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In the first of what we expect will be a long term successful series of Blog Postings of Interesting Attorneys, Legal Bistro is pleased to present Jonathan Plaut 
of Chardon Law Offices. Our goal for this series is to highlight lawyers who are doing interesting things in their personal lives.
Besides being a highly skilled litigator and criminal defense attorney, Jon is also an accomplished musician. He is the lead singer and base player in a band called The Learned Hands. His musical influences include Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Dan Bern, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Michelle Shocked, Rush, Van Halen and AC/DC.
Jon recently played rhythm guitar at the BB King Blues Club in Manhattan backing up Carmine and Vinnie Appice (of Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Rod Stewart and Jeff Beck fame), and played viola for the great troubadour rocker Michelle Shocked during seven of her shows in New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maine and Massachusetts. He has played at various rock venues throughout the Northeast.
Jon speaks and writes Japanese, and he has represented numerous Japanese citizens and businesses in a variety of matters including corporation formation, civil lawsuits, criminal defense and governmental investigations. He served as a foreign legal associate at the firm of Anderson Mori in Tokyo, Japan where he represented numerous multinational corporations.
Jon has taught courses in criminal law and environmental law at Tufts University and Boston College. Jonathan has also taught spoken and written Japanese at several secondary schools including Choate Rosemary Hall and the Kent School.
For additional information about Jonathan Plaut, please visit Jon’s complete Legal Bistro Profile.