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Annual Dinner 2018

Serving Our Community, Advancing Our Profession

February 28, 2018 Cipriani Wall Street 55 Wall Street Presidents of AABANY

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Serene K. Nakano Denny Chin Sylvia Fung Chin Ben Q. Limb Glenn Lau-Kee

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John Flock Paul D.Q. Nguyen Alec Y. Chang David Hom Christopher W. Chan

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Andrew T. Hahn Pui Chi Cheng Lai Sun Yee Vincent T. Chang Yang Chen

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James P. Chou Robert W. Leung Linda S. Lin Jean Lee Mike F. Huang

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Clara J. Ohr William Wang Susan L. Shin Dwight Yoo James R. Cho

2 Asian American Bar Association of New York Annual Dinner 2018 · 55 Wall Street · February 28, 2018

6 PM Cocktail Reception VIP Cocktail Reception in the Library

7 PM Dinner and Awards Program

9:30 PM After Party Honorees

Corporate Women’s Leadership Award Leadership Award

Mark A. Steﬀ ensen Kathy H. Chin SEVP and General Counsel Senior Counsel HSBC North America Holdings Inc. Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Impact Public Award Service Award

Hon. Goodwin Liu Alphonso B. David Associate Justice of the Counsel to the Governor, Supreme Court of California State of New York

Asian American Bar Association of New York 3 Program

Cocktail Reception in the West Ballroom & Mezzanine

VIP Cocktail Reception in the Library

Welcome Richard Lui

Outgoing President’s Speech Dwight Yoo

Corporate Leadership Award Mark A. Steffensen

Women’s Leadership Award Kathy H. Chin

Law Firm Diversity Award Paul Weiss

Impact Award Hon. Goodwin Liu

Public Service Award Alphonso B. David

Don H. Liu Scholars Program

Incoming President’s Closing Remarks James R. Cho

After-party in the Mezzanine

4 Asian American Bar Association of New York History

In 1988, the New York State Judicial AABANY, operating under an interim board Commission on Minorities, headed by noted during its first year, hosted further receptions, African American attorney Franklin Hall including evening social events, as well as a Williams, examined the treatment of minority meeting at Brooklyn Law School at which litigants and court employees. Following Hoyt Zia, then the first President of NAPABA, hearings in New York City on June 29th and spoke. Newly formed committees also sprang 30th of that year, Rockwell Chin approached into action. The Issues Committee, co-chaired by Commissioner Serene K. Nakano to discuss the Rockwell Chin and Marilyn Go, began research need for an organization for Asian American on redistricting, assisted lobbying for bias crimes attorneys. While Chinese and Korean American legislation and spoke out against bias incidents. lawyer associations existed, there had never been The Business Law Committee, co-chaired by an association of Asian American lawyers in Ken Chin and Marilyn Go, established a speaker New York. series of prominent Asian American attorneys. The Events Committee hosted a Fall picnic. Further impetus came when the National Prompted by concerns raised by law students Asian American Bar Association (later called at the picnic, Chin Fong and James Minamoto NAPABA) Planning Committee invited various established a student mentor program, attorneys in New York City to Chicago in presenting a job skills workshop to help law October 1988. A core group, including Rockwell students hone interviewing skills. Chin, Glenn Ikeda, Yat T. Man, Steve Min and Serene K. Nakano, worked to found a formal On January 12, 1991, AABANY held its first association of Asian American lawyers: drafting annual meeting, electing Serene Nakano, Doris organizational documents, reaching out to New Ling-Cohan, Steve Min, Glenn Ikeda and York and nationwide bar groups, and contacting Marilyn Go as officers and Rockwell Chin, other Asian American attorneys. Sylvia Fung Chin, Merlin Liu, Stanley Mark, Qazi Moid and Judge Peter Tom as directors. Announcing AABANY’s incorporation on October 20, 1989, the group invited attorneys Now one of the most prominent and active to an inaugural reception at New York minority bar associations in New York, University Law School on November 9, 1989. AABANY currently has approximately 1,000 Among the speakers were Judge Dorothy Chin members, including practicing attorneys in the Brandt, Judge Randall Eng, Judge Peter Tom, private and public sectors, in-house lawyers, past president of the American Immigration judges, professors and law students. Law Association Benjamin Gim, Professor Sharon Hom, AALDEF Program Director Stanley Mark, and former NYPD Deputy Commissioner Hugh Mo. All of the speakers emphasized the unfulfilled need for AABANY. The reception was a resounding success, with over 180 attorneys and law students attending. Before the meeting concluded, over 60 people had joined AABANY.

