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skadden.com FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 3 / 84 Annual Diversity Career Fair & Expo Fair Career Annual Diversity nd AABANY Welcome Letter Welcome AABANY AABANY of History Schedule Award Trailblazer Norman Lau Kee Officers AABANY 2016-2017 Directors AABANY 2016-2017 Committee Advisory 2016-2017 Co-Chairs Committee 2016-2017 of AABANY Presidents Past Bar Partners Sister Conference Fall Panels CLE Accreditation 2 Group Mentoring Sessions Mentoring Group Sessions Pitch Biographies Acknowledgments Our Sponsors to You Thank Advertisements Contents 4 7 8 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 28 29 31 32 33 76 77 79 3 2 1 4 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK the AABANY Corporate Counsel Leadership Affairs andGeneral Counsel of3M Co. with Ivan Fong, SeniorVice President, Legal annual dinnerinFebruary whenwe honored AABANY hashadavery busy year since our Saturday). and expertise (aswell asyour timeona moderators for sharingyour knowledge Thank you to ouresteemed panelists and in oneofourpremier events oftheyear. attorneys for joiningustoday andsharing sponsors, fellow volunteers andpracticing We thank you, ourmembers, supporters, organize thisyear’s Fall Conference. leadership andguidance inhelpingus Conference PlanningCommittee, for his President-elect andCo-Chair oftheFall Partner Dwight Yoo, alsoAABANY’s Skadden inthefuture. We thankSkadden we hopeto continue to work closelywith Skadden have beenwonderful partners and sponsorship. Over theyears, AABANY and for itsgracious hospitality andcontinued We would like to especiallythankthefirm Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher&FlomLLP. We are grateful to behosted thisyear by to prospective employees. informational tablesto provide information first round interviews andemployers hosting Expo, where AABANY provides aforum for our second annualDiversity Career Fair and opportunities, aplenarylunchsession, and also features pitch sessions, networking and non-CLEprogramming, ourconference addition to afullanddiverse slate ofCLE Fall Conference hassomething for you. In seasoned practitioner, ourflagshipAnnual Whether you are a1st year law student ora day ofvaluable professional opportunities. AABANY isvery excited to present thisfull Conference: “SpeakUp, RiseUp, LiftUp.” I welcome you to AABANY’s 7thAnnualFall and allattendees: Dear AABANY Members • • • • • • members andfriends. few recent accomplishments ofsomeour like to take theopportunity to highlight a list istoo longto enumerate here, Iwould member accomplishments andwhilethe AABANY celebrates numerous individual AABANY Women’s Leadership Award. and Trademark Office (USPTO) withthe and Director oftheUnited States Patent of Commerce for Intellectual Property Award andMichelleLee, UnderSecretary Development Center. Business by theAsianAmericanBusiness Outstanding 50AsianAmericansin Tsui Yee was recognized asoneofthe 500. StoneMor Partners L.P., aFortune Global Chief Legal Officer andSecretary of Austin So was namedGeneral Counsel, Counsel ofTarget Corporation. President, ChiefLegal Officer andGeneral Don Liuwas namedExecutive Vice in May 2016. University SchoolofLaw commencement the keynote speechat theSt. John’s University SchoolofLaw anddelivered an honorary doctorate from St. John’s Presiding Justice RandallEngreceived Carmelo &LalaAnthony. Power Couples alongsidetheClintons and were namedoneofCrain’s New York Judge Denny ChinandKathy Hirata Chin NJ. National Convention heldinJersey City, Asian Pacific American Advocates at their Grace Mengwere honored by theOCA- Judge Denny ChinandCongresswoman FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 5 / 84 Congratulations to all! to Congratulations the at seeing you to looking forward are We San in Diego this year, Convention NAPABA eagerly anticipate We 2016. in November and our 2017 year of the AABANY the rest at 22, 2017, Annual Dinner on February date! the Save Street. Cipriani Wall so much to have we said before, As I have in the legal but Asian Americans celebrate, underrepresented dramatically remain field offices, high government in the judiciary, counsel and in-house firm partnerships, law to continues AABANY in the boardrooms. help can—together—to do all we to strive effect to be vocal advance, each other to time and devote change in our workplaces, American lawyers Asian young mentor to getting all for you Thank students. and law to with AABANY working and involved and Lift up. Rise up, Speak up, Respectfully, Susan L. Shin President AABANY Advisory Committee member Dennis member Dennis Committee Advisory New named as one of four Hopkins was & Diversity 2016 Bar Association City York honorees. Award Inclusion Champion York New one of five Donna Chiu received Annual Legal 27th Bar Association’s City those which recognizes Awards, Services legal full-time outstanding who provide poor. York’s New to assistance Chang were Chin and Vince Sylvia County York the New during honored Asian Practice Association Lawyers Asian Pacific for Reception Committee American Heritage Month. the keynote Ling delivered Margaret School Law York the New at address the to elected and was 125th Reunion School Alumni Law York of the New Board Association. both were and Blaise Chow Sonia Low School Law the at honored Students Law American Asian Pacific Alumni Luncheon. 2016 Association by nominated was Diane Gujarati on the United serve Obama to President Eastern the for Court District States York. of New District • • • • • • AABANY ANNUAL DINNER 2017

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SAVE THE DATE • CIPRIANI WALL STREET • FEBRUARY 22, 2017 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 7 / 84 In 1988, the New York State Judicial Commission on Minorities, headed by noted African African noted on Minorities, headed by Judicial Commission State York In 1988, the New litigants of minority the treatment examined Hall Williams, Franklin American attorney 30th of that on June 29th and City York New hearings in Following employees. and court the need for discuss to K. Nakano Serene Commissioner Chin approached Rockwell year, American lawyer Chinese and Korean While Asian American attorneys. for an organization in lawyers of Asian American been an association had never there existed, associations (later Asian American Bar Association came when the National impetus Further York. New Chicago to City York in New attorneys various invited Planning Committee called NAPABA) Min Man, Steve T. Yat Chin, Glenn Ikeda, including Rockwell group, 1988. A core in October of Asian American lawyers: association a formal found to worked K. Nakano, and Serene bar groups, and nationwide York New out to reaching documents, organizational drafting American attorneys. other Asian and contacting to attorneys invited the group 1989, 20, on October incorporation Announcing AABANY’s Among 1989. 9, on November School Law University York New at reception an inaugural past Tom, Judge Randall Eng, Judge Peter Chin Brandt, Judge Dorothy were the speakers Sharon Benjamin Gim, Professor Association Law of the American Immigration president Commissioner Deputy NYPD Mark, and former Stanley Director Program Hom, AALDEF reception The AABANY. for need the unfulfilled emphasized All of the speakers Hugh Mo. the Before attending. students and law 180 attorneys with over success, a resounding was 60 people had joined AABANY. over concluded, meeting receptions, further hosted year, during its first board an interim under operating AABANY, Hoyt which School at Law Brooklyn at a meeting as as well social events, including evening into also sprang committees formed Newly spoke. of NAPABA, President Zia, then the first began research Chin and Marilyn Go, Rockwell by co-chaired Committee, Issues The action. bias out against and spoke bias crimes legislation for lobbying assisted on redistricting, established Go, Chin and Marilyn Ken by co-chaired Committee, Law Business The incidents. a hosted Committee Events The Asian American attorneys. series of prominent a speaker and James the picnic, Chin Fong at students law by raised concerns by picnic. Prompted Fall help to a job skills workshop presenting program, mentor a student established Minamoto skills. hone interviewing students law Doris Nakano, Serene electing annual meeting, held its first On January 12, 1991, AABANY Sylvia Chin, Rockwell and and Marilyn Go as officers Min, Glenn Ikeda Steve Ling-Cohan, as directors. Tom Mark, Qazi Moid and Judge Peter Chin, Merlin Liu, Stanley Fung AABANY York, in New bar associations minority and active prominent one of the most Now and public in the private attorneys including practicing members, 1,000 has over currently students. and law judges, professors in-house lawyers, sectors, History of AABANY History 8 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Schedule 10:30 AM 10:45 AM 12:30 PM 9:00 AM 8:00 AM 4:00 PM 2:00 PM 8:45 AM 12:15 PM 9:30 PM 5:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 5:45 PM 3:45 PM 2:15 PM | | | | | | | | JOINT COMMITTEE DINNER COCKTAIL RECEPTION Practice Up aSuccessful Law and Strategies for Setting Skills Going Solo–Basic in theMilitary? to Combat Sexual Assault the MilitaryJustice System Justice: Should We Reform Sexual Assault andMilitary PLENARY LUNCH SESSION: VOTING RIGHTS INANELECTION YEARFOR COMMUNITIES OFCOLOR (Invite ­-Only) Forum Counsel In­-House At Night? Keeps aLitigator Up Ethics ofESI–What (INCLUDING BREAKFAST WITHTHECAREERPLACEMENT COMMITTEE) BREAKFAST ANDREGISTRATION TRACK A Attorneys ontheRise Law Students and Candid Advice for (Re)Defining Success: Drafting M&A Tax Issues and Tax Lawyer’s Guideto Investor Program Immigrant EB­-5 Landscape ofthe The Changing Networking Hate theIdeaof Law Students Who Schmoozing 101 –For TRACK B the New Challenges Roundtable: RisingUpto General Counsel Pathways to PublicOffice Non-­Profits Keeping Upwith and Money Laundering Sources ofMoney, Fraud Conversation About Estate Investor andA The Foreign Real TRACK C The Entrepreneurial Spirit APA andWomen Attorneys NegotiationSalary for Speaking UpFor Yourself: Developing Future Leaders In-­ Doctrines Labor andEmployment Law Business ModelsandEstablished The ClashBetween “Gig Economy” Uberization, butnotUberAlles: TRACK D House Career Panel: FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 9 / 84 BY APPOINTMENT ONLY APPOINTMENT BY / Sessions Pitch / Interviews Fair Career Diversity Sessions Mentoring Group / Sessions Pitch / Interviews Fair Career Diversity Sessions Mentoring Group / Sessions Pitch / Interviews Fair Career Diversity Sessions Mentoring Group / Sessions Pitch / Interviews Fair Career Diversity Sessions Mentoring Group 5:00 PM) 5:00 PM) Diversity Career Fair Fair Career Diversity & Expo (2:00– ­ Diversity Career Fair Fair Career Diversity & Expo (2:00– ­ DIVERSITY DIVERSITY CAREER FAIR Bootcamp: Road to the to Road Bootcamp: Bench – One-­on-­One Session Judicial Mentoring Bootcamp: Road to the to Road Bootcamp: and Interview Bench – The Endorsements Bootcamp: Road to the to Road Bootcamp: Started Bench – Getting Application and the Written TRACK E TRACK 10 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK positivity, andcreativity are unparalleled. Sylvia’s continued excellence, perseverance, and various othercorporate finance topics. lectures ontheUCC, legalopinions,ethics University SchoolofLaw andfrequently an adjunct associate professor at Fordham practice at White &Case, Sylvia teaches as situations. Inadditionto hercurrent legal proposing creative solutionsfor unique navigating complicated transactions and nearly four decades,shehasexcelled in corporate attorney whohaspracticed for and minority attorneys. Anaccomplished created apipelineofleadership for women & Case’s partnership in1986,Sylvia has up others assherose. Elected to White of theprofession andallthewhilehaslifted White &Case LLP, hasrisento thesummit Sylvia Fung Chin,Partner OfCounsel at or herdedication andcommitment. impact ontheAPA community through his and role model,andhasmade alasting to follow, served thecommunity asamentor individual whohascarved apath for others in thecommunity. This award honors an demonstrated dedication to APA issues Pacific American (APA) descent orhas in thelegalprofession whoisofAsian Award honors anaccomplished leader Chinatown for decades, thisTrailblazer and community pillarofNew York City’s Named for NormanLauKee, arevered legal & FlomLLP. the offices of Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher Conference onSeptember 24, 2016, held at year at AABANY’s Seventh AnnualFall the NormanLauKee Trailblazer Award this that Sylvia Fung Chinistherecipient of New York (AABANY) isproud to announce The Association AsianAmericanBar of TRAILBLAZER AWARD NORMAN LAU KEE is amemberoftheAmerican Law Institute, Center for RacialandEthnic Diversity. She Section and the governing board oftheABA governing Council oftheABA Business Law Law AlumniAssociation andonthe Law Foundation, atrustee oftheFordham PacificBar Association American (NAPABA) Lawyers, adirector oftheNational Asian American College ofCommercial Finance Fund ofNew York, President-Elect ofthe President ofthe AsianAmericanLaw District oftheNew York Foundation, Bar Sylvia serves asCo-Chair oftheFirst Judicial American women attorneys. experiences andperspectives ofAsian Decades andCounting , whichexplore the to theBoardroom andKickingGlass: Two entitled KickingGlass from theCourtroom instrumental inproducing two videos Case AsianAffinity Group andhasbeen Sylvia founded andco-chairs theWhite & South Asianlaw students inNew York. and internship opportunities for APA and of New York, whichprovides scholarships known astheAsianAmericanLaw Fund limited, andtheAABANY Foundation, now victims at atimewhenresources were Victims Project, whichoffered help to crime APA community, including theAsianCrime to fruitionseveral initiatives to serve the develop leadership skills.Sylvia hasbrought and young partners to buildbusiness and created training programs for associates advancement inthelegalprofession and has openedthedialogueaboutminority leaders intheprofession. For decades,Sylvia has served asarole modelandfriendto and buildAABANY from theground up and AABANY from 1994-1996, shehelpedlead AABANY in1991andservingasPresident of Among thefounding board members of APA legalcommunity incountless ways. Sylvia hascontinuously given backto the FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 11 / 84 community. She is a shining She is a shining community. generations for example and follow to of lawyers numerous and members ted benefi have attorneys of AABANY, represents the very best best the very represents of AABANY, Shin, Susan says of our profession,” “She has achieved of AABANY. President and personal professional tremendous faltered she has never yet success, our to and service in her loyalty Women’s World Banking, Treasurer of Banking, Treasurer World Women’s of the New and a Director NAPABA, Association. Lawyers County York founding Chin, a trailblazer, Fung “Sylvia President member and Past Board Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Inclusion Committee Diversity Section, Law Business of the ABA of the American College President of President Counsel, of Investment of the NAPABA President AABANY, of Secretary Board Foundation, Law the ABA Legal Opinions Committee, Opinions Committee, Legal the ABA and Opinions Committee, the Tribar of the Board Advisory the Association Opinions. on Legal Group Working as Chair of the as Chair of the She also served She also served and Inclusion Committee Diversity Section, Law Business of the ABA of the American College President of President Counsel, of Investment of the NAPABA President AABANY, of Secretary Board Foundation, Law of Banking, Treasurer World Women’s of the New and a Director NAPABA, Association. Lawyers County York founding Chin, a trailblazer, Fung “Sylvia President member and Past Board best the very represents of AABANY, Shin, Susan says of our profession,” “She has achieved of AABANY. President and personal professional tremendous faltered she has never yet success, our to and service in her loyalty She is a shining community. generations for example and follow to of lawyers its AABANY, emulate. numerous and members ted benefi have attorneys her from greatly guidance leadership, We and mentorship. recognize proudly Chin as our Sylvia Norman Lau 2016 Award Trailblazer Kee honoree.” 12 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 2016-2017 AABANY Officers DIRECTOR MEMBERSHIP TRISTAN LOANZON DEVELOPMENT VP, FINANCEAND WILLIAM NG OPERATIONS VP, PROGRAMS AND MARIANNE CHOW PRESIDENT IMMEDIATE PAST WILLIAM WANG PRESIDENT SUSAN L.SHIN TREASURER AMY NGAI PRESIDENT-ELECT DWIGHT YOO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR YANG CHEN SECRETARY LIGEE GU OPERATIONS VP, PROGRAMS AND NAF KWUN FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 13 / 84 JUNG CHOI SUHANA HAN LIU BOBBY PALLA SAPNA IRENE TAN YEUNG-HA PAULINE LARRY WEE LARRY MANISHA SHETH SONIA LOW SONIA MIKE HUANG JAMES CHO JAMES DIANE GUJARATI 2016-2017 AABANY Directors AABANY 2016-2017 14 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Partner, BakerHostetler LLP BENJAMIN C.HSING Counsel, HubbellIncorporated Vice President &General AN-PING HSIEH Partner, Perkins Coie LLP DENNIS HOPKINS Group, Inc. General Counsel, Ascena Retail Executive Vice President & DUANE HOLLOWAY Partner, DuaneMorrisLLP ANDREW T. HAHN America Chief Legal Officer, QBENorth JOSE GONZALEZ Dandong Port Co., Ltd. Former General Counsel, MARK FUNG Officer, Conair Corporation Vice President &ChiefLegal KATHLEEN FONG Partner, Baker &McKenzie LLP HUHNSIK CHUNG LLP Partner, Moritt Hock&Hamroff JAMES P. CHOU Squibb Company Senior Counsel, Bristol-Myers JUNG CHOI Case LLP Partner OfCounsel, White & SYLVIA FUNGCHIN Executive Director, AABANY YANG CHEN Technologies & General Counsel, CA Executive Vice President MICHAEL BISIGNANO Stanley NA Bank, Chief Operating Officer, Morgan SU SUNBAI 2016-2017 Advisory Committee America General Counsel, QBENorth Vice President &Assistant LINDA S.LIN Management Corp. Chief Legal Officer, Bolla MICHAEL G.LEWIS Squibb Company General Counsel, Bristol-Myers Executive Vice President & SANDRA LEUNG Flexner LLP Partner, Boies,Schiller& ROBERT W. LEUNG Inc. American International Group, Associate General Counsel, YUN G.LEE Group Legal Officer, The Rockefeller Senior Vice President &Chief PARKIN LEE Partner, Levine Lee LLP KENNETH E.LEE Advisors LP Special Counsel, Taconic Capital CAROL F. LEE Morris Endeavor Chief Legal Officer, William SETH KRAUSS & Katz Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen RICHARD K.KIM Partner, Kobre &KimLLP MICHAEL S.KIM Services, Inc. General Counsel, Arch Capital Senior Vice President &Deputy JOY HUIBONHOA Flexner LLP Partner, Boies,Schiller& MIKE HUANG Meagher &FlomLLP Partner, Skadden, Arps,Slate, DWIGHT YOO Private Bank Global General Counsel, Citi AKIKO YAMAHARA Inc. Counsel &Secretary, Carter’s, Senior Vice President, General MICHAEL WU Partners, LP Officer &Secretary, StoneMor General Counsel, ChiefLegal AUSTIN SO Flexner LLP Partner, Boies,Schiller& DEV R.SEN Secretary, Rakuten Marketing General Counsel &Corporate REGINALD M.RASCH LLC Officer, LUKOIL PanAmericas Legal Counsel andCompliance CLARA J. OHR Secretary, Macy’s, Inc. General Counsel &Assistant Senior Vice President, Deputy ANN MUNSON STEINES Secretary, Visa Inc. General Counsel &Corporate Executive Vice President, KELLY MAHONTULLIER Counsel, EMCOR Group, Inc. Senior Vice President &General MAXINE LUM MAURICIO General Counsel, MDSass Chief Operating Officer & BOBBY LIU FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 15 / 84 PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Chin Francis COMMITTEE PROSECUTORS Helen Ahn James Lin Kin Ng COMMITTEE REAL ESTATE Chan Cary Ling Margaret Yu Wendy AND SMALL FIRM SOLO COMMITTEE PRACTICE Chan Cary Lu David OUTREACH STUDENT COMMITTEE Huang Keli Liu Victoria Nguyen Christina COMMITTEE TAX Sahang-Hee Hahn JoonBeom Pae COMMITTEE WOMEN’S Ger Vicki Shen Karen Wang Tammy COMMITTEE LAWYERS YOUNG Gabe Arce-Yee Charles