Previously, she was in the San Francisco office of the international law firm of Coudert Brothers LLP. She practiced corporate, commercial and business law with Coudert Brothers LLP for over 20 years, initially in the New York office, for two years in the Tokyo office and in the San Francisco office since 1982. Ms. Nakagawa received her A.B. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University and is a 1978 graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. She is a member of the Bars of New York and California and is fluent in Japanese.