5 James R. Cho President-Elect

Dear AABANY Members, Friends and Supporters, AABANY’s commitment to training tomorrow’s leaders today Welcome to AABANY’s 2018 Annual Dinner and thank you for your generous support for AABANY. Our theme Justice Liu’s 2017 “Portrait of Asian Americans in the tonight is “Serving Our Community, Advancing Our Law” study found that even though Asian Americans Profession.” Tonight we honor four prominent lawyers have been the fastest growing minority group in the who have made an impact serving our community and legal profession for the past three decades, we have made advancing our profession. Alphonso David, Counsel to the only limited progress in reaching the top ranks of the Governor of New York, has dedicated years to serving the profession, often hitting a bamboo ceiling when it comes public. Kathy Hirata Chin, Senior Counsel at Cadwalader, to leadership positions. Wickersham & Taft LLP, has been a leader in the private sector and tirelessly served the bar and local Asian AABANY recognizes the need to address the under- American community. Mark Steffensen, Senior Executive representation of Asian Americans in leadership positions. Vice President & General Counsel, HSBC North We are excited about a new program we are launching in America Holdings Inc., has been a staunch advocate for March called the “Leadership Development Program.” in-house diversity. Finally, the Honorable Goodwin Liu, Through this program, we will cultivate a select group Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California, has of law firm associates, and help them navigate the law highlighted the challenges Asian American lawyers face firm partnership-selection process. Partners, in-house in the legal profession through his seminal “Portrait attorneys, and business development coaches will mentor Project” research. participants, provide practical insights into the partnership process, help participants refine their “soft skills,” and Consistent with this year’s theme, AABANY intends guide participants in developing a plan for making partner. to focus on two priorities this year – i.e., serving our With your ongoing support, AABANY hopes to expand community and advancing our profession. this leadership development program to address issues facing lawyers in the corporate world and public sector. AABANY’s commitment to pro bono work These are two of the many programs AABANY offers to We believe our members have an obligation to give back to serve our community and advance our profession. the community, and to help the most vulnerable members of the local Asian community. Asians in the City have I would like to thank Dwight Yoo for his unflappable higher rates of poverty than other minority groups, and leadership as AABANY President this past year, and the often lack access to basic legal services. To address this committed staff, Board members, officers, committee problem, AABANY holds a monthly pro bono clinic chairs, members and volunteers for their contributions to in Manhattan where volunteer attorneys and students AABANY. Thank you again for joining us at our Annual provide free legal services to the local Asian community. Dinner and generously supporting AABANY. We are particularly proud of our pro bono clinic. Last year, more than 50 volunteer attorneys and 23 interpreters James R. Cho served more than 300 clients in their native language, President-Elect and donated more than 327 hours of pro bono services. Because of the success of AABANY’s pro bono clinic and with your continuing support, we hope to expand our pro bono services.

6 Asian American Bar Association of New York Dwight Yoo President

Dear AABANY Members and Supporters: I believe AABANY is in a much stronger place today compared with where it was in the past, and similarly I feel privileged to have served as President of the Asian will be in an even stronger position next year under the American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) this leadership of James Cho, our incoming President. past year. One of the largest and most active minority state I look forward to working with you on AABANY bar associations, AABANY continues to be a leading voice initiatives in AABANY’s new fi scal year and seeing for Asian Pacifi c Americans (APA) and instrumental in fi rsthand the progress AABANY makes. advocating for and executing positive changes in law fi rms, companies, the judicial branch, government and the public Respectfully, sector, law schools and the broader APA community.

