Professional Biography

Paul O. Hirose Partner

Firmwide Co-Chair, Supply Chain Compliance & Corporate Social Responsibility

  • Los Angeles

    D +1.310.788.3265

    F +1.310.788.3399

    Los Angeles

    1888 Century Park East, Suite 1700

    Los Angeles, CA 90067-1721

    +1.310.788.3265

    PHirose@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Paul Hirose serves as outside general counsel for midsized and multinational corporate clients. Paul provides strategic legal advice to help companies reach their business goals and counsels on risk and litigation avoidance strategies, operational issues, intellectual property, and marketing and advertising matters. With over two decades of experience as marketing counsel for Isuzu North America, he has developed a deep understanding of the client perspective that informs all aspects of his work.

Paul has defended companies in federal and state court and before administrative agencies on a broad range of issues. His transactional experience includes structuring, drafting, and negotiating business contracts, including employment, distribution, and licensing agreements. A former certified public accountant, Paul possesses significant audit and compliance experience.

Paul has substantial product distribution experience. In addition, he has worked extensively in the establishment and expansion, as well as the winding down, of distribution networks for clients in the automotive, food distribution, and technology industries. Deeply committed to the elimination of human trafficking, Paul co-chairs the firm’s Supply Chain Compliance & Corporate Social Responsibility practice and draws on his deep knowledge of key laws and regulations as counsel to clients on their supply chain compliance programs.

Active in the legal community, Paul is a member of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, of which he served as president and later co-chair of the Leadership Advisory Council. As part of his pro bono practice, Paul works with nonprofit organizations dedicated to ending modern day slavery.

Professional Recognition

  • Listed in Thomson Reuters “Stand-out Lawyers,” 2024
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association "President’s Award," 2013
  • Orange County Asian American Bar Association "Attorney of the Year," 2012

Professional Leadership

  • NAPABA Leadership Advisory Council, Co-Chair, 2013 - present
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), President, 2010 - 2011
  • Japanese American Bar Association, Member 
  • Orange County Asian American Bar Association, Member 
  • Philippine American Bar Association, Member 

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