In 1999, then-Perkins Coie partner Yoshihiro Saito gave information to the U.S. Department of Commerce in antidumping proceedings that misrepresented certain facts. On Thursday, Saito—now retired from practicing law—was formally suspended from the D.C. Bar for one year.
Saito agreed to the discipline. In an interview, he said that given the amount of time it took the Office of Bar Counsel to prosecute his case, his age (he’s 73) and the difficulties he anticipated in tracking down witnesses so long after the events at issue, he thought it best to reach an agreement.
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