I want to say thank you to our talented and driven board of directors, committee chairs and staff . While it has not been easy for me balancing the demands of a law fi rm partner, family life, volunteer commitments and faith with Dwight S. Yoo the demands of this leadership position, your passion and President dedication have consistently inspired me and kept the organization moving forward.

AABANY should be proud of the many accomplishments it achieved over the past year, many of which are described in detail in AABANY’s 2017 Year End Report and on its website www.aabany.org. We, however, should be cognizant that there is still work to be done. I am encouraged by the signifi cant interest expressed by our members and supporters to lead or participate in our many initiatives, including a soon-to-be-launched initiative to address the disproportionate underrepresentation of APAs in law fi rm partnerships and to help talented APAs achieve the promotion their talent deserves.

Asian American Bar Association of New York 7 Yang Chen Executive Director

Dear AABANY Members and Friends, to AABANY’s members to find volunteers to provide legal assistance to community members in need, without Welcome to the 2018 AABANY Annual Dinner. Once charging a fee and without regard to their ability to pay. again, we are delighted to share an evening of awards and Law students and non-lawyers stepped in to translate for recognitions, catching up with old friends even as we make clients who did not speak English. The clinic provided new connections or rekindle ones that may have lapsed a meaningful way for our members to give back and use because we all know how life can get sometimes. their legal skills to help many who needed it.

As we look back upon yet another year full of topical No program can succeed without leaders and good people programs and enjoyable events, I take this opportunity to willing to dedicate their skills, time and resources to make shine the light on two of our committees and one of our a positive impact. Samuel Lui, as Co-Chair of the Pro members. AABANY’s Committees are the lifeblood of the Bono Committee, helped launch the Pro Bono Clinic in association, and without their volunteer efforts, none of 2015 and then stayed with it for more than two years to our members or friends in the community would be able drive its growth. Even though the clinic was scheduled to reap the benefits of their CLEs, networking events and to start at 6:30 pm, usually by an hour before, a long line other programming throughout the year. already started in the hallway leading to the offices of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Confucius Plaza, in Each year, AABANY recognizes at its Annual Meeting Chinatown, where the clinic has been held. Sam would of Members a Committee of the Year, Event or Program arrive early to meet the clients and would speak to them of the Year, and a Member of the Year. At the Annual in Cantonese or Mandarin – and sometimes in Japanese Meeting held on February 13 at Dorsey & Whitney, we – to determine what their legal issue was so that he could presented awards to: connect them to an appropriate volunteer. Sam was a vital part of the clinic, and when he announced his departure • The Immigration Law Committee for Committee to take a position on the West Coast, the loss was of the Year immediately felt by his friends and colleagues in the clinic, • The Pro Bono Clinic for Program of the Year the Committee and the AABANY community. • Samuel Lui for Member of the Year Each of our award recipients for Committee of the Year, The Immigration Law Committee stepped up during Program of the Year and Member of the Year exemplified a turbulent time when immigrants came under attack the theme to “Take Charge, Lead Change” in 2017, and around the country. The Committee and its members they also stand ready to fulfill the 2018 theme of “Serving wasted no time in holding webinars and know-your-rights Our Community, Advancing Our Profession.” programs, whether on its own or in collaboration with other groups and associations, to help protect the rights As we celebrate another banner year at AABANY, of immigrants, including many in the New York Asian please join me in congratulating the Immigration Law American community. The Committee organized and Committee, the Pro Bono Clinic, and our Member of presented programs and events during the next several the Year for all their outstanding work, with our deepest months in further pursuit of that goal. appreciation for their contributions to AABANY and to the community we serve. The Pro Bono Clinic, first launched at the end of 2015, grew over the course of the next two years to serve Happy Lunar New Year! hundreds of clients from the community, many of whom could not access legal assistance due to economic, linguistic Yang Chen or cultural barriers. Helmed by the Pro Bono Committee, the Pro Bono Clinic was held every second Wednesday of each month, seeing upwards of 30 clients each night over the course of two hours. The Committee reached out Executive Director

