljian, United States Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California.

In law school, Ms. Takeshita externed for the Honorable Owen Lee Kwong of the Los Angeles Superior Court and the Disability Rights Legal Center. Ms. Takeshita also served as Senior Note and Comment Editor on the Loyola of Los Angeles International & Comparative Law Review.

Bars and Courts
California State Bar, 2005

Education
JD, Loyola Law School Los Angeles, 2005
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz, with highest honors in East Asian Studies major, honors in Political Science major, college honors, 2001
Study Abroad, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, 1999-2000

Languages
English
Japanese

Citizenship
United States