ABOUT US
After collaborating for 30 years while operating separate, successful practices, Diane Kawata Watanabe and Garrett H. Suemori formally created Watanabe & Suemori, LLP in 2007. Nathan K. Watanabe joined the practice in 2004. Although Garrett H. Suemori retired in 2014, our office continues to uphold his reputation for providing conscientious and client-focused legal services. All of our attorneys have spent their entire careers practicing in Trusts & Estates and Business Transactions.
NATHAN K. WATANABE PARTNER
- Education: University of Southern California, J.D., 2004; Stanford University, B.A., with honors, 2001
- Staff member of the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal
- Extern to the Honorable Harry L. Hupp, Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California, 2002
- States Licensed to Practice: California, 2004
- Associations: Co-chair of the Community Service Committee of the Orange County Asian American Bar Association, General counsel for Asian Pacific American Friends of the Theater, and Pro-bono volunteer with the Public Law Center, Asian Americans Advancing Justice, and Japanese American Bar Association
- Publications: “Internment, Civil Liberties, and a Nation in Crisis,” Volume 13, Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal
- Speaking Engagements: Keiro Caregiver Conferences and St. Jude Caregiver Resource Center Conferences
- Languages spoken: English and conversational Japanese