8 Asian American Bar Association of New York Richard Lui Master of Ceremonies

Richard Lui is a media content and digital-social Association, Advancing Justice, AAJA, NAAAP 100 and specialist with 30 years of experience in television, WWAAC in addition to being a team Emmy and team technology, and business. Peabody recipient. He is ranked globally in the top 1% of social media users by Twitter Counter. Business Insider Lui is a veteran journalist and news anchor currently at named Lui one of 21 careers to watch alongside Warren MSNBC and NBC News, and before that, news anchor Buffett and Sheryl Sandberg. And more lightheartedly at CNN Worldwide, where he became the first Asian ranked three years in a row by Mediaite as one of the “50 American male to anchor a daily national news broadcast Sexiest in TV News.” in the U.S. He has covered every U.S. national election since 2004, interviewing hundreds of politicians, from Lui is a Policy Fellow at the University of California Detroit Mayor to U.S. President. In the 2016 cycle, he Riverside where he explores the cross of public policy and focused on digital, working class, and fake news impacts media, UN Spokesperson for the HeForShe Campaign, on the election outcome. one of 200 active US State Department Traveling Speakers, and ambassador for NGOs focusing on gender Lui is also a technologist with a wide-reaching business equality and human trafficking. career going back to the 1990s. He launched five technology brands over three technology cycles, most Lui graduated from City College of San Francisco with recently an artificial intelligence company in Silicon Valley A.S. Honors in Math and Science, UC Berkeley with a in 2016. While at Citibank Singapore, he co-founded B.A. Honors Rhetoric, and the Ross School of Business at and patented a fintech Visa-like payments backbone and the University of Michigan with an MBA. was a management consultant at Mercer for an IBM joint venture. A first generation Chinese and Polynesian American, Lui has a twist in his background. Because his grandfather, Lui sits on four boards of directors / advisers in spaces an unauthorized immigrant, filed false “Paper Son” ranging from international relations to artificial documents, Lui’s real last name is Wong. intelligence. He is a 2016 Governance Fellow for the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Lui’s accolades and achievements include the top echelon of business, political and journalism distinctions. He has been recognized for his reporting from national organizations including the National Education

Asian American Bar Association of New York 9 Kathy Hirata Chin Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Kathy Hirata Chin is Senior Counsel at Cadwalader, of Appeals by the Commission on Judicial Nomination. In Wickersham & Taft LLP, where she is a member of the May 2015, the New York City Bar honored Ms. Chin with litigation group specializing in healthcare and real estate its Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award. In April issues. Ms. Chin graduated from Princeton University 2016, she was appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo to magna cum laude and Columbia Law School, where she the First Department Judicial Screening Committee. was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Transnational Law. Since September 1, 2017, she has served as Co-Chair of Ms. Chin started her legal career at Cadwalader in 1980 the Enhance Diversity in the Profession Committee of the and became a Partner in 1990. She was Team Leader of City Bar. Since January 2016, she has been a member of the firm’s Diversity Initiative in 2013-2014, an inaugural the Second Circuit Judicial Council Committee on Civic member of the Task Force for the Advancement of Education & Public Engagement, focusing on historic Women, and is currently a member of the Oversight reenactments as a teaching tool with her husband, the Committee for the firm’s Center for Diversity & Inclusion. Honorable Denny Chin of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Their son Paul is an educator who has taught She has served the City of New York as a Commissioner in charter schools in Newark, Los Angeles, Indianapolis on the New York City Planning Commission from 1995 and Brownsville, Brooklyn; their son Daniel is an intern to 2001 and as a Commissioner on the New York City at a sports and pop culture website and podcast network Commission to Combat Police Corruption, a position founded by a well-known sportswriter. she has held since 2003. She has also served on the Federal Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for the Ms. Chin has also been a member of the Don H. Liu Eastern District of New York, former Chief Judge Judith Scholar Selection Committee since the program’s Kaye’s Commission to Promote Public Confidence in inception. Judicial Elections, the Second Circuit Judicial Conference Planning and Program Committee, and the Board of Directors of the New York County Lawyers Association. She currently serves on the Attorney Emeritus Advisory Council and the Commercial Division Advisory Council, appointed to both by former Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, and on the Board of Directors of the Medicare Rights Center and of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.