Chen Min Jay INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL COMMITTEE Charles Chen Tang Jeff Shannon Zhu COMMITTEE ISSUES Song Kim Chris M. Kwok COMMITTEE JUDICIARY Leung Robert Linda Lin AND EMPLOYMENT LABOR COMMITTEE LAW An Bryan Mou David Joane Wong COMMITTEE LGBT Glenn Magpantay John Vang COMMITTEE LITIGATION Chin Feman Dai Wai Cornell Carolyn MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Jack Chen Loanzon Tristan Ngai Amy PROGRAM MENTORSHIP Kang Edward Sohn David & VETERANS MILITARY COMMITTEE AFFAIRS Michael Krouse Brian Song COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER Naf Kwun COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS Susan Shin PRO BONO AND COMMUNITY COMMITTEE SERVICE June Lee Samuel Lui 2016-2017 Committee Co-Chairs Committee 2016-2017 COMMITTEE ACADEMIC OPEN COMMITTEE PRACTICE ASIA Hao Alex Ling Margaret Ying Christina COMMITTEE AUDIT Liu Bobby COMMITTEE AWARDS James Chou Huang Mike CAREER PLACEMENT COMMITTEE Jeff Ikejiri Leung Robert Tan Irene BANKRUPTCY COMMERCIAL AND RESTRUCTURING COMMITTEE Ligee Gu Liou Jessica Roldan Vincent COMMITTEE COMPENSATION Yeung-Ha Pauline COMMITTEE LAW CORPORATE S. Chen Ting Lee J. Edward Larry Wee FINANCE COMMITTEE Ngai Amy AND SERVICE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE PUBLIC INTEREST Huang Thalia Anita Wu James Cho AND IMMIGRATION LAW NATIONALITY COMMITTEE Susan Akina Amanda Bernardo Gupta Poonam IN-HOUSE COUNSEL COMMITTEE Kan Blossom Duane Morikawa So Austin 16 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Past Presidents ofAABANY Serene K.Nakano Robert W.Leung Glenn Lau-Kee 1997-98 Lai SunYee David Hom 2010 2006 2002 1991 Christopher W.Chan Vincent T.Chang 1992-93 Clara J.Ohr Denny Chin Linda S.Lin John Flock 2014 2007 2003 1999 2011 Paul D.Q.Nguyen Sylvia FungChin Andrew T.Hahn 1994-96 William Wang Yang Chen Jean Lee 2015 2012 2008 2004 2000 James P.Chou Mike F.Huang 1996-97 Alec Y.Chang Pui ChiCheng Ben Q.Limb 2013 2009 2005 2001 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 17 / 84 Association of Black Women Attorneys of Black Women Association Association Lawyers Chinese Business Dominican Bar Association of Association Filipino American Lawyers York New of Association American Lawyers Korean York New Greater York New of Greater Bar Association LGBT Black Bar Association Metropolitan York of New Muslim Bar Association Rican Bar Association Puerto York of New South Asian Bar Association We are very proud to announce our Sister Bar our Sister announce to proud very are We to strive We Conference! the Fall for Partners bar with our fellow relationships our strengthen unity more foster to ort in an eff associations working It is only by in the legal profession. groups community erent our diff that together of diversity our values advance can best these wonderful to you and inclusion. Thank joining with us. for associations • • • • • • • • • • Fall Conference Conference Fall Bar Sister Partners 18 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Night? Litigator UpAt What Keeps a Ethics ofESI– to becompetent andavoid ethical lapses. rise up”requires allattorneys ofallpersuasions enhanced ethics obligations. Inthat context, “to competent withemerging technologies and even themost experienced lawyers to be The complexity ofelectronic discovery compels Dai Wai ChinFeman (Dorsey &Whitney) Moderator • • • • • Speakers Dai Wai ChinFeman Program Chair Hosted by theLitigation Committee Carolyn Cornell (Akin Gump) Adam Novick (Planet Data) Tristan Loanzon (Loanzon LLP) Mark Berman(Ganfer &Shore LLP) Hon. MarilynD. Go(EDNY, Magistrate Judge) Panels Transitional /Non-Transitional Ethics/Professionalism 1.5 in thelegalprofession. that they usedto network andseekopportunities peers aboutthevarious strategies andprograms lawyers to speakup. They willhearfrom their This program willteach law students andyoung Marianne Chow (Hearst Corporation) Moderator • • • • Speakers Keli Huang Program Chair Hosted by theStudent Outreach Committee Networking Hate theIdeaof Students Who 101 –For Law Schmoozing (Brooklyn Law School,Class of2017) Katherine Zhang (St. John’s SchoolofLaw, Class of2016) Christina Nguyen (St. John’s SchoolofLaw, Class of2016) Kevin Wong (Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &McCloy LLP) Khan Sabila FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 19 / 84 1.5 Areas of Professional Practice of Professional Areas Transitional / Non-Transitional Transitional Sarah Feingold (Vroom, GC) (Vroom, Feingold Sarah GC) Group, (One Sonia Low GC) Technologies, Jung (iLuv Creative Jonathan CEO) Gurinder Singh (LeanLex, The The Entrepreneurial Spirit Committee Lawyers the Young by Hosted & IP Committee Chair Program Charles Chen Speakers • • • • Moderator GC) Charles Chen (Hickies, Deputy the entrepreneurial is about finding program This and lawyer legal practice your enhance spirit to positive speak out, and make up, step to role entrepreneurial and for on the business impacts to the way that believe lawyers Many clients. keeping line, a straight walking is by succeed However, and doing good work. head down, one’s the needs in all the business meet not it may a small legal are especially if you century 21st of a handling all the legal matters department will hear You business. and innovative growing business different from Counsels General four from and encounter they challenges on what industries entrepreneurial the modern day counsel they how business. 1.5 Areas of Professional Practice of Professional Areas Transitional / Non-Transitional Transitional Richard Farrell (Kings County DA, Unit Chief of DA, (Kings County Farrell Richard Unit) Crimes Estate Fraud/Real Office) Attorney’s (U.S. Jason Crowley Ins. Co.) Title Trust (AM James Thanasules Hosted by the Real Estate Committee, Committee, Estate the Real by Hosted & Asia Practice Committee Prosecutors Committee Chair Program Ling Margaret Speakers • • • Moderator Services) National Ling (Atlantis Margaret estate real US foreign will address program This and the levels, massive which is at investment, and the laundering, fraud, of money issues panel will The Act. apply the US Patriot need to the local and federal from of prosecutors consist the above who will address and attorneys level concerns. The Foreign Foreign The Estate Real and a Investor Conversation About Sources Fraud of Money, and Money Laundering 20 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Forum In-House Counsel By invitation only. attorneys. opportunity to connect withotherin-house counsels onavariety ofissues aswell as Open discussion by participating in-house Duane Morikawa Program Chair Hosted by theIn-HouseCounsel Committee robust Q&Asession isexpected to follow. legislation aimedat reforming theprogram. A provide ahigh-level overview ofcurrent pending developers inNew York City. Speakers willalso as analternative real estate financing tool by the increased utilization ofthevisaprogram immigration law andsecuritieslaw, aswell as program from different legalanglesincluding somewhat controversial EB-5immigrant investor This program willdiscuss thepopular and Group) Julia Yong-hee Park (Advantage AmericaEB-5 Moderator • • • Speakers Julia Yong-hee Park Program Chair Committee Hosted by theImmigration andNationality Law Investor Program EB-5 Immigrant Landscape ofthe The Changing Loewy) Dan Schwarz (Fragomen, DelRey, Bernsen& Amy Ericson(Wright Johnson) Clem Turner (Homeier&Law, P.C.) Transitional /Non-Transitional Areas ofProfessional Practice 1.5 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 21 / 84 1.5 Areas of Professional Practice of Professional Areas Transitional / Non-Transitional Transitional James Paulsen (NLRB, Regional Director of Director Regional (NLRB, James Paulsen 29) Region O’Connor) John S. Ho (Cozen LLP) & Golden Scimone (Outten Michael J. Rebmann (Obermayer Centeno Joseph J. and Hippel LLP) Maxwell Hosted by the Labor and Employment Law Law the Labor and Employment by Hosted Committee Chair Program Joane Wong Speakers • • • • Moderator (NLRB) Joane Wong in model has emerged business A prevailing so-called The sector: tech the new-economy than ever More economy. or “gig” “Uberized” done their work get now businesses before, contractors, consultants, using freelancers, outsourcers—everyone temps, entrepreneurs, How workers. payrolled but good, old-fashioned a model? Can is this new viable and compliant blithely sector, one in the tech even business, an and mobilize law labor/employment ignore staff? of non-employee army Uberization, but but Uberization, Alles: The not Uber “Gig Clash Between Business Economy” Models and Labor Established and Employment Doctrines Law 1.0 0.5 Areas of Professional Practice of Professional Areas Ethics/Professionalism Transitional / Non-Transitional Transitional William Wang (NY Attorney General’s Office, Office, General’s (NY Attorney Wang William Charities Bureau) & Perlman) (Perlman Wu Karen York of New Way (United Sunita Subramanian City) Hosted by the Professional Development Development the Professional by Hosted & Public Interest Service Government Committee, Service Bono & Community Pro Commitee, Committee Chairs Program Wang William Wu; Karen Speakers • • • Moderator Foundations) Society (Open Kwong Jennifer nonprofit educate is to goal of this program The and the seasoned practitioners, members, board is interested that community AABANY broader changing about important issues in nonprofit 2-part A sector. within the nonprofit practices (1) a general our panel will provide program, good corporate service, of board overview of responsibilities ethical and governance, trends recent and (2) members, board nonprofit raise and operate nonprofits and changes in how and innovation funds in a time when technology our society, and reshape disrupt to continue panel will The and philanthropy. economy, including in-house perspectives, differing provide and government. outside counsel, counsel, Keeping Up with Keeping Non-Profits 22 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Application the Written Started and Bench -Getting Road to the (1) including thosejust starting out,are welcome. Attorneys from allstages oftheircareers, shortcomings? the essay orcover letter? How doyou handle references, andattributes? How doyou write avoid them.How doyou chooseyour best cases, mistakes that candidates make, andhow to will learnabouthow to get started, common begin fillingthemout.Duringthe workshop, you in advance andparticipants are encouraged to of judicialapplication forms willbeprovided accomplishments most successfully. Examples on advice onhow to present yourself andyour bench. This workshop willalsoprovide hands- discuss what they doandhow they gotto the Judges from various state andfederal courts will Hon. Peggy Kuo Moderator • • • Speakers Bryan An Program Chair Hosted by theJudiciaryCommittee Hon. DorisLing-Cohan Hon. Elizabeth Stong Hon. Pamela Chen Bootcamp: Endorsements Interview and the Bench- Road to application process. are welcome, especiallythosealready inthe Attorneys from allstages oftheircareers towards thebench. process willshedlight onnavigating themaze can they beeffective? Judgesand experts onthe why you needthem,how to get them,andhow will alsoexplore endorsements. What are they, common questions? What shouldyou notdo? We What willthey belookingfor? What are some selection panel.Who willbeinterviewing you? Learn how to prepare for theinterview before a You’ve beenselected for aninterview. Now what? Linda Lin Moderator • • • • Speakers Bryan An Program Chair Hosted by theJudiciaryCommittee (2) Vincent Chang Hon. LillianWan Hon. JohnLansden Hon. DonaldLeo Bootcamp: FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 23 / 84 1.5 Areas of Professional Practice of Professional Areas Transitional / Non-Transitional Transitional Jerry Vattamala (AALDEF) Jerry Vattamala (LDF) Korgaonkar Natasha (LatinoJustice) Joanna Cuevas-Ingram PLENARY LUNCH LUNCH PLENARY Voting SESSION: an in Rights for Year Election of Communities Color Committee the Issues by Hosted Chairs Program Song Kim; Chris M. Kwok Speakers • • • Moderator Song Kim (AALDEF) sentiment of anti-immigrant alarming levels With issues justice and economic racial and pivotal of a presidential in the midst are we on the line, communities for stake campaign with much at strides made important we’ve Though of color. our communities, of rights the voting defend to be done. much to is still there the challenges will discuss plenary speakers The the minority to barriers creating and issues election. general the 2016 leading up to vote being done will hear about the work Attendees those barriers, down break to on the ground learn about ways to the opportunity and have and protect to engage in the work practically to rights. voting promote Bootcamp: Bootcamp: Hosted by the Judiciary Committee by Hosted Chair Program An Bryan conducted sessions One-on-one mentoring of the Judiciary Committee members by in the process. experienced and others been wondering you’ve Ask the questions out the Figure yourself. answer to how you. for best works bench that the to path little extra that you give Find someone to name and put your need to you push that the mix. into resume (3) Road to the to Road One- Bench - Judicial on-one Mentoring Session 24 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK the Military? Sexual Assault in System to Combat Military Justice We Reform the Justice: Should and Military Sexual Assault Act sponsored by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. under theproposed MilitaryJustice Improvement and against changingthemilitaryjustice system criminal justice systems, andthearguments for the differences between themilitaryandcivilian system currently handlessexual assault cases, This panelwillexamine how themilitaryjustice handled by independent militaryprosecutors? Should sexual assault casesinthemilitarybe Michael Krouse (USAttorney’s Office) Moderator • • • Speakers Brian Song;Katherine Zhang Program Chairs Committee Hosted by theMilitary&Veterans Affairs U.S. MarineCorps) Lindsay Rodman (Reservist JudgeAdvocate, Law Boston) Victor Hansen(Professor ofLaw, (retired); President, Protect OurDefender) Don Christensen (Colonel, USAirForce Transitional /Non-Transitional Areas ofProfessional Practice 1.5 participation isencouraged. tax lawyers andnon-taxlawyers. Audience practical point ofview andisintended for both program willdiscuss various taxissues from a to inboundinvestments inUSreal property. This discussion ofcertain taxconsiderations relating including 385regulations, followed by the major taxdevelopments thisyear willbebriefed, and theinterplay oftheforegoing. Inaddition, tax representations, taxcovenants, taxindemnity, negotiating M&Apurchase agreements, including considerations indrafting, reviewing and Our panelwilldiscuss important tax JoonBeom Pae (Weil Gotshal&Manges LLP) Moderator • • • • • Speakers JoonBeom Pae Program Chair Hosted by theTax Committee Drafting Tax Issues and Guide to M&A Tax Lawyer’s Rich Williams (Dentons USLLP) Colin Lee (Ernst &Young) Hae-Young Kim(Ernst &Young) Shiukay Hung(Morrison&Foerster LLP) Group) Hahn(MassMutualSahang-Hee Financial Transitional /Non-Transitional Areas ofProfessional Practice 1.5 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 25 / 84 Steve Chung (NBCUniversal) Chung Steve (CoreChoice) Hurwitz Jeffrey (Dataminr) Yeung Amy Public York (New Mayes Michele Coleman Library) In-House Career Career In-House Developing Panel: Leaders Future Committee Counsel the In-House by Hosted Chair Program Duane Morikawa Speakers • • • • Moderator (Natixis) Duane Morikawa skills on leadership will focus discussion The panel will identify The presence. and executive of these skills and the importance and discuss skills these important develop to ways suggest leader. oneself as a future present to in order of the importance panel will highlight The in order presence skills and executive leadership within an ladder or rise up the corporate to speaking up by lead often Leaders organization. challenges. new rise to to others encouraging and Sung-Hee Suh (U.S. Department of Justice) Department Sung-Hee Suh (U.S. Group) Eng (Veng Vincent Office) General’s Attorney (NYS Manisha Sheth Comptroller) of the Kim (Office Seunghwan Hosted by the Women’s Committee the Women’s by Hosted Chair Program Ger Vicki Speakers • • • • Moderator Office) James Cho (US Attorney’s minority growing fastest one of the are APAs yet political power, gaining and are groups service, among those in public that show studies federal lag behind other minorities in top APAs serving in APAs more positions. Without policy agencies and federal state city, at roles leadership policy, on working and in decision-making posts is not being community of the APA the voice the public. But will impact that on issues heard the does and how is a political appointment what appointed APA A panel featuring work? process to public service their journeys officials will share seeking can explore attendees how and discuss appointments. Pathways to to Pathways Public Office 26 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Practice Successful Law Setting Upa Strategies for Skillsand Basic Going Solo– retention. considerations andclient management and right office space, marketing and social media help get you started. Topics includechoosingthe firm practitioners willprovide practical advice to your legalcareer, ourpanelofsoloandsmall transitioning from alarge firmorjust starting don’t know what ittakes? Whether you are Thinking aboutgoingoutonyour own but Merium Malik Moderator • • • • Speakers Merium Malik;Cary Chan Program Chairs Committee Hosted by theSoloandSmallFirmPractice Salman Ravala,Salman Esq. Judy Lam,Esq. Shahabuddeen Ally Bobi Ahn Law Practice Management Transitional /Non-Transitional 1.5 to success andachievement aslawyers. yourselves andothers asyou markyour own path in theprofession sothat you too can“liftup” about theirown journeys to helpyou “rise up” on theirway to thetop. They will“speak up” leadership andguidingup-and-coming attorneys decades intheprofession, blazingtrails, taking panel ofexperienced attorneys whohave spent potential andachieve success? Hearfrom a navigate anddirect your career to reach your upheaval inthelegalprofession, how canyou own shop? Inthecurrent climate ofchangeand partner, becoming general counsel, runningyour lawyer? How doyou definesuccess? Isitmaking you needto take now to ensure success asa embarking ontheirlegalcareers, what steps do profession andfor newly-minted lawyers For law students aboutto enter thelegal Yang Chen Moderator • • • Speakers Yang Chen Program Chair Hosted by theYoung Lawyers Committee Rise Attorneys onthe Students and Advice for Law Success: Candid (Re)Defining Chanwoo Lee Sylvia Chin Hugh H.Mo FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 27 / 84 Steve Chung (NBCUniversal, SVP NBCU Legal) SVP (NBCUniversal, Chung Steve Attorney + Lynch, (Parker Loanzon Katherine Director) Search Mendelson, Associate) Ng (Littler William Partner) and Dana, (Wiggin Sapna Palla Speaking Up For Up For Speaking Salary Yourself: for Negotiation Women and APA Attorneys Committee the Women’s by Hosted Chair Program Shen Karen Speakers • • • • Moderator Counsel) Corporate Shen (Pfizer, Karen skill for is a fundamental Salary negotiation but how in their career, stage any at attorneys when negotiating confident people feel many not yourself for Speaking up raise? or an offer and competitive fair toward strive only helps you skills to advocacy your showcases but also pay is This employer. or prospective current your attorneys, and women APA to especially relevant minorities and women that show studies since equal for pay equal don’t receive on average, still, professionals recruiting A panel featuring work. an overview will provide and managing attorneys and process negotiation of the salary and raise advocate can use to attendees strategies share themselves. and speak up for 1.5 Law Practice Management Practice Law Non-Transitional Heidi C. Chen (Zoetis Inc.) Heidi C. Chen (Zoetis York) New (Barneys Fu Grace An-Ping Hsieh (Hubbell Incorporated) Squibb Company) (Bristol-Myers