Hiro Naraindas Aragaki

• Bachelors: B.A., Yale University, 1990
• Masters: M.Phil., University of Cambridge, 1992
• PhD: Doctoral studies, University of Cambridge, 1992-1994 (ABD)
• JD: Stanford Law School, 1997

• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Civil Procedure
• Negotiation & Problem Solving
• Contracts & Business Transactions
• International & Comparative Law
• Law & Development

• The Negotiation Process, in A Litigator’s Guide to Effective Use of ADR in California (CEB Press 2005)

Professor Aragaki’s research interests focus on alternative dispute resolution, negotiation and international law.  Prior to joining the faculty at Fordham Professor Aragaki practiced law for ten years at global law firms, including Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and O’Melveny & Myers in San Francisco.  In this capacity he represented Fortune 500 companies and financial institutions in complex commercial litigation and in transactional matters.  He has extensive experience settling business disputes as mediator and has collaborated with Gary Friedman at the Center for Mediation in Law, where he was a Sloan Fellow, and with the Hon. Daniel Weinstein at JAMS.  He has also served as a judicial arbitrator, a judge pro tem, and as a law clerk to the Hon. Fern M. Smith (ret.), U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. 

At Fordham, Professor Aragaki teaches Legal Framework of Business, International Law, and Negotiation.  He is admitted to the bars of California, New York and the District of Columbia, and to the Roll of Solicitors in England & Wales.  He is proficient in French, German, and Japanese.