Strauss, Eric R.

David E. Karlin is a California attorney with a primary focus on business and real estate, including law and legal issues involving Japan and Japanese companies, as well as video game law and litigation. With a major in Japanese from the University of California Irvine and more than a year and a half living experience in the Aomori and Aichi regions of Japan, as well as a Juris Doctor from Chapman University School of Law and having passed the California bar on the first attempt, David E. Karlin brings to the Karlin Law Firm a strong familiarity of Japanese culture and its similarities and differences to the culture present in Southern California.

This understanding is important because often cultural misunderstandings can create roadblocks when attempting international legal transactions. Having an attorney who understands the needs of both American and Japanese individuals from their cultural perspectives is invaluable in facilitating strong business ties between countries. In one of his first cases, David E. Karlin made headway into the field of international business with a successful transaction assisting a governmental agency in southern Japan with their southern California business matter.

In addition to his focus on Japanese business transactions law and litigation, David E. Karlin also has a strong familiarity of the video game industry, having worked as a writer for 1UP.com and other video game publications, as well as having spent time with the indie video game creation scene.

David E. Karlin's other areas of practice include real estate, such as residential home purchases, and family special needs trusts, both areas of which he has completed numerous successful transactions.