Leung Sandra Hosted by the In-House Counsel Committee the In-House Counsel by Hosted Chair Program Duane Morikawa Speakers • • • • Moderator Meagher & Arps, Slate, (Skadden, Yoo Dwight Flom LLP) not only the legal of the GC has become role The operates organization the ensure advisor to business in strategic player but also a key legally, many encompassing decisions and issues their will offer Panelists of the business. aspects discuss to and backgrounds unique perspectives to skills necessary office, the GC to their road the changing role level, the executive at thrive of issues scope of the GC and the broadened of as GC, the effects and challenges faced on the and technology regulations globalization, industry. and respective organization General Counsel Counsel General Roundtable: the to Rising Up Challenges New 28 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK updates aboutPennsylvania credit. website at conference2016.aabany.org for Pennsylvania: Visit theFall Conference requirements inOntario *^. satisfy Law Society ofUpperCanada CPD us for thesestates. Certain programs may Please obtainaUniform CLE certificate from we willassist you withyour application. out-of-state CLEactivities ontheirown behalf; participant to request individualapproval for other states, suchasRhodeIsland,allow the New Jersey#, andNorthDakota. Certain Colorado*, Florida*, Maine*, New Hampshire, a reciprocal basisby Alaska, California, New York CLEcredits are accepted on attorneys. appropriateness for transitional New York listing willindicate thecategory ofcredit and NYCLEcredits.maximum of1.5 Eachprogram Each CLE-eligible session isapproved for a Accredited CLEProvider. State Continuing Legal Education Board asan AABANY isrecognized by theNew York CLE Accreditation website. – pleaseconsult theLaw Society ofUpperCanada ^ Substantive, non-Professionalism CPDcredit only triple credit inNew York. awards doublecredit for presenters, rather than certificate toward your requirements. New Jersey filing is required – you may usetheNew York # UnderNew Jersey BCLERule201:4, noadditional CLE Certificate from the conference. attendee may berequired –pleaseobtainaUniform * Additional filing to your jurisdiction by the Combat Sexual Assault intheMilitary? We Reform theMilitaryJustice System to Sexual Assault andMilitaryJustice: Should Drafting Tax Lawyer’s Guideto M&ATax Issues and an Election Year Voting Rights for Communities ofColor in Immigrant Investor Program The ChangingLandscapeoftheEB-5 Law Doctrines and Established LaborandEmployment Between “Gig Economy” Business Models Uberization, butnotUberAlles:The Clash Fraud andMoney Laundering Conversation AboutSources ofMoney, The Foreign Real Estate Investor andA The Entrepreneurial Spirit At Night? Ethics ofESI–What Keeps aLitigator Up Running aSuccessful Law Practice SkillsandStrategiesBasic for Starting and Starting aSoloPractice inNew York - Challenges GC Roundtable: RisingUpto theNew Keeping UpwithNon-Profits Non-Transitional Law Practice Management Law Practice Management Transitional /Non-Transitional Transitional /Non-Transitional Transitional /Non-Transitional Transitional /Non-Transitional Ethics/Professionalism Ethics/Professionalism Areas ofProfessional Practice Areas ofProfessional Practice 1.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.5 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 29 / 84 Bronx County District Attorney’s Office Attorney’s District County Bronx Office Attorney’s District Kings County Office Attorney’s District County Nassau Department Law City York New Office Attorney’s District County York New Office Attorney’s District Queens County Office Attorney’s District Richmond County Schools Charter Academy Success Office Attorney’s District County Bronx Now CUNY Citizenship Authority Regulatory Financial Industry (FINRA) LLP Grimaldi & Yeung Chase JPMorgan Office Attorney’s District Kings County Services Legal Department Law City York New Office General’s Attorney State York New Office Attorney’s District Queens County Services Queens Legal Office Attorney’s District Richmond County Schools Charter Academy Success Aid Society Legal The USAA New of District Eastern Office, Attorney's U.S. York New of Southern District Office, Attorney's U.S. York Corps JAG Navy U.S. Verizon Employers Conducting First Round Interviews Interviews Round First Conducting Employers On Site: • • • • • • • • Informational and Hosting Attending Employers Tables: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • AABANY’s Career Placement Committee is Committee Placement Career AABANY’s & Expo Fair Career Diversity its second hosting Career Diversity The Conference. Fall the 2016 at public sector, selected will feature & Expo Fair who firm employers and law sector corporate and greet meet sessions, informational will host instances, and in some applicants, interested In interviews. round on-site first conduct to an opportunity will have addition, attendees Placement Career of AABANY’s members meet as as well advice career receive and Committee about other job openings. learn more Committee Placement with the Career Breakfast Placement Career join AABANY’s Come during the breakfast for (CPC) Committee on helping CPC focuses The Conference. Fall it’s – whether in their careers advance members law school, changing job out of your first finding Co-Chairs CPC in-house. or moving firms, law along and Jeff Ikejiri, Tan, Irene Leung, Robert are Committee Executive of CPC’s with members you! meeting to looking forward this year’s will attend participants following The & Expo: Fair Career Diversity 2nd Annual Diversity Career Fair & Expo Fair Career Diversity 2nd Annual 30 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK September 24, 2016 Hosted at theAABANY AnnualConference // 2nd AnnualDiversity Career Fair &Expo We Proudly Present theFollowing Employers SpeakUp|RiseLift Bronx District Attorney’s Offi ce U.S. Navy JAG Corps FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 31 / 84 SUSAN L. SHIN SUSAN and President AABANY LLP Porter Arnold & at Partner WEE LARRY Law Corporate Director, AABANY and Co-Chair Committee Rifkind, Weiss, Paul, at Partner & Garrison LLP Wharton LOW SONIA and General Director AABANY ONE Group The Counsel, Inc. Hospitality, CENTENO JOSEPH 2009-10, President, NAPABA Obermayer and Partner, & Hippel LLP Maxwell Rebmann CHUNG STEVE President, Senior Vice NBCUniversal Hosted by the Corporate Law Committee, Committee, Law the Corporate by Hosted and Committee Development Professional Program. Mentorship Chung member Steve Board former year, Last workshops mentoring began a series of group like concepts abstract down break designed to and translate and “branding” “networking” help to strategies actionable concrete, them into is Conference Fall 2016 The career. your advance as a series this workshop present to proud now place will take that sessions mentoring of group will meet in which mentors the day, throughout to groups in small intimate with participants and personal c professional specifi troubleshoot be impeding your may that issues development help you goal is to The advancement. career move help you up with a game plan to come and rise up in the legal profession. forward will be attorneys accomplished following The serving as mentors: Group Mentoring Mentoring Group Sessions 32 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • include, butare notlimited to: Companies participating inthePitch Sessions interested inlegalservices. with in-housecounsels andotherparticipants providers to make meaningfulconnections attorneys/solo practitioners andlegalservice Pitch Sessions provide aplatform for law firm opportunity to participate inPitch Sessions. The Elite andGoldlevel vendor sponsors willhave an conference registrants, in-housecounsel and During the2016 AABANY Fall Conference, Corporate Law Committees Presented by theIn-HouseCounsel and Pitch Sessions William MorrisEndeavor The Travelers Companies Inc. Titan Advisors StoneMor Partners The Rockefeller Group RBC Capital Markets LLC Rakuten Marketing LLC Publicis Groupe Prudential Natixis MetLife ICAP Hubbell Inc. Honeywell International Inc. Citizens Bank Bristol-Myers Squibb Bolla OilCorp. FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 33 / 84 Shahabuddeen Ally After years as a prosecutor for the Administration Administration the for as a prosecutor years After and an Assistant Services Children for City York the New with Counsel Corporation firm own his Shah established Department, Law child support, and specializing in child custody, law. matrimonial Long at Professor an Adjunct Shah is currently he teaches where Brooklyn, Island University, in students graduate to Law in Family a course “I believe health treatment. the field of mental and of being innovative in the importance teaching an I find which is why well-informed, Shah. Through says experience,” invaluable and lectures guest organized regularly with his students provides Shah receptions, from experiences and perspectives different of Family in the area professionals respected the law between the intersection He views Law. “The as key. health profession and the mental to resolution than a is much more legal process it is about ensuring the wholesome a problem, of the people involved.” well-being in the enrich his expertise to Shah continues as a member of the Children law of family area City York the New with committee and Law as a part of numerous as well Bar Association, Family City York in the New advisory committees in the community involvement His active Court. Community to his appointment through extends and as a member of the #12-Manhattan Board a Network, the ACACIA to of Directors Board social provides that based group community neighborhoods diverse to services Bobi Ahn Biographies Ms. Ahn founded and led the Immigration and Immigration and led the Ms. Ahn founded her prior firm. at practice Law Nationality Law and Nationality in Immigration Her career representing years than twenty spans more such as organizations international premiere Goldman Sachs, Productions, Bunim/Murray Fund Monetary International The BNP Paribas, Bank in all World and The Nedlloyd, (IMF), P&O related employment and phases of the business process. immigration as the Vice- she served a decade, over For an for Counsel and Corporate President 1000 with over company Technology Information with offices in the U.S. headquartered employees, being the Chief as as well in Asia and Europe, start- for a Counsel and Chief Officer Operating company. services up immigration primarily focus and practice Her expertise representing law, immigration on business and individuals with corporations multinational in the and working doing business to respect including of industries, in a wide range U.S. Services, Financial Technology, Information Digital Media, Entertainment, Hospitality, Services, and Health Care Estate, Real Education, and non-immigrant as immigrant as well in the U.S. a business starting investors corporations multinational She has represented in all phases employees national and their foreign and in the transfer process of the employment managers, executives, national of their foreign the U.S.. to professionals 34 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK trial court decisions. articles have beenquoted inbothappellate and discovery underNew York State law. Mr. Berman’s The New York Law Journaladdressing electronic Since 2005,Mr. Bermanhasauthored acolumn in New York State Association Bar for 2016-2017. Commercial andFederal Litigation Section ofthe Mr. Bermanhasbeenelected Chairofthe New York State Unified Court System. State E-Discovery Working Group advisingthe Administrative JudgeasamemberofNew York Court. Hehasbeenappointed by theChief Appellate Divisionsofthe New York Supreme Judicial Institute, andtheFirst andSecond York State Association, Bar theNew York State before Association, theAmericanBar theNew on electronic discovery andsocialmediaissues Mr. Bermanhaswritten andlectured extensively Orenstein for theEastern District ofNew York. for United States Magistrate JudgeMichaelL. Arps, Slate, Meagher&FlomLLPandclerked associate inthelitigation department at Skadden, Prior to joiningGanfer &Shore, hewas an also atrained mediator. the First andSecond Departments. Mr. Bermanis attorney, having argued many casesbefore both as inarbitral forums. Heisaseasonedappellate litigation inbothstate andfederal courts aswell Mr. Bermanisexperienced inallphasesof complex titleinsurance issues. disputes, electronic discovery conflicts and with anemphasisonreal estate andsecurities defendants, incomplex commercial matters, partnerships andindividuals,asplaintiffs and private andpubliccompanies, aswell as He hasextensive experience inrepresenting Counseling practice. Group. Healsoheadsthefirm’s E-Discovery Cooperative andCondominium HousingPractice litigation practice groups aswell asinthefirm’s Mark BermanisapartnerinGanfer &Shore’s Mark Berman to trade secret protections. Superior Court ofPennsylvania onissues relating Mr. Centeno alsohasbeensuccessful before the Disabilities Act andtheFamily MedicalLeave Act. employer’s obligations undertheAmericanswith before theUnited States Supreme Court onan Mr. Centeno hasbeensuccessful inappeals National LaborRelations Board. negotiations, arbitrations andissues before the employers inmatters relating to labororganizing, Mr. Centeno furtherrepresents publicandprivate Group. and Co-Chair oftheEducation Law Practice and Founder ofthefirm’s Diversity Committee appointment. Mr. Centeno istheformer Chairman where heserved asaCommissioner by mayoral Philadelphia Commission onHuman Relations, Employment Opportunity Commission andthe state andfederal agencies,includingtheEqual broad experience indefending claimsbefore in numerous highstakes trials. Healsohas experience andhasbeenleadtrialcounsel and regulations. Hehasextensive jurytrial virtually allemployment andlaborrelated laws agreements, andhecounsels employers on labor relations, andexecutive employment class action litigation, employment litigation, His national practice includescollective and member ofthefirm’s Management Committee. Relations &Employment Law Department anda Rebmann Maxwell &HippelLLP’s Labor Joseph J. Centeno isChairmanofObermayer Joseph J. Centeno FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 35 / 84 Charles Chen Charles Chen is the Deputy General Counsel for for Counsel General Charles Chen is the Deputy startup accessories HICKIES, a global footwear (www. in Brooklyn headquartered company its lacing for HICKIES is known hickies.com). slip- a into sneakers turns any that system shoes. your tie to have never you on so that in over its products HICKIES is selling Currently, helped HICKIES, Charles Prior to 40 countries. in various and entrepreneurs of artists a range in He also worked York. in New organizations a boutique intellectual including places numerous U.S. at the D.C., Washington firm in law property law as a judicial and served Office, Copyright Court. clerk in the Philadelphia Commerce Vincent Chang Vincent Vincent T. Chang is a Partner at Wollmuth Maher Wollmuth at is a Partner Chang T. Vincent in litigation in complex & Deutsch, specializing insurance, estate, real bankruptcy, as such areas securitizations, subprime mortgage bankruptcy, bondholder litigation, hedge funds, reinsurance, and securities. banking, antitrust, investment College, of Harvard graduate Chang is a Mr. School, cum Law and Harvard magna cum laude, the Hon. Robert for Chang clerked Mr. laude. of Appeals Court States United Krupansky, B. and an associate and was Circuit, Sixth the for Mr. & Wardwell. Polk Davis at then counsel of the Asian American President Chang is a past and (“AABANY”) York of New Bar Association and Board Committee on the Executive serves Lawyers County York of the New of Directors He also of NYCLA. and as Treasurer Association of the New on the House of Delegates serves and on the Standing Bar Association State York the American Judicial System on Committee Chang Mr. of the American Bar Association. committees Chair of two as Vice has served of the American Bar Section of the Antitrust of the a Co-Chair Chang was Mr. Association. Courts Federal Lawyers County York New as a Chang has been listed Mr. Committee. in New litigation business in “Super Lawyer” 5% of the lawyers to limited a designation York, Chang is a member of the Mr. state. in a given the for Disciplinary Committee Departmental Department. First 36 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Executive Education Program. also participated inColumbia Business School’s law degree from Cornell Law Schoolin1992. She history oftheYale DailyNews. Shereceived a female editorial pageeditor inthe110-year-old Yale College, where shewas elected thefirst ofScienceHeidi earnedaBachelor degree from and at HughesHubbard &Reed inlitigation. practice at Clifford Chance inintellectual property Internal Audit. Before Pfizer, Heidi was inprivate Compliance andsupported Pfizer Corporate unit. Shealsoheldroles inPfizer Corporate business andchiefcounsel for theanimalhealth at Pfizer, includinglead counsel for thegenerics to Zoetis, Heidiheldnumerous legalpositions and Zoetis corporate secretary inJuly2012. Prior and general counsel ofZoetis inOctober 2012 Heidi was appointed executive vice president 2012. Zoetis asapubliccompany from Pfizer Inc.in security. Sheplayed akey role inthespinoffof worldwide legalaffairs, compliance andglobal In thisrole, sheisresponsible for Zoetis’ Zoetis, theleadingglobalanimalhealthcompany. General Counsel andCorporate Secretary of Heidi C.ChenistheExecutive Vice President, Heidi Chen Georgetown University Law Center. D.C. JudgeChenisa1986 graduate ofthe Asbill, Junkin,Myers &Buffone in Washington, LLP inWashington, D.C., andalsoworked at She beganherlegalcareer at Arnold&Porter Rights DivisionoftheU.S. Department ofJustice. Chen was aSeniorTrial Attorney intheCivil Prior to joiningthe U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judge leadership asU.S. Attorney. Attorney’s Office under Attorney General Lynch’s anti-human trafficking workdone bythe U.S. honored by for Sanctuary Families for the and Attorney General Loretta E.Lynch were of survivors oftrafficking. In 2015, JudgeChen identification, rescue, and restoration ofhundreds prosecution ofhundreds oftraffickers andthe which resulted intheinvestigation and of that Office’s anti-human trafficking program, crimes. JudgeChenoversaw thedevelopment trafficking, human trafficking, andcivil rights cases involving terrorism, gangviolence, drug Judge Cheninvestigated andprosecuted During hertenure intheU.S. Attorney’s Office, Section andChiefofCivilRights Litigation. Section, Deputy ChiefofthePublicIntegrity Judge Chenwas theChiefof CivilRights Human Rights. At theU.S. Attorney’s Office, Enforcement intheNew York State Divisionof when sheserved asDeputy Commissioner for Office, EDNY, except forabriefperiodin2008, in theCriminal DivisionoftheU.S. Attorney’s Judge Chenserved asanAssistant U.S. Attorney Between September 1998andMarch 2013, Michael GrimmofStaten Island,New York. fraud prosecution offormer U.S. Congressman the Police Department andthetax lawsuit allegingreligious profiling ofMuslims by array ofcivilandcriminalcases,includinga in 2013, JudgeChenhaspresided over awide court judge. Since herappointment to thebench only thesecond Chinesefemale federal district openly gay Asian-American federal judgeand in Brooklyn, New York. JudgeChenisthefirst Judge intheEastern District ofNew York (EDNY) Pamela ChenisaUnited States District Court Hon. Pamela K.Chen FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 37 / 84 Dai Wai Chin Feman Chin Dai Wai Dai Wai Chin Feman, an associate at Dorsey & Dorsey at an associate Chin Feman, Dai Wai with clients advises and represents Whitney, ranging issues, commercial diverse to respect to property, intellectual to contracts, from antitrust. federal before disputes litigates routinely Dai Wai FINRA, courts, appellate trial and state courts, in experience He has particular and the AAA. securities litigation disputes, commercial complex of letters protection, consumer and arbitration, He disputes. and employment insurance, credit, fiduciaries and beneficiaries has also represented and he regularly matters, and estates in trusts the pertaining to on legal issues advises clients including formation and e-commerce, internet and terms of website and implementation conditions. associated was Dai Wai joining Dorsey, Prior to LLP. & Burke Burke Stephens with Satterlee Troutman at school, he interned During law of the Bureau Sanders Antitrust LLP and the General. Attorney of the Office State York New York the New from his J.D. received Dai Wai from and his B.A. School of Law, University University. Georgetown Yang Chen Yang Yang Chen is the Executive Director of the Director Chen is the Executive Yang York of New Asian American Bar Association August held since a position he has (AABANY), Executive first Chen is AABANY’s Mr. 2009. many for AABANY in He has been active Director. and numerous on the Board served having years, (now Affairs including the Judicial committees, a chair. of which he was Committee, Judiciary) in 2008. President as AABANY’s Chen served Mr. Director, Executive AABANY’s becoming Before Constantine a partner in the firm of Chen was Mr. and in antitrust firm specializing a law Cannon, among He was litigation. commercial complex the firm in 1994, which founded that the group Before & Associates. as Constantine started an Chen was Mr. Cannon, joining Constantine of McDermott, office York in the New associate associated he was that Emery and before & Will Winston (now & Morgan Abbott with Breed, of the New Chen is a graduate Mr. & Strawn). and Binghamton School of Law University York University. 