Mason Ji Associate

Mason Ji is a litigator who assists clients in complex U.S. cross-border regulatory, criminal, and trade matters and high-stakes commercial litigation. Informed by his international relations background, Mason advises clients on issues involving U.S. sanctions violations, anti-money laundering (AML) laws, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He also conducts investigations focusing on a broad range of potential misconducts.

Mason has trial and litigation experience in federal and state courts and before arbitral institutions. His experience spans prelawsuit investigations, depositions, dispositive motion practice, complex discovery campaigns, oral argument, trials, appeals, and post-judgment enforcement.

Mason is a bilingual English and Chinese speaker and a former English-Chinese translator. He utilizes his Chinese language skills and understanding of Chinese society to regularly advise clients on China. Mason is also a lecturer at the University of Washington on international law. He is a former delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, negotiating nuclear disarmament, climate change, and human rights treaties; and a former White House ambassador for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. While in law school, Mason was an executive editor for the Harvard International Law Journal.