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Law Practice

Sep. 17, 2010

Back from the Land of the Rising Sun

John Roos, the former Wilson Sonsini CEO and current ambassador to Japan, shared his views Wednesday on the importance of U.S.-Japanese relations in the realms of security, economics and global relations.

By Jill Redhage

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Everywhere John Roos goes, Japanese businessmen ask him about Silicon Valley's special sauce and how they can import it to their country. Now the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, San Francisco-born Roos is considered something of an expert on the subject, having spent 20 years practicing law in Silicon Valley and another 10 years in law firm management at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & R...

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