38 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Phoebe. daugher-in-law MariaPiaandgrandpuppy proud motheroftwo sonsArthurandBenjamin, married to another lawyer Edward Chinandisthe She alsoserves asalector inherchurch. Sheis graduate ofFordham University School ofLaw. corporate finance topics. Sylvia isacumlaude UCC, legalopinions,ethics andvarious other School ofLaw andfrequently lectures onthe associate professor at Fordham University Drafting andNegotiating Contracts asanadjunct Sylvia teaches Secured Transactions and Racial andEthnic Diversity. governing committee oftheABA Center for Fordham Law AlumniAssociation andonthe the NAPABA Law Foundation, atrustee ofthe Commercial Finance Lawyers, adirector of President-Elect oftheAmericanCollege of the AsianAmericanLaw Fund ofNew York, of theNew York Foundation, Bar President of serves asCo-Chair oftheFirst JudicialDistrict Committee oftheABA Business Law Section and Sylvia chairs theDiversity andInclusion training program for attorneys. in that office andthe development ofan intensive the reorganization oftheCorporate Department Partner intheNew York office, shesupervised and otherassets. AsCorporate Administrative receivables, equipment andreal estate leases loans, project loans,credit cards, auto with thesecuritizations ofaircraft, microfinance credit enhancers andfiduciariesin connection advised issuers, investors, placement agents, solutions for uniquesituations. Sylvia alsohas and equipment leasingproposing creative transactions incapitalmarkets, project financing Sylvia excels at navigating complicated financing transactions. financing withanemphasisonasset-based experience incorporate andcommercial Case’s New York office. Shehas considerable Sylvia ChinisPartner OfCounsel inWhite & Sylvia Chin University ofMinnesotaLaw School. University ofMichiganandcumlaudefrom the James graduated withhighhonors from the of New York inApril2016. the board Association oftheAsianAmericanBar Community Foundation since 2007, andjoined served ontheboard oftheKorean American labor andemployment committee. Jameshas National AsianPacificBar Association’s American previously served for two years asco-chair of the York (KALAGNY) from 2010 to 2013. Jamesalso American Lawyers Association ofGreater New He previously served aspresident oftheKorean firm’s New York office in2005. at Seyfarth’s Chicagooffice and moved tothe employment matters. Hebeganhislegalcareer national law firm,where helitigated laborand in private practice withSeyfarth Shaw LLP, a Prior to joiningthegovernment, Jamesworked and actively recruits minority attorneys. James serves ontheoffice’s hiring committee diversity efforts at the U.S. Attorney’s Office. James isalsoactive intherecruitment and before theSecond Circuit. in ninecasesonappealandargued five cases of Appeals.Hehasrepresented the United States appellate casesbefore theSecond Circuit Court and regularly represents theUnited States in James hastriednumerous casesto verdict statutes. environmental statutes andcivilforfeiture False ClaimsAct, healthcare regulations, and prosecuting casespursuant to thefederal regulatory schemesandadministrative decisions, injury claimsandchallengesto federal statutes, million dollarmedicalmalpractice andpersonal wide subject area, includingdefending multi- James haslitigated dozens ofcasesacross a currently works intheoffice’s CivilDivision. in Brooklyn. Hejoinedtheoffice in2008and Attorney withtheEastern District ofNew York James R.ChoisanAssistant United States James R.Cho FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 39 / 84 Col. Don Christensen Col. Colonel Don M. Christensen serves as the Chief, as the Chief, serves Don M. Christensen Colonel Division, Counsel Appellate and Trial Government Base Joint Agency, Operations Legal Air Force was Christensen Maryland. Colonel Andrews, his law He received South Dakota. born in Sturgis, School. A Law University Marquette from degree his received he officer, Air Force generation third ROTC through lieutenant as a second commission on 15 July 1991. service active and entered Judge Staff as an Assistant He has served Defense Circuit Counsel, Defense Area Advocate, Counsel, Defense Chief Circuit Deputy Counsel, as a deployed Advocate, Judge Staff and Deputy Counsel, Trial Chief Circuit Advocate, Judge Staff and as a Military Advocate Judge and Staff as a 150 courts-martial He has tried over Judge. over presided and has counsel trial and defense Christensen Colonel 90 trials as a military judge. or counsel defense as a trial counsel, has served career of his 23 year year military judge every in the Air prosecutor experienced and is the most practice to is licensed Christensen Colonel Force. of Wisconsin. Court the Supreme before law Marianne Chow Marianne Marianne Chow is a counsel at Hearst Hearst at is a counsel Marianne Chow largest one of the nation’s Corporation, companies, and information media diversified is a member of the international she where Counsel. of General in the Office team corporate joint cross-border on her practice She focuses digital and acquisitions, mergers ventures, agreements other commercial and advertising joining Prior to matters. and other transactional a corporate Marianne was Corporation, Hearst & Rifkind, Wharton Weiss, Paul, at associate a member of the she was where Garrison LLP, private primarily represented and Group Finance companies and their portfolio sponsors equity including acquisition in financing transactions, financings and asset-based and other leveraged facilities. of University from her J.D. Marianne received school, law Prior to School in 2007. Michigan Law Japan, in Yokohama, Fellow Fulbright a she was research comparative she performed where policies and socio-economic on immigration in Japan of Chinese communities development Marianne earned her B.A., States. and the United in 2003 University Tufts from magna cum laude, and Relations in International she majored where in Japanese. minored member of AABANY Marianne has been an active of the co-chair as a She served 2014. since Placement and the Career Committee Women’s and 2014-2015 from AABANY of Committee and Programs President, as the Vice served She 2015-2016. from of AABANY Operations President, serving as the Co-Vice is currently and the of AABANY and Operations Programs of Officer and Regulatory Chief Administrative Inc. Program, Don H. Liu Scholars 40 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK of records ofhistorical salesdata. an innovative algorithmappliedtowards millions completely transform theirsalesstrategy, using instrumental inworking withW.W. Grainger to companies, like Pfizer andEliLily. Steve was also senior executives at theleadingpharmaceutical country, anddirectly provided strategic advice to graduates from thetop 5MBA programs inthe managed large project teams, whichincluded consultant at ZS Associates. At ZS, Steve Prior to attending law school,Steve was a He isagraduate ofHarvard Law School. District ofCalifornia for JudgeWilliam Schwarzer. also served asafederal law clerkintheNorthern Simon &Schuster amongmany others. Steve media clients, includingViacom, Rolling Stone, & Plimpton. Hispractice focused onrepresenting litigator at Davis Wright Tremaine andDebevoise Prior to joiningNBCUniversal, Steve was a minority/women owned law firms. company’s retention ofdiverse attorneys and of theoutsidecounsel committee devoted to the NBCUniversal’s diversity council andisco-chair the JerrySpringerShow. Steve alsoserves on Maury Povich Show, theSteve Wilkos Show and programming like theMeredith Viera Show, the television division,whichcurrently includes served astheleadlawyer for thesyndicated on allmatters relating to content. Hehasalso to andcollaborates withseniormanagement and theTODAY Show. Heprovides counsel Division, NBCSports,Entertainment the leadcontent lawyer for theOwned Stations NBCUniversal’s Newsgroup where heserves as Steve ChungisaSeniorVice President in Steve Chung Cross andCrown. where shewas inducted into theOrder ofthe Honors Program in2007 from , Ms. Cornell received herB.A. intheEnglish Court. David A.MillsoftheMassachusetts Appeals District ofNew Jersey andfor Associate Justice M. Cavanaugh oftheU.S. District Court for the Cornell alsointerned for theHonorable Dennis Pacific AmericanLaw Students Association. Ms. and theExternal Vice President oftheAsian of theJournal Science andTechnology Law law school,sheserved astheManagingEditor Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholar. While in Administrative Law courses andwas nameda being thetop student inherFederal Courts and of Law, where shereceived Dean’s Awards for laude in2011 from theBoston University School of New York. Ms.Cornell graduated magnacum of theU.S. District Court for theEastern District a Law Clerkto theHonorable JamesOrenstein Prior to joiningAkinGump, Ms.Cornell served as discovery, depositions, andhearings. initiation, dispositive motions,document in several stages oflitigation, includingcase pro bonorepresentations. Shehasexperience litigation, white collar criminalinvestigations, and products liability matters, bankruptcy-related of clients inhigh-stakes commercial litigation, Gump, isalitigator whorepresents avariety Carolyn Mattus Cornell, anassociate at Akin Carolyn Cornell FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 41 / 84 Joanna Cuevas Ingram Joanna Cuevas Joanna Cuevas Ingram is an Associate Counsel Counsel is an Associate Ingram Joanna Cuevas she works where PRLDEF (LJP), LatinoJustice for employment misconduct, police rights, on voting reform, and criminal justice discrimination rights constitutional and among other civil rights is published scholarship legal Joanna’s matters. , North Carolina Review Law Latino in the Harvard and Daily Journal. Review Law as an Equal Joanna served joining LJP, Prior to and an Fellow Rights Voting Works Justice Civil for Committee the Lawyers’ at Attorney (LCCR). Area Bay of the SanRights Francisco voting Joanna engaged in successful LCCR, At and community-based litigation impact rights State California the before testified redistricting, on Commission and the National Legislature 50-page report a key produced Rights, Voting in Barriers & Discrimination Rights on Voting to response in California Century Twenty-First essential Holder, and provided v. County Shelby communities for workshops Rights Your Know Joanna has provided California. throughout rights on voting presentations numerous Oakland, California, Originally from protections. School of UC Davis from her J.D. Joanna received of the as Editor-in-Chief she served where Law, , & Policy Law International Journal of UC Davis with immigration clients she assisted and where Immigration the UC Davis at and naturalization de México General and El Consulado Clinic Law also a 2011 She was California. in Sacramento, for the Center at Fellow Human Rights U.C. York. in New (CCR) Rights Constitutional Jason Cowley Jason Cowley has been with the United States States the United has been with Jason Cowley New of for the Southern District Office Attorney’s as Chief of the and has served 2011 since York Forfeiture Asset Laundering and Money Office’s becoming Prior to the spring of 2015. Unit since three approximately for served Cowley Mr. Chief, Commodities and Securities in the Office’s years a number has prosecuted Cowley Unit. Mr. Fraud of array a wide for of individuals and entities fraud, including securities offenses white-collar of the Foreign violations laundering, money tax evasion (“FCPA”), Act Practice Corrupt Act. of the Bank Secrecy violations and related a has tried over Cowley Mr. As a prosecutor, Mr. criminal jury trials. Recently, federal dozen in the prosecutor as co-lead served Cowley individuals relating of several prosecution FCPA state-owned at a an official bribes paid to to Cowley Mr. bank in Venezuela. development in a prosecutor as lead or co-lead also served banks, bankers, Swiss series of cases against U.S. for assisting and financial intermediaries under their tax obligations in evading taxpayers include the criminal prosecutions These law. U.S. deferred the recent Co., & of Wegelin conviction with Bank Julius Baer, agreement prosecution Julius Baer of two pleas guilty and the related bankers. 42 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Criminal Justice from The AmericanUniversity. University. Hereceived hisJ.D. andM.S.in Vincent received hisB.A. inpoliticsfrom Brandeis in-chief oftheAlmanac of theExecutive Branch. corrections—and hehasserved astheeditor- school casebookonsentencing, sanctions, and legal andpoliticalmatters—including alaw has written andedited over ten booksonvarious most recently at .Vincent He hastaught law schoolfor over twenty years, production, acquisition, andmarketing efforts. information, where hedirected editorial, of alarge government clearinghouseofstatistical of Justice. Healsoserved asthemanagingeditor Vincent started hiscareer at theU.S. Department Director oftheAsianAmericanJustice Center. rights community andhasserved astheDeputy been aleaderintheAsianAmericanandcivil nominees. For nearlytwo decades,Vincent has over onehundred judicialandexecutive branch and publicrelations efforts onthe confirmation of confirmation process andhehasledthelobbying nationally recognized expert ontheSenate to publicpolicy andcommunications. Heisa he focuses oncreative andstrategic approaches Vincent isapartnerat theVENGGroup where Vincent Eng Street Garden. in community organizations suchastheElizabeth where she dedicates her free time to volunteering College inBoston. Sheresides inNew York City, graduated magnacumlaudefrom Emmanuel equity firm.Amy grew upinMassachusetts and sq. ft.office toselling for $50million toaprivate different hats asthe company grew from a200 and e-publication start up. Shewore many Bisnow Media,acommercial real estate events Prior to joiningWright Johnson,Amy worked at capital stack. about theuseofalternative financinginthe Alliance andregularly speaksat conferences is afounding memberoftheAlternative Capital In theUnited States ofAmerica,orIIUSA. She Committees for theindustry trade group Invest serves onthePublicRelations andPublicPolicy estate developments. Outsideofthefirm,she of whichwere highlycomplex commercial real with over 150uniqueEB-5projects, amajority at Wright JohnsonLLC. Amy hasbeeninvolved Amy EricsonistheDirector ofClient Engagement Amy Ericson FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 43 / 84 Sarah Feingold Sarah Born an artist, Sarah Feingold decided that the decided that Feingold Sarah Born an artist, herself like folk creative protect to to way best General school. She is currently law go to to was people the way changing of Vroom.com, Counsel almost she spent Previously, buy and sell cars. Sarah lawyer, rst fi As Etsy’s Etsy. a decade at a to a startup from in scaling Etsy integral was nd Sarah can also fi You company. publicly traded and talks, hammering silver, giving inspirational chasing her toddler. check out: information, more For sarahfeingold.com. Richard Farrell Richard Assistant District Attorney Richard K. Farrell Farrell K. Richard Attorney District Assistant District County ce of the Kings joined the offi from graduation after immediately Attorney He has been in 1992. School Law Brooklyn crimes estate real and prosecuting investigating Real ce’s and has headed the offi 1999 since 2006. Unit since Crimes Estate 44 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK and theDREAMCharter SchoolinEast Harlem. is alongstanding volunteer withNew York Cares and theUniversity ofVirginia SchoolofLaw. She University Graduate SchoolofArts&Sciences Ms. Fu isagraduate ofHarvard College, Harvard initiatives. the firm’s diversity, recruiting andpro bono York City. At Skadden, Ms.Fu was active in Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher&FlominNew in theMergers &Acquisitions department at working at Tiger, Ms.Fu practiced asanattorney Foundation andTiger Foundation. Priorto her role at Tiger, shealsoadvisedtheRobertson legal andcompliance matters. Inconnection with Management, where sheadvisedonthefirm’s Counsel andChiefCompliance Officer at Tiger Ms. Fu was previously Deputy General wide training, development andengagement. recruiting, benefitsadministration and company- at Barneys, includingtalent acquisition and she oversees allhumanresources functions As Executive Vice President ofHumanResources, intellectual property, real estate andphilanthropy. and transactions, litigation, regulatory issues, including laborandemployment, contracts on alllegalmatters pertainingto thebusiness, In hercapacity asGeneral Counsel, sheadvises of Directors oftheBarneys New York Foundation. Barneys New York. Shealsoserves ontheBoard Resources, General Counsel andSecretary of Grace Fu isExecutive Vice President ofHuman Grace Fu on theBenchfrom 1991to 1992. Governor’s Task Force onMinority Representation York from 1991to 1994andasamemberofthe trustee oftheHarvard Law Association ofNew Council from 1993 to 2000. Shealsoserved asa the Judiciary and was a trustee of the Federal Bar Association Standing Committee for Minoritiesin Judge Gowas Vice ChairoftheAmericanBar appointment. a partner, andremained there until herjudicial Go, first asanassociate andbeginningin1984as lawBaden Kramer firmof Huffman Brodsky & 1978 until 1982.ShethenjoinedtheNew York District ofNew York intheCivilDivisionfrom Assistant United States Attorney for theEastern Pleas inPhiladelphia,followed by service asan Judge William MarutanioftheCourt ofCommon Upon herlaw schoolgraduation sheclerked for Law Schoolin1977. College in1973 andherJ.D. degree from Harvard Judge GoearnedherB.A. degree from Radcliffe Kramer HuffmanBrodsky &Go, P.C. a partnerintheNew York lawBaden firmof the timeofherappointment in1993 shewas Judge for theEastern District ofNew York. At Marilyn DolanGoisaUnited States Magistrate Hon. MarilynDolanGo FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 45 / 84 Dean Victor Hansen Dean Victor Dean Victor Hansen teaches Criminal Law, Law, Criminal teaches Hansen Dean Victor Prosecutorial and Evidence, Procedure, Criminal Before - Boston. England Law New at Ethics in 2005, he faculty England Law joining the New of that most the Army, in career a 20-year served military last In his officer. Corps time as a JAG defense as a regional he served assignment Defense Trial Army States United the for counsel include assignments previous His Service. supervising and prosecutor as a military work in military He has been involved prosecutor. and