In December 2012 and again in December 2014, she was nominated for appointment to the New York State Court

10 Asian American Bar Association of New York Alphonso B. David Counsel to the Governor, State of New York

Alphonso B. David is an attorney, law professor and precedent-setting civil rights cases across the nation policy advisor with significant litigation and management affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals experience in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. as well as those living with HIV. He handled both affirmative and defensive matters relating to marriage, In 2015, Mr. David was appointed by New York State parenting rights, discrimination in schools, and access to Governor Andrew Cuomo to serve as Counsel to the health care. In addition, Mr. David served as a litigation Governor. In this role, Mr. David functions as the associate at the law firm Blank Rome LLP. He began his Governor’s chief counsel and principal legal advisor, and legal career as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Clifford oversees all significant legal and policy deliberations Scott Green in the United States District Court for the affecting New York State including evaluating proposed Eastern District of Pennsylvania. legislation; implementing laws and policies; and formulating the State’s posture in both affirmative and For the past decade, Mr. David has served as an Adjunct defensive litigation. Professor of Law. He began his work in academia with Fordham University Law School and most recently Prior to his appointment as the Governor’s Chief Counsel, with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, teaching Mr. David served for four years in the Governor’s cabinet “Constitutional Law: Sexuality and the Law.” as the Deputy Secretary and Counsel for Civil Rights, the first position of its kind in New York State. In this Mr. David is a graduate of the University of Maryland and capacity, he was responsible for a full range of legal, policy, Temple University School of Law. legislative, and operational matters affecting civil rights and labor throughout the State. Mr. David also previously served as Special Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights for the Office of the New York State Attorney General, where he managed up to a dozen Assistant Attorneys General on a variety of investigations and affirmative litigation, including employment and housing discrimination, fair lending, reproductive rights, and anti-bias claims. Further, he previously served as Deputy Commissioner and Special Counselor at the New York State Division of Human Rights.

Prior to working in the public sector, Mr. David served as a staff attorney at the Lambda Legal Defense and Educational Fund. At Lambda Legal, Mr. David litigated

Asian American Bar Association of New York 11 Hon. Goodwin Liu Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California

Justice Goodwin Liu is an Associate Justice of the litigation practice of O’Melveny & Myers in Washington, California Supreme Court. He was confirmed to office D.C., and worked on an array of antitrust, white collar, by a unanimous vote of the California Commission on insurance, product liability, and pro bono matters. Judicial Appointments on August 31, 2011, following his appointment by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. on July Justice Liu serves on the Council of the American Law 26, 2011. The Governor administered the oath of office to Institute, on the Board of Directors of the James Irvine Justice Liu in a public ceremony in Sacramento, California Foundation, and on the National Academy of Sciences on September 1, 2011. Before joining the state’s highest Committee on Science, Technology, and Law. He has court, Justice Liu was Professor of Law at the UC Berkeley previously served on the Board of Trustees of Stanford School of Law (Boalt Hall). His primary areas of expertise University and the board of directors of the American are constitutional law, education law and policy, and the Constitution Society, the National Women’s Law Center, U.S. Supreme Court. He has published widely on these and the Public Welfare Foundation. In 2008, he was subjects in books, law reviews, and the general media. elected to the American Law Institute. He has also served as a faculty advisor to the California College Prep The son of Taiwanese immigrants, Justice Liu grew up in Academy, a public charter school co-founded by UC Sacramento, where he attended public schools. He went Berkeley and Aspire Public Schools. to Stanford University and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology in 1991. He attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship and earned a masters degree in philosophy and physiology. Upon returning to the United States, he went to Washington, D.C. to help launch the AmeriCorps national service program and worked for two years as a senior program officer at the Corporation for National Service.

