After he held posts of a judge successively, at first a judge of Otsu Ward Court, next a judge of Kobe District Court, and then a judge of Osaka Court of Appeal, he opened a lawyer's office in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.
大津区裁を振り出しに神戸地方裁判所、大阪控訴院判事を歴任後、兵庫県神戸市で弁護事務所を開業した。