as a defense as a prosecutor capital litigation professor as an associate served He also attorney. Legal General’s Advocate Judge The at of law He is the VA. in Charlottesville, and School Center articles and books on criminal author of several security and national evidence, and military law, member of the American and is an elected issues, Institute. Law Sahang-Hee Hahn Sahang-Hee Hahn is an Assistant Vice President President Vice Sahang-Hee Hahn is an Assistant Financial Group. MassMutual at and Counsel legal support to tax Sahang-Hee provides Law and the Department Tax the Corporate controversy, on tax focusing Department, Her matters. planning, and policy-related includes representing experience professional and local tax controversies; in state clients arising during mergers, advising on tax issues and advising on and restructurings; acquisitions, issues. tax policy state and Co-Chair Sahang-Hee is the Co-Founder of the Asian American Committee of the Tax as She also serves York. of New Bar Association for & Investments of Finance President the Vice In addition, Program. the Don H. Liu Scholars in participant Sahang-Hee is also an active including the organizations, trade several Association, and Industry Business Connecticut and the of , Industries Associated Insurers. of Life American Council Sahang-Hee joining MassMutual, Prior to York, firm in New law a large at tax law practiced and local tax issues. on state she focused where Washington from Sahang-Hee earned her J.D. in and her B.A. of Law School University and Lee of the University English magna cum laude from School of Arts & Sciences. Pennsylvania 46 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Employment 360. Newsday, theDailyLabor Report andthe extensively intheLong IslandBusiness News, and employment issues andhasbeenquoted John isfrequently asked to comment onlabor the 2006-2010 and2011-2015 editions. Books, andserved ontheeditorial staff for both 2005, Cumulative Supplement, publishedby BNA editor to The Fair Labor Standards Act, 2002- Electronic Newsletter. Hewas acontributing Association LaborandEmployment Law Section He iscurrently theco-editor oftheAmericanBar on FLSA, OSHA andLaborDepartment audits. Hour Defense Institute, andhefrequently lectures John isafounding member oftheWage and the Surface Transportation Assistance Act. prosecution ofadiscrimination complaint under from OSHA’s regional administrator for his at theDOL,healsoreceived acommendation State Environmental Conservation Officers. While million undertheFLSA onbehalfofNew York litigation team that recovered approximately $4 Labor, Office oftheSolicitor, John waspartofa As aprosecutor withtheU.S. Department of and state Department ofLaboraudits. internal wage andhouraudits,aswell asfederal Law. Healsofrequently assists companies with actions undertheFLSA andtheNew York Labor of employers against hybrid class andcollective and arbitrations. Johnhasdefended awiderange as discrimination claims,workplace investigations the Occupational Safety andHealthAct, aswell the Miscellaneous Industries Wage Orders, and involving federal andstate regulations, including and regularly handleswage andhourmatters John S.Hoexclusively represents employers John S.Ho Twain HouseandGreater Hartford Legal Aid. Lawyers’ Collaborative for Diversity, theMark Association andpast memberoftheConnecticut of Connecticut Asian-PacificBar American University. Pingiscurrently aboard member degreebachelor’s inpolitical science from Yale degree from Boston College Law Schoolandhis Fire andSecurity division.Pingearnedhislaw Vice President, General Counsel ofthethenUTC of increasing responsibility withinUTC including and antitrust activity. Priorto this,hehadroles responsible for globalmergers andacquisitions he alsoserved asitschieftransaction attorney, Technologies Corporation (UTC). While Secretary, Secretary &Associate General Counsel for United joining Hubbell,Pingserved asVice President, and administratively, Internal Audit. Priorto for EH&S, Trade Compliance, Flight Operations to theLegal function, Pinghasresponsibility property andcorporate governance. Inaddition acquisitions, litigation, compliance, intellectual businesses. This oversight includesmergers and that impact Hubbell’s strategic initiatives and officer and provides oversight onlegal issues capacity, Pingserves asHubbell’s chieflegal traded company since September 2012. Inthis Counsel for HubbellIncorporated, aglobalNYSE An-Ping HsiehhasbeenVice President, General An-Ping Hsieh FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 47 / 84 Jeff Hurwitz For over 30 years Jeff Hurwitz has been helping Jeff Hurwitz 30 years over For their achieve individuals and organizations a leadership CoreChoice, Through objectives. organizations Jeff helps company, development and multimedia interactive through understand, and resolve recognize to how based symposiums, values core where dilemmas, the true ethical workplace. in the courage role of and the conflict, Jeff has helped practice, his coaching Through in skills their leadership individuals improve the including accelerating of ways, a variety expanding of their teams, and unity performance as communication, (such their skill sets decision followership, development, relationship and making, risk taking, persuasiveness new quickly into and integrating collaborating) or organizations. and demanding roles managers executives, coached numerous Jeff has Russia Europe, the U.S., from and professionals of disciplines and and South America in a range sciences, life including healthcare, industries, real consulting, manufacturing, services, finance the engineering, media/entertainment, estate, Senate. military and the U.S. the U.S law, Shiukay Hung Shiukay Shiukay Hung is an associate in the Federal Tax Tax in the Federal Hung is an associate Shiukay LLP’s is based in Morrison & Foerster and Group office. York New transaction-oriented broad-based Hung has a Mr. practice tax income and international federal U.S. the tax and negotiating on structuring focused private and acquisitions, of mergers aspects including securities offerings transactions, equity trusts investment real estate financial products, investments. energy and renewable (REITs), one of the to seconded Hung was Mr. In 2012, he funds in Asia where wealth sovereign largest on tax advisor relied in-house U.S. the sole was investments various and structuring planning for and hedge funds, managed equity in private projects. and infrastructure accounts, on legal commentator Hung is a frequent Mr. major for taxation international of U.S. topics a television Chinese media including Phoenix TV, in China with a viewer headquartered station of millions. In addition, Mr. base in the hundreds Talk, Tax MoFo for contributor Hung is a regular tax newsletter. quarterly the firm’s Hung earned his LL.M. with a concentration Mr. School (2008), his LL.B. Law Harvard in tax from Faculty of British Columbia, the University from near the top he graduated where (2006), of Law and his B.Sc. Scholar, as a Wesbrook of his class (2003). of British Columbia the University from 48 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Georgetown University Law Center. History andPhilosophy andalaw degree from of Binghamton University withdualdegrees in various government agencies.Heisagraduate role, hepracticed inlaw firmsand worked in the work ofoutsidecounsel. Priorto hiscurrent daily operation oflegaldepartment andoversees strategies andbusiness development, manages management witheffective advice on company the MiddleEast andAsia.Heprovides senior data protection intheAmericas,Europe, Africa, international trade, technology, privacy and intellectual property, labor&employment, legal matters includingcorporate, litigation, Creative Technology. Heisresponsible for all Jonathan JungistheGeneral Counsel for iLuv Jonathan Jung and isfluent inBengali. consecutive years. isanative Sabila New Yorker hasservedSabila asaboard memberfor three co-founded theMuBANY Women’s Committee. Association ofNew York (MuBANY) where she isaboardSabila memberoftheMuslimBar Prague, Czech Republic. Students Association. studied Sabila abroad in the Undergraduate Law Society andtheBengali Foundation. Shewas alsoaboard memberof by theHilton Corporation andBollenbachFamily NYU, was Sabila awarded afulltuitionscholarship Moot Court Award for Excellence inAdvocacy. At receivedschool, Sabila theJessup International and New York University (NYU). Duringlaw isagraduateSabila ofNotre DameLaw School BNP Paribas AsianBusiness Networking Group. border application. Shewas alsoamemberofthe transactions, includingdocumentation andcross- regulatory issues related to cleared derivatives as anin-houseattorney. There, shefocused on Investment divisionofBNPParibas Banking Previously, worked Sabila intheCorporate and (APIN) at Milbank. member oftheAsianPacific IslanderNetwork various financingtransactions.Sabila isanactive She alsorepresents market participants in regulatory framework for derivatives transactions. US andnon-USmarket participants onthe Investments practice group where sheadvises Tweed, Hadley &McCloy intheAlternative Khan,Esq.isanassociateSabila at Milbank, Sabila Khan Sabila FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 49 / 84 Song Kim Song Kim is a Staff Attorney at the Asian at the Attorney Song Kim is a Staff Fund, and Education Defense American Legal of and survivors victims represents she where through and other crimes human trafficking represents She Initiative. the Anti-Trafficking immigration for applications on their survivors and restitution civil litigation and in relief, obtain economic seek to as they recovery with builds partnerships Song actively justice. staff trains organizations, API community-based situations trafficking recognize to and members to individuals trafficked potentially and identify services, them with appropriate help connect and trainings assistance technical and provides with foreign-born working providers service to Song is a the country. throughout populations York of the New member Committee Steering of the and a member Network, Anti-Trafficking She Force. Task Human Trafficking Brooklyn University York New from J.D. her received Kirkland & Ellis and is a former School of Law, Song Fellow. Public Service City York New Co-Chair Committee as Issues serves currently AABANY. for Seunghwan Kim Seunghwan On May 1, 2014, Seunghwan Kim was appointed appointed was Kim Seunghwan 1, 2014, On May & of Law the Bureau for Comptroller Assistant Stringer. Scott Comptroller NYC by Adjustment & Adjustment, Law for Comptroller As Assistant is of the Comptroller, the direction Kim, at Mr. and the resolution with overseeing charged against brought are of claims that settlement In this role, City. the by and asserted the City comprising more a staff Kim manages Mr. including attorneys, than 120 professionals, divisions in four and claims adjusters engineers, all manner of claims, including cover that real disputes, and commercial contractual police, and civil rights, tax assessments, property Kim joined claims. Mr. and corrections-related range of broad with Office the Comptroller’s a For experience. and management litigation as the Managing Attorney he served decade, City, York LLP in New & Warren Drye Kelley at and advised he handled risk assessment where a large for strategy and settlement on litigation Kelley Prior to practice. litigation and complex as Kim advised on civil procedure Mr. Drye, other two at Managing Attorney an Assistant complex firms with City York New prominent and Paul Scholer LLP, Kaye practices, litigation Mr. & Garrison LLP. Rifkind Wharton Weiss at of Texas of the University Kim is a graduate School. Among other Law York and New Austin Bar State York on the New he serves committees, Law on Civil Practice Committee Association’s York New Committee, Advisory and Rules, Tort Medical State York and the New Court, Supreme Group. Malpractice 50 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK the New York State Society ofCPAs. developing countries”. Hae-Young isamemberof Meeting on“Transfer Pricing:practical issues for of Economic andSocialAffairs ExpertGroup conferences, includingtheU.N. Department on international taxdevelopments at various taxation articles.Sheisalsoafrequent speaker She isanauthorofvarious international from SeoulNational University withhonors. Hae-Young received her BA andMBA degrees viewpoint. border taxissues withbothaU.S. andglobal and hasaddressed U.S. domestic andcross- career astheleadtaxpartnerofprofessionals technology/finance companies throughout her Hae-Young hasworked withmultinational execution, anddispute resolution. global view ontax/trade planning,structuring, around theglobeto provide acomprehensive Young hasfrequently teamed withprofessionals With more than25years ofexperience, Hae- Tax Services practice at Ernst &Young LLP. Hae-Young KimisaPartner intheInternational Hae-Young Kim Studies from Columbia University. History, andholdsanM.A.inAfrican-American with honors, inAfrican-American Studies and graduated from Brown University withanA.B., the Columbia HumanRights Law Review. She of AJailhouse Lawyer’s Manual,publishedby Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, andChapter Editor from Columbia Law School,where shewas a at Covington &BurlingLLP. Natasha graduated to joiningLDF, Natasha worked asanassociate monitors prisonconditions. Immediately prior services to prisoners throughout Puerto Rico, and Juan, anorganization that provides direct legal Corporation for CivilAction andEducation inSan agencies. Natasha haspreviously worked at the low-income constituents at publicassistance states to provide voter registration services to Registration Act, afederal law that requires state compliance withtheNational Voter Natasha was alsopartofLDF’s efforts to ensure 2 andSection 5oftheVoting Rights Act. in anumberofcasesbrought underSection American voters, andothervoters ofcolor, Fund (LDF).Natasha has represented African- at theNAACP Legal Defense andEducational Counsel inthePolitical Participation Group Natasha M.Korgaonkar was aformer Assistant Natasha M.Korgaonkar FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 51 / 84 Hon. Peggy Kuo Hon. Peggy Magistrate Judge Kuo was appointed on October on October appointed was Judge Kuo Magistrate summa cum laude a B.A. She received 2015. 9, and a J.D. in 1985 University Yale from in history School in 1988. Law Harvard cum laude from W. Judith Honorable the for clerked Judge Kuo of Appeals. From Court with the D.C. Rogers United as an Assistant she served 1993, until 1989 From of Columbia. District in the Attorney States then and a trial attorney 1998, she was 1994 to Division Chief of the Civil Rights Deputy Acting of Department the U.S. at Section Criminal and prosecuted she investigated where Justice, misconduct of police and allegations crimes hate 1998 to From States. the United throughout crimes and war prosecuted Judge Kuo 2002, Nations the United at humanity crimes against the former for Tribunal Criminal International Her Netherlands. Hague, in The Yugoslavia in Bosnia rape mass trial regarding historic film, “I of the documentary became the subject War part of the series Women, Testify,” To Came and Peace. became Judge Kuo York, New to Upon her return In 2005, LLP. WilmerHale, at counsel litigation at the Chief Hearing Officer appointed she was she presided where Exchange, Stock York New of federal violations hearings involving over her appointment until 2011 From securities laws. and Commissioner Deputy the bench, she was to of Office City York of the New Counsel General and Hearings, the largest Trials Administrative municipal tribunal in the country. to and moved born in Taiwan was Judge Kuo She was the age of three. at States the United the by Fellowship a German Chancellor awarded to in 1993 Humboldt Foundation von Alexander She is system. the German criminal justice study American Bar Council of the Federal President member of the Asian an active Inn of Court, and York, of New American Bar Association Services. Legal of Manhattan Vice-Chair former Michael Krouse Michael Krouse is an Assistant United States States United is an Assistant Michael Krouse He York. of New in the Southern District Attorney of Pennsylvania, the University from graduated Kappa. of Phi Beta a member he was where & McKinsey for school, he worked law Before and a development Nations, the United Company, his Michael received NGO based in Afghanistan. worked School. He briefly Law Yale the from J.D. joining the U.S. before & Connolly Williams for as years four he served where Marine Corps, and at MCB Quantico a Judge Advocate--first for Prosecutor of the Chief the Office then for he helped prosecute where Military Commissions, of war. the law of violating individuals accused for Michael clerked duty, active leaving After District of the U.S. A. Engelmayer Judge Paul of SDNY and Judge Jose A. Cabranes for Court Circuit. the Second of Appeals for Court the U.S. Michael Office, Attorney’s joining the U.S. Before of office York with the New associated was Meagher & Flom LLP. Arps, Slate, Skadden, 52 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK and International Affairs from Princeton. from Harvard Law SchoolandherB.A. inPublic and Law Fellow at NYU. Shereceived herJ.D. Jennifer was aNational Center for Philanthropy multinational clients onmergers andacquisitions. associate at Allen&Overy, where shecounseled of international corporate structures, andan she advisedongovernance andthedesign in theMiddleEast andSoutheast Asia,where profit servingindigenoussocialentrepreneurs Previously, shewas General Counsel at anon- venture capitalfundsonfinancingtransactions. where sheadvisedtechnology startups and Society Foundations from Fenwick &West LLP, Facilities Department. Jennifer joinedtheOpen the FiscalGovernance Program, andReal Estate/ Rights Initiative, theWomen’s Rights Program, Regional Office, theEurasia Program, Human worldwide. ShealsoadvisesOSF’s AsiaPacific international network andopeningnew offices on matters relating to thestructure ofOSF’s the OpenSociety Foundations, where sheworks Jennifer Kwong isAssociate General Counsel at Jennifer Kwong arbitrator. communities. Judyisalsoamediator and doing business inAsiaorwiththelocalAsian planning andexecution, andU.S. companies Asian clients inallaspects oftheirbusiness Mandarin Chinese, Judy frequently represents consequences. Aspeaker ofCantonese and while minimizingnegative publicity andcollateral investment schemesandmulti-party disputes, strategic inresolving multi-party fraud and and theftoftrade secrets. Sheiscreative and protection from anti-competitive behavior partnership disputes; companies needing in business litigation; business fraud and closely-held companies andentrepreneurs business andleasingissues; growth companies, professionals; franchisors andfranchisees in real estate, real estate brokers andconstruction and lenderliability cases;owners andusers of partners, maximizing recovery ondefaulted loans disputes withborrowers, participant banksand financial institutions andprivate lenders in arbitration incomplex casesrepresenting: has obtainedsignificant recovery intrialsand trial advocacy orskillfulnegotiation. Judy the particularneedsofcase, beitaggressive client’s causeto thebest advantage basedon and Loyola Law School,Judyadvances the and franchise. Agraduate ofOccidental College and construction, business torts, class actions in theareas ofbankingandfinance, real estate Judy M.Lamlitigates complex business disputes Judy M.Lam FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 53 / 84 Chanwoo Lee Chanwoo Chanwoo Lee is a solo practitioner in Queens is a solo practitioner Lee Chanwoo with the an attorney previously She was county. Division. Defense Criminal Aid Society, Legal of the Queens County President She is a former member of a former She was Bar Association. of the Committee and Fitness the Character (1999- Department Division, Second Appellate of the Mayor’s She has been a member 2015). 