Justice Liu graduated from Yale Law School in 1998, becoming the first in his family to earn a law degree. He clerked for Judge David Tatel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and then worked as Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, where he developed and coordinated K-12 education policy. He went on to clerk at the U.S. Supreme Court for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the October 2000 Term. In 2001, he joined the appellate

12 Asian American Bar Association of New York Mark A. Steffensen HSBC North America Holdings Inc.

Mark A. Steffensen is SEVP and General Counsel of HSBC North America Holdings (“HNAH”), HSBC USA and HSBC Bank USA. He previously held various roles within HNAH, including Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Banking and Markets, Americas and U.S. General Counsel of Wholesale Banking. Prior to HSBC, Mr. Steffensen was a senior attorney at Morgan Stanley, supporting fixed income, structured products and FX, and was previously associated with the law firms of Davis Polk and Vedder Price. He is also a former Special Counsel to the SEC’s Division of Market Regulation (now Trading & Markets), where he focused on the creation, implementation and enforcement of rules governing broker-dealers and other regulated entities. Mr. Steffensen received his J.D. from the University of Iowa, where he was a member of the Law Review, and holds an MBA from the University of Iowa, College of Business, where he was a lecturer.

Asian American Bar Association of New York 13 Don H. Liu Scholars Program

Founded in 2014 by two past presidents of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”), the Don H. Liu Scholars Program, Inc. (“Program”) seeks to identify, cultivate and inspire future Asian American leaders within the legal profession in order to address the single most important reality facing Asian American professionals today – the barrier to advancement.

Asian Americans remain grossly underrepresented in positions of infl uence, leadership and power within the legal profession. Th e number of Asian American partners in law fi rms and general counsel in our largest corporations do not refl ect the diversity found in today’s law school classes or the ranks of junior associates at law fi rms. It is the mission of the Program to increase these numbers.

In its inaugural year, the Program awarded $15,000 each to its fi rst two Don H. Liu Scholars (“Scholars”) and provided mentorship to ensure that each Scholar would start her career at a prominent law fi rm. In its second year and third year, the Selection Committee chose three Scholars who possess the greatest potential to both excel in the classroom and succeed at a top law fi rm or Fortune 500 ! corporation.

To support these emerging Asian American leaders, the Program will continue to award each Scholar a $15,000 scholarship (“Scholarship”). To qualify, each new Scholar must be a fi rst year law student attending a law school in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, or the District of Columbia, have completed one full semester, and intend to practice in the New York City metropolitan area private sector following graduation. In addition to the Scholarship, the Program will provide the Scholars mentorship and assistance with internship placement and career development.

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The Asian American Bar Association of New York recognizes that its continued growth and development in the legal profession would not be possible without the commitment and support of law firms to diversity and inclusion efforts – both within their own law firms and in the broader legal community.

Starting in 2014, AABANY has sought to recognize one law firm each year for its extraordinary efforts to improve diversity and inclusion in our profession by presenting the AABANY Law Firm Diversity Award.

Applications were rated on four main criteria:

1. Demonstrated commitment to diversity as evidenced by a formal diversity plan committed to retention and promotion of women and minorities; 2. An established diversity pipeline of talent; 3. External activities, such as active participation in minority bar associations like AABANY and the diversity programs of mainstream bar associations; 4. The furtherance of AABANY’s mission, which includes the active and affirmative recruitment, retention, promotion, and development of APA lawyers in New York City.

AABANY is honored to present its 2018 Law Firm Diversity Award to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

This award recognizes Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP’s outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion, including the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women, minorities, and LGBT attorneys and its active partnerships with minority bar associations like AABANY.

Please join us in congratulating Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as the recipient of the 2018 AABANY Law Firm Diversity Award.

