Risa Hirao is a shareholder attorney at Pascal, Weiss & Hirao, P.C. Throughout her 13 year career with the firm, Risa has focused her practice on the needs alcohol beverage industry clients on a broad range of licensing, advertising, trade practice compliance, distribution and warehouse issues, as well as commercial transactions. She also works with local government agencies in the District of Columbia in connection with a broad variety of regulatory and legislative issues that intersect with the alcoholic beverage distribution and the freight industry.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
District of Columbia Association of Beverage Alcohol Wholesalers, President and General Counsel
National Beer Wholesalers Association
Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of America
Capitol Hill Business Improvement District – Board of Director

ADMISSIONS

• District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia

EDUCATION
Seton Hall University School of Law , JD
California State University, Long Beach, BS

LANGUAGES
Japanese