2002. on the Judiciary since Committee the Asian member for as a board She has served Flushing Fund, and Education Defense Legal Center Service American Family Korean YWCA, 7 in Queens County. Board and Community of the Queens the board chairs She currently Inc. She volunteers Project Lawyers Volunteer Center, Service Family American with the Korean Church’s Catholic Chung Ha Sang Roman Paul St. and present), 1999 to bono legal clinic (from pro She and Control. Animal Care City York the New American member of the Korean is also a board Region. Northeast Foundation, Scholarship QCBA, She is also a member of the NYSBA, York and New AABANY KALAGNY, QCWBA, Association. Defenders State and of SUNY-Binghamton is graduate Ms. Lee School. Law Brooklyn Hon. John S. Lansden Hon. John The Honorable John S. Lansden received his B.A his B.A S. Lansden received John Honorable The in 1988 and his J.D. College Connecticut from in 1991. School of Law University John’s St. from primarily he practiced a judge, becoming Before and loft law. law of landlord-tenant in the areas the Owners’ as he served and 2001 1995 Between Board. Loft City York New the to Representative he bench in 2003, the to being appointed After York in Kings, Queens, Richmond and New sat He was parts. in both trial and resolution counties of the Housing the Supervising Judge appointed and has 2007 in March Kings County for Court Court been the Supervising Judge of the Housing He is 2012. December since County Queens for member of the Asian American Judges a board and a member of the York of New Association of School University John’s St. for Alumni Board in panels Judge Lansden has participated Law. of of the Bar City of the Association the for the Asian American Bar Association York, New and the Asian American Judges York of New for He has lectured York. of New Association Lerner the Jack Newton the Judicial Institute, and Bar Association Series, the Brooklyn Lecture of New of the Bar of the City the Association the National judge for He is a frequent York. the Legal Tournament, Mock Trial Intercollegiate Moot Tang and the Thomas Program Outreach Competition. Court 54 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK for graduate taxcourses at Virginia Tech. Colin isafrequent speaker onpartnership topics REITs andJVs/funds. including theownership ofreal estate through US andinternational real estate investments, He specializes inUStaxissues related to both estate companies since joiningEYin2007. has worked withlarge publicREITs andreal Tax practice withErnst andYoung LLP. He Colin Lee isataxseniormanagerinReal Estate Colin Lee in Brooklyn withhiswife andtwo children. Kings County (Brooklyn) Criminal Court andlives Mayor BillDeBlasio. Hecurrently serves inthe as aNew York City Criminal Court Judgeby from prison.InDecember 2015, hewas appointed Mental Hygiene Law Article10after theirrelease violent sex offenders pursuant to New York State he was responsible for thecivilconfinement of of theSex Offender Management Bureau, where General, andbecametheDeputy Bureau Chief joining theNew York State Office ofthe Attorney In 2007, Donaldreturned to publicservice by development. the ManagingDirector incharge ofbusiness Fortress GlobalInvestigations, where hewas joined thecorporate investigations firmof left theDistrict Attorney’s Office in2004and specializing insex crimesandhomicides.He he prosecuted narcotics andviolent felonies, the Trials DivisionandSex Crimes Unit,where District Attorney’s Office and was assigned to joined theNew York County (Manhattan) Upon graduation from law school,Donald degree. from Brooklyn Law Schoolwithajurisdoctor law Science andArtHistory, andgraduated in1991 York University withadouble-majorinPolitical New York City. Hegraduated in1988from New school system andhas lived hisentire life in City’s Chinatown, was educated inthepublic Donald Leo was bornandraised inNew York Hon. DonaldLeo FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 55 / 84 Linda Lin Linda is Vice President, Assistant General Counsel Counsel General Assistant President, Linda is Vice she serves where QBE North America (QBE) at and executives to as the lead legal advisor which business, Specialty of QBE’s underwriters liability, professional and includes management aviation, surety, credit, and health, trade accident and the Specialty healthcare inland marine, QBE, Linda joining Prior to business. Program at Claims Director Complex as Senior served Linda Insurance. Specialty Hathaway Berkshire at industry in the insurance began her career (LIU). Prior to Underwriters International Liberty the law at associate litigation a Linda was LIU, She also Farr & Gallagher LLP. Willkie firm of U.S. Irizarry, Dora the Hon. clerk to as law served of New District the Eastern Judge for District in Philosophy, her B.A. Linda received York. Binghamton from with honors and Law Politics cum and her Juris Doctorate University she was School, where Law Brooklyn laude from Society. Honor a member of the Moot Court of the Asian American president Linda is a past She (AABANY). York of New Bar Association of AABANY’s as co-chair serves currently Judiciary Committee. and Committee Advisory York the New by appointed Linda was In 2011, on the New as a Commissioner Council City and tasked Commission Districting City York district Councilmatic the City’s with redrawing the and directed Linda founded lines. In 2009, Program Bar Judicial Internship Minority Joint in judicial students law which places JIP), (JMB metro City York the New throughout internships the Sonia form to JMB JIP merged In 2015, area. Program, Judicial Internship Sotomayor & Celina with an opportunity students provides which now area. City York judges in the New with intern to Sandy Leung Sandy Leung serves as legal advisor to the Board the Board as legal advisor to serves Sandy Leung as the executives and company of Directors and Counsel General President, Vice Executive Squibb, of Bristol-Myers Secretary Corporate shaping the company’s for and is responsible for Sandy is also responsible legal strategy. Security Corporate Health & Safety, Environment, and Philanthropy. as Squibb in 1992 Sandy joined Bristol-Myers In department. in the litigation attorney a staff and one counsel 1996, she became assistant In 1999, counsel. named associate was later, year the position of counsel to appointed Sandy was In 2006, she was secretary. and corporate and in 2007, counsel general acting appointed Sandy In 2014, counsel. general named she was president. vice executive named was a Sandy was joining the company, Prior to Attorney’s District Manhattan in the prosecutor Office. Boston from degree Sandy earned her law from and her bachelor’s degree of Law College University. Tufts 56 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Association ofColumbia University. Board. SheisamemberoftheAsianAlumnae where shewas formerly aDirector ofthe Barnard Business Professionals’ Association, Law School.Margaret isalsoinvolved withthe and herJurisDoctor degree from New York in History, Cum Laude, from Barnard College Margaret received ofArtsdegree herBachelor Association ofHispanicReal Estate Professionals. Chinese Bankers’ Association, andtheNational American Real Estate Association, theNew York AREAA-New York East Chapter, theChinese she isanAdvisory Director oftheBoard for the Asian Real Estate Association ofAmerica,where Association. Sheisalsoanactive memberofthe of New Jersey, andtheNew York State Bar the AsianPacific AmericanLawyers’ Association National AsianPacificBar Association, American Co-Chair oftheAsianPractice Committee, the Lawyers’ Association, where sheserves as memberships includetheNew York County from 2009to 2016. Herotherbarassociation has served asaDirector onAABANY’s board Committee andAsiaPractice Committee and She serves asCo-Chair ofAABANY’s Real Estate and Skyline Title-TRG oftheReology Group. Associates, theGreat AmericanTitle Agency, Inc., the Couch Braunsdorf Insurance Group, Summit LLC, Titleserv LLC, Intracoastal Abstract LLC, Companies, In-HouseCounsel at CHMAbstract Claims Counsel at First AmericanTitle Insurance Company andtheTicor-Fidelity Title Group, Underwriting Counsel at Stewart Title Insurance LLC, Private Real Estate Practice, Agency Villa, Cilmi,PLLC, First Nationwide Title Agency, experience includesthefollowing: Menicucci, a real estate attorney since 1986.Herreal estate Atlantis National Services, Inc.Margaret hasbeen Margaret LingisSeniorUnderwritingCounsel at Margaret T. Ling (NAPABA JudicialCouncil). of federal andstate judgesofAsiandescent term asthePresident ofthenational organization New York. Justice Ling-Cohan isserving herfifth Center Association andAsianAmericanBar of a founding member ofNew York AsianWomen’s Marriage Equality inHernandez v. Robles. Sheis trial judgeinthecountry to decideinfavor of the first trialjudgein New York State andthird Obergefell v. Hodges),Justice Ling-Cohan was In 2005(10years before theSCOTUS decisionin elected to theSupreme Court inNew York State. became thefirst woman ofAsiandescent to be (2nd MunicipalCourt District). In2002, she board), whenshewas elected to theCivilCourt from Manhattan’s Chinatown (other thanschool public officialofAsiandescent tobeelected historic election in1995, shebecamethefirst first ofAsiandescent to sitonthat court. Inan the Appellate Term, First Department andthe appellate court, having beenappointed to of Asiandescent to preside inaNew York State trailblazer. In2014, shebecamethefirst woman Outstanding Women Lawyers. Shehasbeena by theNational Law Journalasoneofthenation’s Justice DorisLing-Cohan was recently recognized Hon. DorisLing-Cohan FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 57 / 84 Tristan Loanzon Tristan Tristan Loanzon, principal at Loanzon LLP, LLP, Loanzon principal at Loanzon, Tristan who has tried lawyer trial is an experienced juries and judges. He before verdict cases to to counsel as outside general has also served forming Before corporations. medium-sized at worked firm, he litigation his commercial York, where and New Washington big firms in 100 corporations Fortune he represented He and litigation. compliance in regulatory Law University Northwestern from graduated of the as Articles Editor he served School, where over For University. and Georgetown Review, Law faculty an adjunct has been Tristan a decade, Cardozo at Program Advocacy Trial of Intensive NYU at Program and the Lawyering School, Law law practice to is admitted Tristan School of Law. and California. York in New Katherine Loanzon Katherine Katherine Loanzon is a legal recruiter with Parker with Parker is a legal recruiter Loanzon Katherine associates firm law matches she where + Lynch, Prior opportunity. career exciting with their next a solo was Katherine + Lynch, Parker joining to and food who advised start-ups practitioner New As a native City. York in New businesses CUNY her JD from received Katherine Yorker, Languages in Romance and her BA School of Law University. York New from 58 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK University. Brooklyn Law SchoolandherB.A from Columbia A native New Yorker, Soniareceived herJ.D. from Committee at theNew York City Association. Bar of theEnhance Diversity intheProfession directors ofApex for Youth andisamember Sonia currently alsoserves ontheboard of Liberties Union. Lawyers for theArtsandAmericanCivil not-for-profit organizations suchas Volunteer Ms. Low alsoledpro bono projects representing employment, tax,litigation, andinsurance laws. advising European clients onU.S. securities, law firm,shespent one year at the Paris office and regulatory compliance. While working at the mergers andacquisitions, corporate governance firm where shespecialized incapitalmarkets, began hercareer at amajorinternational law and Automatic Data Processing, Inc.Sonia also worked asin-housecounsel at Credit Suisse low-income communities ofNew York City. She serving theChinese-American, immigrant and Council, Inc.,alarge not-for-profit organization General Counsel ofChinese-American Planning to joiningThe ONEGroup, she was thefirst employment law, litigation andcontracts. Prior laws, real estate law, intellectual property law, involving corporate governance, securities subsidiaries andaffiliates, and advises on matters oversees thelegalaffairs ofthe company andits and Hyatt Hotels. AsGeneral Counsel, Sonia Cosmopolitan Hotel, Gansevoort Hotel Group high-end locations globally, suchastheWHotel, - ONEHospitality -for hotels, casinosandother provides turn-key food andbeverage services energy restaurants andlounges,The ONEGroup developing, owning andoperating upscale, high- international restaurant brand STK®. Inadditionto hospitality company andthecreator ofthe Group Hospitality, Inc.,apublicly-traded, global Sonia Low istheGeneral Counsel ofThe ONE Sonia Low New York. workshops throughout various communities in conducts Immigration andKnow Your Rights behalf ofvarious groups. Additionally, Ms.Malik New York. Shecontributes pro bonoefforts on in various immigrant communities throughout volunteer for numerous non-profit organizations is dedicated to community service andisa Ms. Malikisaresident ofNew York City. She Border Protection (CBP). of HomelandSecurity (DHS) andCustoms and (USCIS), National Visa Center (NVC), Department States Citizenship andImmigration Services appeared before andfiledcaseswithUnited Judges throughout theUnited States and for Immigration Review (EOIR) Immigration Ms. Malikhasappeared before Executive Office Appeals. Circuit Courts andwiththeBoard ofImmigration including appealsintheSecond andNinth conducted immigration andcriminaltrials, practice. Over theyears, shehassuccessfully Additionally, Ms. Malikhasacriminaldefense all areas ofimmigration andnationality law. Criminal Defense Attorney. Shepractices in isanImmigrationMerium Malik,Esq/Mba, and Merium Malik FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 59 / 84 Hugh H. Mo Hugh H. Mo is the Principal at the Law Firm of the Law at Hugh H. Mo is the Principal on January 1, 1994. founded P.C., Hugh H. Mo, and domestic Rim Pacific represents Firm The criminal, commercial, in corporate, Chinese clients matters. estate and real litigation investment, Mo and the Mr. years, twenty During the past engaged in the practice been actively Firm have and the handling criminal defense collar of white litigation and corporate commercial of complex administrative courts, and state in federal Firm the Additionally, tribunals, and arbitration. and real commercial has handled numerous transactions. estate and University York New from Mo graduated Mr. University Boston from Juris Doctor his received as an assistant years eight After School of Law. District with the Manhattan attorney district in the years two including Office, Attorney’s Office, Prosecutor’s Special Narcotics Citywide as the Deputy years four for Mo served Mr. York the New in of Trials in Charge Commissioner the he was the time, At Department. Police City City York American in New Asian ranking highest government. six for as Partner-In-Charge Mo then served Mr. & Whitman at Group in the China Practice years Abbott Breed, Whitman, to Ransom (predecessor Chinese representing by York, in New & Morgan) estate and real litigation banking, corporate, and overseas. States in the United clients and jury trial investigative Mo has extensive Mr. including supervision of numerous experience, internal and fraud criminal, business complex and tried over investigations corruption police Mo Mr. verdict. to and civil jury trials felony fifty Judge in as Chief Administrative also presided York trials in the New 300 administrative over Department. Police City Michele Coleman Mayes Michele Coleman Michele Coleman Mayes is Vice President, General General President, is Vice Mayes Michele Coleman Public York the New for and Secretary Counsel in August joined NYPL Ms. Mayes (NYPL). Library President Vice as Executive serving after 2012 Insurance Allstate for Counsel and General as a Senior She served 2007. since Company of Pitney Counsel and the General President Vice and in several 2007 to 2003 Inc. from Bowes 1992 from Colgate-Palmolive legal capacities at corporate the entered Mayes Ms. In 1982, 2003. to of Burroughs as managing attorney sector and Sperry Burroughs After Corporation. Corporation, Unisys creating merged, Corporation and President Vice Staff appointed she was Worldwide for Counsel General Associate 1982, she served through 1976 From Litigation. as an Assistant of Justice Department in the U.S. and Brooklyn, in Detroit Attorney States United of Chief of the Civil the role assuming eventually a B.A. received Ms. Mayes Division in Detroit. from of Michigan and a J.D. the University from School. of Michigan Law the University Commission on the Presidential served Ms. Mayes She in 2013-2014. Administration on Election in on Women became Chair of the Commission in American Bar of the Association the Profession was appointed she in 2015, Effective 2014. August Section, Law Business the ABA to as an Advisor of the became a Fellow same year, and in that In Counsel. of Governance American College of the Board to elected she was 2016, August GOGO). Inc. (NASDAQ: of Gogo Directors 60 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK AABANY In-HouseCounsel Committee. Law School.Heiscurrently aco-chair ofthe Angeles andearnedalaw degree from New York degree from theUniversity ofCalifornia at Los Corporation. Hegraduated withabachelor’s Counsel andAssistant Secretary withORIXUSA Prior to joiningNatixis, hewas Vice President, with domestic andforeign fi nancialinstitutions. products. Hehasover twenty years ofexperience including structured fi nance andcapitalmarkets is primarilyinvolved withtransactional matters, investment bankingoperations ofNatixis and France. Heprovides counsel to thecorporate and BPCE, thesecond-largest bankinggroup in management andfi nancialservices armofGroup subsidiary ofNatixis, thecorporate, investment with Natixis NorthAmericaLLC, whichistheU.S. Duane Morikawa isaDirector andSeniorCounsel Duane Morikawa Law in2007. and hisJ.D. from St. John’s University Schoolof from Binghamton University, cumlaude, in2004 Rising Stars List in2014. William received hisB.A. named to theNew York Metro SuperLawyers and Employment Law Section in2013-2014 and the New York State Association’s Bar Labor William was selected asaDiversity Fellow of Student Outreach Committees. the Government Service &PublicInterest) and Lawyers, Government &PublicSector (now and hasco-chaired theCommunications, Young of theLabor&Employment Law Committee committees. William isthefounding co-chair Recording Secretary andCo-Chair ofvarious capacities, includingasaBoard Director, William hasserved AABANY innumerous Law Department. Employment Law DivisionsoftheNew York City and SeniorCounsel intheTort andLabor& a halfyears asanAssistant Corporation Counsel joining Littler, William spent more thanfi ve and federal, state andlocalemployment laws. Priorto policies andpractices for compliance with regularly counsels employers ontheirworkplace In additionto hislitigation practice, William and wage andhourclass andcollective actions. and companies inemployment litigation matters His practice focuses ondefending businesses in every aspect oflabor andemployment law. exclusively devoted to representing management Mendelson, P.C., thelargest U.S.