Masaru Takiguchi is a member of the Corporation and Business Law Committee of Chicago Bar Association, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials; a member of the Finance Committee of Habilitative Systems Inc., the largest African-American managed, not-for-profit social service agency in Chicago area and a member of the Japanese American Citizens League.

He has served as arbitration panelist for the Circuit Court of Cook County Mandatory Arbitration and as a Moderator at 2000 Regional Exchange Congress held in Oak Park.

The law firm of Masaru Takiguchi has participated in bono programs delivering a variety of legal services to income qualified individuals in Cook County since Mr. Takiguchi started practicing law.

Bar Associations: Lake County Bar Association, DuPage County Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, American Bar Association and the Real Estate Lawyers Association.

Chambers of Commerce: Maywood Chamber of Commerce and Oak Brook Area Chamber of Commerce.

Pro Bono Affiliation: Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.

Member: US Supreme Court Bar, US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the Illinois Supreme Court.

Charitable Giving: Mars Hill Missionary Baptist Church and the Prevention Partnership.

Past Civic Involvement: Village of Oak Park Housing Authority, Village of Oak Park Residence Corporation, Habilitative Systems Inc., Village of Oak Park Liquor Control Review Board, Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago, Children’s Museum of Oak Park and the Regional Exchange Congress 2000.