-based law fi rm William H.NgisanAssociate at Littler William H.Ng FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 61 / 84 Adam Novick Adam As the Regional Director of Business of Business Director As the Regional Solutions, Adam Data Planet for Development and new cultivating for is responsible Novick the throughout relationships client existing He has built a States. of the United half Eastern of relationships network particularly extensive Philadelphia, D.C., Washington in Manhattan, travels and frequently Chicago and Boston and speaking at attending country the around conferences. industry has been Novick Mr. decade, the past Over and has worked servicing the legal community well- firms and most law with some of the largest During in the country. corporations recognized knowledge a vast he has acquired this time, including Planet products, of eDiscovery Novick Mr. platform. Exego proprietary Data’s regarding with clients consults also regularly collections, data practices, best eDiscovery He and review. searching processing, data in dealing with data has particular expertise multi-terabyte and processing, collections and workflow. and pre-review, searching projects, was Novick Mr. Data, joining Planet Prior to Novick Mr. IKON. for Consultant an eDiscovery in with a BA University Stockton from graduated Psychology. Christina M. Nguyen Christina Christina M. Nguyen is a recent graduate of St. of St. graduate a recent is M. Nguyen Christina the She was Law. School of University John’s UPS/NLF Gold of the NAPABA recipient recent editor a managing She was Scholarship. Mountain Report Division Online Law of the Commercial of the Director Competition External (CDOLR), (DRS), Society Resolution Dispute John’s St. Alumni Relations. for Co-Director and APALSA summaries and writers’ staff edited Christina other than additional content helped provid the CDOLR in her 3L year, case summaries for annual largest APALSA’s John’s helped plan St. and held a dinner in her 2L year networking of implicit bias on the the role panel discussing resolution dispute stages of alternative different school law Christina’s Throughout in her 3L year. further her opportunities to she sought career, skills through leadership writing, and research, had Christina and internships. competition in the Thomas compete to the opportunity C. and Willem Competition Court Moot Tang Moot Arbitration Commercial International Vis with Judge also interned Christina Competition. Court, District States of the United Irizarry Dora Oppenheimer & York, of New District Eastern Americas. Additionally, Edrington Inc., and Co., her time to volunteers continuously Christina and such as AABANY multiple bar associations school of her law the beginning since KALAGNY of one of the co-chairs She is currently career. and Committee Outreach Student AABANY’s She is KALAGNY. for social media coordinator the NYSBA for Editor an Assistant also currently NYLitigator. 62 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK School ofLaw. his LL.M.inTaxation from New York University cum laudefrom SeoulNational University and Association.Bar HeearnedhisB.A. summa Federal Taxation Committee oftheChicago the Outstanding Tax Student Award from the International HumanRights andwas awarded he served asmanagingeditor oftheJournal Northwestern University SchoolofLaw, where Mr. Pae received hisJ.D. cumlaudefrom international accounting firm. public accountant inSouthKorea at aleading York. Mr. Pae previously practiced asacertified Associationthe AsianAmericanBar ofNew serves asco-chair oftheTax Committee of of theNew York State Association Bar and Mr. Pae iscurrently amemberoftheTax Section funds. buyout, infrastructure, real estate, anddebt types ofonshore andoffshore funds,including formation, structuring, andoperation ofvarious both sponsors andinvestors inconnection with Mr. Pae hassubstantial experience withadvising joint ventures, andmergers andacquisitions. corporate transactions, includingfundformation, aspects ofavariety ofdomestic andcross-border Department. Mr. Pae’s practice focuses onthetax LLP’s Tax, Executive Compensation &Benefits New York office of Weil,Gotshal&Manges JoonBeom Pae isaseniortaxassociate inthe JoonBeom Pae York. District Court for theEastern District ofNew Judge Robert J. Hurley oftheUnited States and patent topics. Sheclerked for theHonorable University SchoolofLaw addressing antitrust teachesSapna asanadjunct professor at Pace BNA. Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst andBloomberg/ quoted inleadingpublications, including Forbes, WestLegal Ed andshehasbeenpublished been presented by Practicing Law Institute and developments ine-discovery. Herprograms have and intellectual property law inAsia,and law, patent reform, biosimilars regulations biotechnology andmedicaldevices patent topics includingdevelopments inpharmaceutical, frequentlySapna writes andspeaksonarange of Indian patent law. licensing alsocounsels deals.Sapna clients about investigations inconnection withacquisitions and conducting intellectual property duediligence advising theminlicensing andantitrust matters, enforceability and clearance opinions,andby by providing themwithinfringement, validity, clients regarding USintellectual property law counselsSapna avariety ofUSandinternational Maryland. Northern District ofCalifornia andtheDistrict of District ofNew York, SouthernDistrict ofFlorida, of Virginia, Eastern District ofTexas, Southern Delaware, District ofNew Jersey, Eastern District including theFederal Circuit andfederal courts in litigation andexperience invarious jurisdictions She hasover 15years ofexperience inpatent on Hatch-Waxman patent infringement cases. systems andmedical devices, withanemphasis pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, drugdelivery focuses onanarray oftechnologies, including Intellectual Property Practice. Herpractice isapartnerinWigginSapna andDana’s Sapna PallaSapna FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 63 / 84 James G. Paulsen James G. James G. Paulsen is the Regional Director of Director is the Regional James G. Paulsen (Region 29) of Office Regional the Brooklyn and was Board Labor Relations the National 28, 2011. position on December that to appointed he served as Director, his appointment Prior to in Division of Counsel, General as an Assistant over with oversight Operations-Management He is a member of Senior Offices. Regional eight he In Operations, 1999. since Service Executive policy Counsel General coordinate helped to 10(j) relief, of Section on utilization injunctive and was Committee the Field Quality chaired of NxGen, the a lead on the development Mr. In 2003, system. case management NLRB’s for Rank Award a Presidential received Paulsen For as a Senior Executive. service distinguished as the served Paulsen Mr. in 2002, six months Orleans of the New Director Regional Acting (Region 15). Office Regional the NLRB with began his career Paulsen Mr. in of Advice in the Division as an attorney 2) (Region in the Manhattan worked 1978, as Offices 29) Regional (Region and Brooklyn a to in 1989 promoted was a Field Attorney, 2 and in 1996 to in Region Supervisory Attorney in Operations– Counsel General Assistant Deputy his B.A. received Paulsen Mr. Management. North Davidson, College, Davidson from degree his and cum laude, graduating 1974, in Carolina the University from with high honors, degree, J.D. Florida in School in Gainesville, of Florida Law as the school, he also served During law 1976. Florida Law of of the University Editor-in-Chief Review. Julia Yong-hee Park Julia Yong-hee Julia Yong-hee Park is the Managing Director is the Managing Director Park Julia Yong-hee which America EB-5 Group of the Advantage Regional EB-5 designated USCIS five operates York America New including Advantage Centers Center. Regional the of Attorney Julia is also the Principal focuses LLC, which Park, Julia of Offices Law visa investor on the EB-5 immigrant exclusively Securities of Multivista CEO Julia is the program. boutique registered which is a FINRA LLC, placement on private focusing broker-dealer EB-5 offerings. as a corporate Julia began her legal career LLP & Moore Swaine Cravath, at associate as Of and she also served City York in New a premier P.C., & Needleman, Levitt at Counsel has been serving a firm that immigration and individual clients of business wide-range 30 over for and internationally nationally a was Julia law, practicing Prior to years. where in Seoul, Korea simultaneous interpreter 400 in over communications she facilitated for She also worked and conferences. seminars U.S. including former VIPs visiting Korea many Secretary and Treasury Bill Clinton President as the youngest Rubin. Julia also served Robert School of the Graduate at professor adjunct in Seoul. & Translation Interpretation Sogang University from a B.A. Julia received of Foreign University Hankuk and an M.A. from her She received Korea. both in Seoul, Studies, School, Law College Boston from degree law she where of the Coif, Order magna cum laude, Law College of the Boston a Senior Editor was Review. 64 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Award. Hubbell® “Preeminent” Client Achievement Stars Award, andthe2015 and2016 Martindale- Award, the2015 and2016 SuperLawyers® Rising 2013 and 2014 NYSBA Empire State Counsel Higginbotham Fellow, heisarecipient ofthe American Arbitration Association Judge York andCourt ofInternational Trade. A2016 and isadmitted to practice ofNew withtheBar Mr. Ravala isagraduate ofSyracuse Law School social innovation at The White House. Mr. Ravala was aninvited speaker for aforum on International Finance Corporation. Most recently, AssociationAmerican Bar andtheWorld Bank’s published by New York University aswell asthe He hasauthored legalarticlesthat have been Law Clerkto theAttorney General for Pakistan. United Nations Office of Legal Affairs as wellas Mr. Ravala served asVisiting Legal Scholarto the large globalequipment distributor. Previously, was in-houseassociate general counsel to a Prior to starting hisown law practice, Mr. Ravala Internal Revenue Service. various agenciesinNew York State, aswell asthe litigation matters instate andfederal court, employment law matters, andbusiness law and non-profits on contract dispute matters, including national andinternational businesses City office. Inhis practice, headvises start-ups Criscione, Ravala &Tabatchouk, LLP’s New York Ravala,M. Salman Esq.isaSeniorPartner with Salman RavalaSalman Obama Administration. Marine Corps, theDepartment ofDefense, orthe not represent thepositionofUnited States or opinionsprovided are hers alone, anddo and now lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Any comments University. Lindsay isanative ofNew York City the Kennedy SchoolofGovernment, andDuke DC. Sheisagraduate ofHarvard Law School, associate at Arnold&Porter LLPinWashington, Before joiningtheMarineCorps, Lindsay was an and Legal Assistance Attorney (Okinawa, Japan). Afghanistan), Defense Counsel (Okinawa, Japan), Attorney (1st MarineDivisionFWD, Helmand, (Headquarters MarineCorps); Operational Law Deputy Director ofJudgeAdvocate Division justice matters for the joint staff; Deputy to the Chiefs ofStaff, where shehandledallmilitary Legal Counsel to theChairmanofJoint within theMarineCorps included:Deputy Defense Policy andStrategy. Otherassignments the National Security Council Staff asDirector for as aWhite HouseFellow, where sheserved on Corps. Herlast assignment onactive duty was she was anactive duty officer inthe U.S.Marine and Readiness. Priorto herpoliticalappointment, to theUnderSecretary ofDefense for Personnel of Defense for Policy, andasaSpecialAssistant Advisor withintheOffice oftheUnderSecretary within theObamaAdministration asaSenior the Department ofDefense where sheserved Corps andrecently departed hercivilianjobat reservist judgeadvocate intheU.S. Marine Captain Lindsay L.Rodman, USMCRisa Lindsay Rodman FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 65 / 84 Michael J. Scimone Michael J. Michael J. Scimone is an associate at Outten Outten at Scimone is an associate Michael J. He represents York. & Golden LLP in New actions, and collective in class employees and hour litigation. primarily on wage focusing University the City from his J.D. He received he where in 2009, of Law School York of New and hour cases in wage employees represented Rights and Refugee Immigrant CUNY’s through as Scimone worked school, Mr. law Clinic. Before union an international UNITE, for an organizer and industrial laundry, garment, representing in North America. workers independent Scimone has litigated Mr. of in a variety status contractor/employee transportation including the ground settings, application- economy” and “sharing industry models. based business Bar in the American Scimone is active Mr. as serves he currently where Association, of the Labor and Vice-Chair the Employee Clerk Law Federal Section’s Law Employment Program. Training Dan Schwarz Dan has been with Fragomen since 2005 and 2005 and since Dan has been with Fragomen 2006. since lawyer as an immigration practicing and immigration of U.S. He handles all types of the representation including law, nationality residence seeking permanent investors immigrant in the Dan practices EB-5 program. the through and EB-5) and (E-2 investor corporate, fields of employers representing law, immigration family of industries a variety and individuals within with associated matters and handling complex violations. and prior immigration criminal issues representing experience Dan has extensive and I-9 investigations in government employers University John’s of St. audits. He is a graduate he earned his Juris Doctor where School of Law he where University, in 2006 and of Fordham He is admitted earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2003. bar. York the New to 66 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK Peace Corps Volunteer inTogo. school, Karen worked asacommunity health J.D. from theUniversity ofMichigan.Priorto law Molecular BiologyandPolitical Science) and Karen received bothherB.S. (Cellular and pharmaceutical companies inpatent litigation. at Kenyon &Kenyon LLP, primarilyrepresenting Karen was anassociate intheLife Sciences group licensing andacquisitions. Priorto joiningPfizer, supporting patent duediligence assessments for conducting freedom-to-operate evaluations, and Pfizer Inc.Herpractice includesclient counseling, Karen ShenisCorporate Counsel –Patents at Karen Shen list in2011. National Law Journal’s “Minority 40Under40” Business “40Under40”list in2013, andto The York. Ms.Sheth was namedto Crain’s New York District Court for theSouthernDistrict ofNew for theHon.William H.Pauley IIIintheU.S. University Law Center, Ms.Sheth was alaw clerk University ofPennsylvania andtheGeorgetown fraud, andregulatory crimes.Agraduate ofthe financial institution fraud, money laundering,tax range ofmisconduct, includinghealthcare fraud, eleven cases to trial.Sheprosecuted a wide indictments inmore than35 casesandbrought Philadelphia office. Inthat position,shesecured District ofPennsylvania, andwas basedinthe of theU.S. Attorney’s Office fortheEastern Assistant U.S. Attorney intheCriminal Division collar. Previously, sheserved for five years asan and government investigations andwhite and derivatives litigation, healthcare litigation, including securitieslitigation, structured finance a widerange ofcomplex commercial litigation, Urquhart &Sullivan, LLPwhere shefocused on a partnerat thelaw firmofQuinnEmanuel the Attorney General’s office, Ms.Sheth was Frauds, andReal Estate Finance. Priorto joining Antitrust, Internet andTechnology, Consumer litigation bureaus, includingInvestor Protection, for theState ofnew York. Sheleadsfive Deputy Attorney General for Economic Justice Manisha M.Sheth serves astheExecutive Manisha M.Sheth FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 67 / 84 Gurinder J. Singh J. Gurinder Being the daughter of first-generation of first-generation Being the daughter Singh Gurinder J. India, Punjab, from immigrants turned lawyer engineer became an industrial firm partnership law from away who walked her follow to ago years two Miller Canfield at an and build LeanLex, dream entrepreneurial same the At software. online deal collaboration for Counsel General as Interim she serves time, a Inc. (YAPP), Systems, Automotive USA YAPP supplier of fuel tanks ultimately 1 automotive Tier & Investment Development State by owned a Chinese state-owned (SDIC), Corporation USD $117 with over holding company investment Gurinder under management. billion in assets in Engineering Bachelors her of Science received of Michigan and her Juris the University from of College University State Wayne from Doctor Law. Susan L. Shin Susan L. Susan L. Shin is a partner at Arnold & Porter Arnold & Porter at Susan L. Shin is a partner She office. York of its New LLP and is a resident on behalf litigation business complex practices and financial institutions of public companies, and disputes in litigated clients other corporate and courts state and in federal actions class and institutions also defends She arbitrations. investigations in government individual clients conducted proceedings and enforcement and regulatory and state federal various by agencies. Ms. Shin has protection consumer enforcement and regulatory handled litigation mortgage-backed residential involving matters loan servicing, mortgage securitizations securities, accounting, rate auction derivatives, disclosure, compliance, audits, books and records, Corrupt the Foreign compensation, executive reporting. She financial and other Act, Practices against clients defended has also successfully trading, insider of financial fraud, allegations and supervision, controls internal inadequate sales and trading improper manipulation, market Ms. Shin duty. of fiduciary and breach practices, representing bono practice pro has an active schools in bringing and charter City York New school co- charter involving challenging actions locations. Ms. Shin LLP, joining Arnold & Porter Prior to Raymond the Honorable clerk to as a law served District Eastern Court, District US Dearie, J. an and was - 2003, 2002 from York, of New 2001- from & Wardwell Polk Davis at associate of Columbia graduate Ms. Shin is a 2001 2002. Stone a Harlan Fiske she was School where Law Ms. Shin spent her legal career, Prior to Scholar. in as an Associate Morgan J.P. at years four over Ms. Shin is business. management the investment Ms. Shin on legal ethics. CLE speaker a frequent City York of New on the boards served previously County York Bound Schools and New Outward to 2011 from Foundation Association Lawyers 2014. 68 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK . her A.B. magnacumlaudeandherJ.D. from St. John’s University School ofLaw. Shereceived an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law Schooland Services ScalesofJustice Award. JudgeStong is Award for Pro BonoService, andtheMFYLegal the Brooklyn Association’s Bar Frieda Nisnowitz Institute ofCredit’s Hon.Cecelia Goetz Award, Law Section’s Glass Cutter Award, theNew York honors andawards includingtheABA Business Brazil andArgentina. Shehasreceived several and hasledjudicialworkshops inCambodia, People’s HighCourts inBeijingandGuangzhou, consulted withtheSupreme Court ofChinaand Commerce andtheWorld Shehasalso Bank. Arabian Peninsula withtheU.S. Department of Europe, NorthAfrica, theMiddleEast, andthe Judge Stong hastrained judgesinCentral Commission onHomelessness andPoverty. Commission onWomen intheProfession, and and Continuing Legal Education, aswell asthe Committees ontheAmericanJudicial System She alsoserved ontheABA’s Standing President oftheHarvard Law SchoolAssociation. International JudicialRelations Committee and positions includeten years aschairoftheNCBJ Trial JudgesandBusiness Law Section. Herpast and theABA National Conference ofFederal P.R.I.M.E. Finance, Foundation, American Bar Law Institute, IIIUNCITRAL Relations Committee, including theAmericanLaw Institute, Practising holds leadership roles inseveral organizations Committee onPro BonoandPublicService and on Foreign Relations andtheABA Standing Massachusetts. SheisamemberoftheCouncil Mazzone, U.S. District JudgeintheDistrict of Swaine &Moore, andlaw clerkto Hon.David at Willkie Farr &Gallagher, associate at Cravath, York since 2003. Previously, shewas apartner Bankruptcy Judgefor theEastern District ofNew Judge Elizabeth S.Stong hasserved asU.S. Hon. Elizabeth S.Stong LLP andBryan Cave LLP. corporate associate at Weil, Gotshal&Manages organizations ofallsizes andserved asa worked inthenonprofit sector advising exempt and protocols. Priorto joiningUWNYC, Sunita down costs, andstrengthening internal processes establishing operational efficiencies,driving lead administrator, Sunitaplays akey role in Board ofDirectors, andstaff ofUWNYC. As guidance to theExecutive Leadership Team, Counsel, Sunitaprovides strategic counsel and the administration department. AsGeneral affairs oftheorganization as well as oversees New York City. Shemanagesall ofthelegal Counsel andAdministration at United Way of Sunita Subramanian isVice President, General Sunita Subramanian FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 69 / 84 James Thanasules James Thanasules was with First American Title American Title with First was James Thanasules as recently most 19 years, for Company Insurance and Senior Underwriting Counsel President Vice Division. James began Agency York the New for in involved up, the ground from his title career sales, claims and underwriting, both production, sides. James’ extensive and Agency on the Direct a unique perspective. offers experience Agency and agent between the interplay He understands and responsiveness the need for underwriter; achieve to together sound decisions; and working CLEs and goal. James has presented a common including of hot topics, CEs on a wide variety He Mortgages. Claims, Short Sales and Reverse and the agents for courses training also provides includes private James’ background NYSLTA. and advertising. finance practice, Sung-Hee Suh Sung-Hee Sung-Hee Suh is the Deputy Assistant Attorney Attorney Assistant Deputy Sung-Hee Suh is the Appellate the Fraud, overseeing General in the Criminal Sections Case and Capital of Justice. Department Division of the U.S. include supervising Her responsibilities of securities and other types cases involving Practices Corrupt Foreign the financial fraud, as as well fraud, and health care (“FCPA”), Act policies on enforcement federal formulating interagency, crime and coordinating white-collar enforcement law and international multi-district Department re-joined the Justice Ms. Suh efforts. Schulte at 15 years following 2014 in September in a partner she was where LLP, & Zabel Roth and handled numerous Group the Litigation FCPA, fraud, commodities securities fraud, and laundering anti-money Act, Bank Secrecy She previously matters. sanctions economic in the Attorney U.S. as an Assistant served including as Deputy York, of New District Eastern and Racketeering Crime Chief of the Organized and College Harvard from She graduated Section. School. Law Harvard 70 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK California. is admitted to practice law inNew York and and Georgetown University Law Schooland Clem graduated from Princeton University published articlesrelated to theEB-5visa. by various mediasources andwritten several has beeninterviewed abouttheEB-5Program sponsored by EB-5 Investors magazine. He by anationwide pollofEB-5service providers “Top 25EB-5Attorneys” intheUnited States Clem hastwice beenselected asoneofthe and everything inbetween. million raises upto complex $400millionraises includes EB-5offerings ranging from “direct” $1 technology, andotherindustries. Hisexperience use facilities, athletic facilities, manufacturing, senior andmedicalfacilities, residential mixed- EB-5 transactions inthehotel, casino, restaurant, securities law, andcorporate law. Hehashandled Program onmatters ofstructuring, strategy, Regional Centers raising capitalthrough theEB-5 Clem hascounseled numerous corporations and to theEB-5industry. level oflegalknowledge andbusiness expertise business transactional fields,Clembringsadeep two decadesexperience inthecorporate and securities offerings over six years ago. With practicing inEB-5Immigrant Investor Program specializing inCorporate Finance. Clembegan at Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher&FlomLLP law. Clembeganhislegalpractice 20years ago private securitieslaw, andbusiness transactional the areas ofgeneral corporate law, publicand office ofHomeier& Law, P.C. Clem practices in Clem Turner isaShareholder intheNew York Clem Turner Hofstra University SchoolofLaw. from Binghamton University andisagraduate of of Science degree inComputer Engineering at Proskauer Rose LLP. Jerryreceived aBachelor AALDEF, Jerry worked asacommercial litigator and theHelpAmericaVote Act. Priorto joining federal andlocallanguageassistance provisions across thecountry to ensure fullcompliance with and regularly meets withBoards ofElections Sections 203 and208oftheVoting Rights Act Jerry litigates casesconcerning violations of state andfederal voting laws across thecountry. and observed elections for compliance with redistricting hearingsthroughout theNortheast, behalf oftheAsianAmericancommunity at legislative levels. Jerryhasalsotestified on Asian majority andinfluence districts at all federal redistricting litigation, resulting inmore lead attorney onNew York’s Favors v. Cuomo community for redistricting, servingasAALDEF’s a leaderinorganizing theAsianAmerican and Education Fund (AALDEF). Jerryhasbeen Program at theAsianAmericanLegal Defense Jerry Vattamala istheDirector of the Democracy Jerry Vattamala FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 71 / 84 William Wang William William Wang is an Assistant Attorney General General Attorney is an Assistant Wang William New of the of the Office in the Charities Bureau in works William General. Attorney State York he conducts where Section, the Enforcement of fraud, and civil litigation investigations of fiduciary and breaches misappropriation, In 2005-2006, in charitable organizations. duty R. then Chief Judge Edward for he clerked the for Court District States United in the Korman is formerly William York. New of District Eastern Chung Lee Anav firms of with the law associated & Belknap Webb Patterson & Kim LLP, White LLP. Cave Bryan LLP and Tyler President Past the Immediate is currently William of New of the Asian American Bar Association and a member of AABANY’s (AABANY) York is also actively William Judiciary Committee. activities. and volunteer in community involved Division, First sits on the Appellate William on Character Committee Judicial Department’s for Apex for volunteers William and Fitness. and elementary to basketball coaching Youth East the Lower PS1 in at middle school students Side/Chinatown. Hon. Lillian Wan Hon. Lillian Judge Lillian Wan serves in Kings County Family Family in Kings County serves Judge Lillian Wan abuse and child hearing cases involving Court and offenses, family visitation, custody, neglect, serves currently Judge Wan delinquency. juvenile a problem-solving Court, Treatment as the Family who serving parents to dedicated model court abuse substance due to cases child neglect have over preside to designated She is also addiction. children which involve cases, youth” “crossover for arrested subsequently who are care in foster crimes. committing a Court was taking the bench, Judge Wan Prior to Surrogate’s in Kings County Attorney-Referee she handled adoption, guardianship, where Court, Judge Wan matters. and estates and trusts in as a trial attorney nine years for also served the Division at Services Legal Court the Family where Services, Children’s for Administration of abuse and she tried and supervised hundreds trials. neglect Court the Family chaired formerly Judge Wan York the New at Committee Law and Family Bar”) (the “City Association City and is currently Bar’sserving on the City Committee. Nominating the member for as a board She also serves York the New Bar Association, Women’s Brooklyn and the Judges Association, Court Family State York of New Asian American Judges Association City York of the New President and as Vice State, Judges Association. Court Family of the co-chair is the former Judge Wan of Committee and Public Sector Government of New the Asian American Bar Association in the participant is an active Judge Wan York. Judges “Color of Women Association National introduce which aims to Program, of Justice” the legal profession. to high school students NYC in “Meet participates In addition, she regularly and has in the community the Judges” events NYC various panels at on career presented schools. degree earned her undergraduate Judge Wan degree law and her University Binghamton from School. Law Albany from 72 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK College. Law Schoolandsummacum laudefrom Yale program. Hegraduated cumlaudefrom Harvard Institute’s “Understanding theSecuritiesLaws” which hehaspresented at thePractising Law Guide to High-Yield Debt Standard Covenants, University. LarryistheauthorofAn Illustrated of theBoard ofRegents ofTrinity International Association ofNew York andisalsoamember Committee oftheAsianAmericanBar Larry isaCo-Chair oftheCorporate Law off ers. solicitations, debtrestructurings, andexchange also hasextensive experience indebtconsent mergers andacquisitions transactions. Larry matters andadvisesinconnection withpublic ongoing securitieslaw andcorporate governance public companies inconnection withtheir of asset-backed securities.Healsorepresents off erings, convertible debtoff eringsand erings off off erings,high-yield andinvestment-grade debt Larry’s practice includespublicandprivate equity Service All-Star. lawyer andby BTI Consulting Group asaClient and The Legal 500asaleadingcapitalmarkets regulation. Larryisrecognized by Chambers markets, fi nance transactions, andsecurities Wharton where &Garrison, hefocuses oncapital and SecuritiesGroup at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Department andamemberoftheCapital Markets Lawrence G.Wee isapartnerintheCorporate Lawrence G.Wee international audit/tax controversy matter. provisions andtaxtreaties, andasignifi cant including matters implicating subpartF with anumberofinternational taxmatters, Rich hasalsoprovided assistance inconnection planning. both cross-border andgeneral strategic tax dispositions; publicandprivate fi nancings;and and international mergers, acquisitions, and of federal income taxmatters, includingdomestic Tax practice. Hehasexperience inawiderange Rich Williams isamemberofDentons USLLP’s Rich Williams FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 73 / 84 Kevin Wong Kevin Kevin Wong is recent graduate from St. John’s John’s St. from graduate is recent Wong Kevin as a served Kevin School of Law. University Division the Commercial for Managing Editor the Asian for President Vice Report, Online Law and a Association, Student American Law Pacific Bar City York New with the Ambassador Student Association. a Legal was Kevin school, law attending While Administrator Contracts a part-time and Intern a Joint He was Americas, LLC. Pan LUKOIL at Program Bar Judicial Internship Minority Honorable for he interned where recipient, District States in the United Jr. Ramon E. Reyes, while York of New District of the Eastern Court the Asian American Bar for serving as an intern York. of New Association University Fordham from graduated Kevin in with a Bachelor Arts degree of in 2013 Political and Economy Political International law with a minor in Mandarin. Prior to Science City York with the New school, he interned Land Franklin Board, Review Civilian Complaint Corsi, Inc., and Landman, Company, Title Services firm. During litigation a civil P.C., & Ford, Ballaine, States the United for he trains time, his leisure in the Under 24 Team Boat Dragon National Scouts Boy out the help to and continues Division of Troop Scoutmaster of America as an Assistant the he achieved where York, 1, Flushing, New the is also currently Kevin Scout. of Eagle rank the Don H. Liu Scholars for Coordinator Program Program. Joane Wong Joane Si Ian Wong is a senior trial attorney at at trial attorney is a senior Joane Si Ian Wong she where Board Labor Relations the National experience litigation significant accumulated She has successfully labor law. of in the area in the diverse cases as lead counsel litigated pop mom-and- from City, York in New industries news and national hotels star four to restaurants of her 16 years Despite companies. broadcasting in also believes Ms. Wong experience, litigation Ms. Wong In 2015, resolutions. dispute alternative mediator. certified court became a NYS has been a contributing Ms. Wong 2010, Since in , a treatise Law Labor Developing of The editor the was Ms. Wong In 2011, labor law. traditional Association of the American Arbitration recipient 2015, to 2012 From Higginbotham Fellowship. Committee in the Fellow Government a she was under the of the Law on the Development Labor and of the ABA a subcommittee NLRA, She is currently Section. Law Employment Labor in the ABA her participation continuing as a Development Section Law and Employment member also a founding She was Fellow. Fund of New of the Asian American Bar Association Committee Law Labor and Employment York’s she serves Currently, in 2014. LEL) (AABANY LEL of AABANY co-chair as the government Committee. 74 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK legal profession andthecommunity. have a distinguished record ofservice withinthe 2015. These awards honoryoung attorneys who PacificBar Association American (NAPABA) in Lawyers Under40Award from theNational Asian AssociationAmerican Bar in2013, andtheBest Outstanding Young Lawyer Award from the York State Association Bar in2012, theNonprofit Outstanding Young Lawyers Award from theNew the philanthropic sector. Shereceived the blogger, andspeaker onlegalissues affecting media campaigns.Ms.Wu isafrequent author, ventures, crowd-sourced fundraising, andsocial including corporate sponsorships, commercial co- corporate philanthropy and cause marketing, start-up companies, onemerging issues involving for-profit businesses, including Fortune 500and matters. Shealsocounsels abroad range of contract negotiations, andintellectual property tax law compliance, fundraising regulation, organizations oncorporate governance, federal social enterprise sector. Karen advisesnonprofit New York City servingthephilanthropic and LLP, anationally recognized law firmbasedin Karen I.Wu isapartnerat Perlman &Perlman, Karen I.Wu of Chancery. Chancellor Donald Parsons intheDelaware Court e-commerce operator. Shealsoclerked for Vice fast moving consumer goodsto aninternational initiatives transforming thebusiness modelfrom Shelter, andDishonored, andledincapstone in connection withThe ElderScrolls, Fallout building aninternational e-commerce platform matters andledproduct development groups in on allproduct andenterprise-level data privacy and Dishonored. Inthiscapacity, Amy advised franchises suchasFallout, DOOM,Wolfenstein, publisher withindustry-acclaimed blockbuster Inc., aninternational videogamedeveloper and as Assistant General Counsel at ZeniMax Media Previous to herrole at Dataminr, Amy served to monetize hisorherdata. privacy controls, andtheconsumer’s own ability ownership ofthat data, ongoingcomprehensive other countries by empowering consumers with policy differences between U.S. privacy law and companies, helpingcompanies bridgethe corporate data riskandliabilitiesfor international platform that promotes data security andreduces advising inthedevelopment ofasoftware also sitsontheboard ofPersonal BlackBox, intellectual property andlicensing matters. Amy strategic products counseling, managingall development of asoftware platform, providing estate matters. Amy alsocounsels inthe privacy, employment, immigration, andreal and state procurement andcompliance, data governance andkey investor issues, government all legalfunctions, includinglitigation, board impact onbusiness andsociety. Amy leads new technologies poisedto have asignificant Forum asanearly-stage company developing Technology Pioneerby theWorld Economic software company recognized in2015 asa Amy Yeung isVP-Legal at Dataminr, Inc,a Amy Yeung FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK 75 / 84 Katherine Zhang Katherine Katherine Zhang is a third year student at at student year Zhang is a third Katherine member of She is an active School. Law Brooklyn during the 2015- as President serving APALSA, NAPALSA She is the current school year. 2016 also Katherine Director. Regional Northeast Veterans for Students of Law as a co-chair serves to dedicated organization a student Rights, a and providing rights veterans’ promoting veterans. student for support network about public service is passionate Katherine Law Brooklyn As an inaugural law. and veterans in over she has appeared Fellow, Rights Veterans on behalf of low hearings advocating fair twenty denied improperly were that veterans income for was also a judicial intern public benefits. She Supreme York New the Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan, year, During her third Term. Appellate Court, Assistant as a Student will be working Katherine District in the Brooklyn Attorney District Law Brooklyn the through Office Attorney’s Clinic. Prosecutor’s Yorker. New born and raised is a proud, Katherine Lincoln at University Fordham She attended she earned a Bachelor of Arts in where Center 2011. Dwight S. Yoo Dwight Dwight S. Yoo is a partner in the Corporate is a partner in the Corporate S. Yoo Dwight departments and Financial Institutions Finance LLP. Meagher & Flom Arps, Slate, of Skadden, and markets on capital focuses His practice with extensive transactions, other corporate and banking sectors. in the insurance experience banks, investment issuers, represents Yoo Mr. and in public offerings firms equity and private debt and hybrid of equity, placements private solicitations, consent offers, securities, exchange and insurance ventures, M&A, joint restructurings, transactions. risk-linked bono service pro to is also committed Yoo Mr. Pro Aid Society the Legal received and twice his for Service Outstanding for Bono Award in New tenants of low-income representation also Yoo Mr. matters. Housing Authority City York Committee the Advisory on and serves co-chairs the AABANY and is currently of AABANY President-Elect. in University Yale from his B.A. received Yoo Mr. of Chicago University The from and his J.D. 1995 in 2000. School Law 76 / 84 FALL CONFERENCE 2016 / ASIAN AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK President-Elect, AABANY Dwight Yoo Operations, AABANY Vice President ofPrograms and Naf Kwun Operations, AABANY Vice President ofPrograms and Marianne Chow Committee Co-Chairs Fall Conference Planning & FlomLLP Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher Conference Services Assistant, Paige Weinbaum & FlomLLP Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher Conference Services Assistant, Ally Nurik & FlomLLP Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher Conference Services Assistant, Kelsey McCray & FlomLLP Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher AV Technical Specialist, Roshi Miyazawa & FlomLLP Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher Conference Services Assistant, Asia Kiel & FlomLLP Skadden, Arps,Slate, Meagher Conference Services Supervisor, Dianne Daiuto LLP Arps, Slate, Meagher&Flom Services &Events, Skadden, Senior Manager, Conference Anne-Marie d'Alessandro Coordinators Fall Conference Host Acknowledgments Outreach Committee Co-Chair, AABANY Student Christina Nguyen Committee Co-Chair, AABANY Membership Treasurer, AABANY and Amy Ngai Development, AABANY Vice President ofFinance and William H.Ng Outreach Committee Co-Chair, AABANY Student Victoria Liu Committee AABANY Real Estate Practice Committee and Co-Chair, AABANY Asia Margaret Ling AABANY Administrative Assistant, Margaret Langston Co-Chair, Issues Committee Chris Kwok Co-Chair, Issues Committee Song Kim Co-Chair, Awards Committee Mike Huang Outreach Committee Co-Chair, AABANY Student Keli Huang Co-Chair, Awards Committee James Chou Development Committee Chair, AABANY Professional Francis Chin Executive Director, AABANY Yang Chen Committee Members Fall Conference Planning NBCUniversal Senior Vice President -Legal, Steve Chung Organizer Group Mentoring Sessions Irene Tan Jeff Ikejiri, Robert Leung, Committee Co-Chairs AABANY Career Placement Organizers Diversity Career Fair &Expo Austin So Blossom Kan, Duane Morikawa, Co-Chairs In-House Counsel Committee and Lawrence Wee Ting S.Chen,Edward J. Lee, Co-Chairs Corporate Law Committee CEO, LeanLex Gurinder J. Singh Pitch Sessions Organizers Property Committee Co-Chair, AABANY Intellectual Shannon Zhu Program Co-Chair, AABANY Mentorship David Sohn President, AABANY Susan L.Shin Intern, AABANY Claudia Shi Program Associate, AABANY Simone Nguyen

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