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Asian American Bar Association of New York 39 Recognition of the members of the AABANY Annual Dinner Planning Committee

Trisha Aggarwal Maverick James Ashley Wong Pious Ahuja Edwin Kim William Wong Amanda Bernardo Jee H. Kwak Wai Yee Yeung Lisa Chan Priscilla Lim Sahng-Ah Yoo Corinne Chen Christina Nguyen Patrick Yu Qin Chen Stephanie Pak Alice Zhang Yang Chen Omar Rafiq Sophia Zhang Maisa Chiang David Sohn Peter Chin Fangyuan Song And a special thanks to James Cho Emi Suzuki Peter Chin for creating Sonia Dave Davide Szep the honoree videos. Susan Dess Charmaine Tam Carol Han Dian Trabulsy Thamanna Hussain Aakruti Vakharia

Pro Bono Clinic Volunteers AABANY thanks the attorney and non-attorney volunteers who donated their time in 2017 at AABANY’s monthly pro bono clinic. Last year, our volunteers served more than 320 individuals, and donated more than 327 hours of pro bono services. AABANY holds its clinic the second Wednesday of every month. If you would like to volunteer, please contact AABANY.

Anita Wu Jingkai Xiao Stephanie Yeh Mani Chander Asako Aiba Jonathan Hernandez Sunny Wu Quentin Wong Barbie Hsu Joshua Versoza Tim Wong Rosa Lee Beatrice Leong Judy Lee Tingtin Gao Rosie Wong Brian Pham Karen Kithan Yau Tsui Yee Sam Yang Bryan An Kelly Diep Uyen Lee Shogo Takada Cary Chan Kevin Hsi Wing Chu Siyi Luo Charles Chen Kwok Ng Yee Ling Poon Wai Yee Yeung Cheryl Wang Leah Ko Yifei He Wei Ling Huang Chris Kwok Lisa Lee Yijie Song Wenbo Li Dave Lu Mabel Tso Yun Gao Xunjie Shi Dwight Yoo May Chiang Yuqing Tian Yiwen Fang Flora Ferng Michelle Yeung Annie Tseng Yuan Mock Francis Chin Mihea Kim Conlyn Chang Yuxian Chen Grace Bai Ming Chu Lee Daisy Li Zachary Foo Hazel Chin Minyao Wang Gregory Antono Zhixian Liu Jane Chen Miranda Fransher Jian Wu Jason Cheung Rachel Woo Jiayun Zhang Jessica Agarwal Shengyang Wu Jojo Hwang

40 Asian American Bar Association of New York 2017 Board of Directors

President Vice President of Programs Jung Choi Terrence Shen Dwight Yoo and Operations Bristol-Myers Squibb Kramer Levin Naftalis & Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Jeff Ikejiri Company Frankel LLP & Flom LLP UnitedLex Corporation Marianne Chow Manisha Sheth President-Elect Treasurer Hearst Corporation New York State Attorney James R. Cho Amy Ngai General’s Office United States The ONE Group, LLC Diane Gujarati Attorney’s Office United States Brian Song Membership Director Attorney’s Office BakerHostetler Immediate Past President Tristan Loanzon Susan L. Shin Loanzon LLP Suhana Han Irene Tan Arnold & Porter Kaye Sullivan & Cromwell LLP American International Scholer LLP Director of Development Group, Inc. Kevin Kim Bobby Liu Vice President of Programs Tactile Brain LLC M.D. Sass Larry Wee and Operations Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Naf Kwun Technology Director Sonia Low & Garrison LLP Lee Anav Chung White Kim Francis Chin The ONE Group, LLC Ruger & Richter LLP Brooklyn Law School Executive Director Sapna Palla Yang Chen Secretary Wiggin and Dana LLP Dai Wai Chin Feman Dorsey & Whitney LLP All Officers and Directors listed on this page, except for the Executive Director, serve as volunteers in their personal capacity and the listing of their employers 2018 Board of Directors is only for identification purposes.

President Director of Development Marianne Chow Manisha M. Sheth James R. Cho Margaret Ling Hearst Corporation NYS Office of the United States McGregor Abstract Attorney General Attorney’s Office Diane Gujarati Technology Director United States Irene Tan President-Elect Francis Chin Attorney’s Office American International Brian Song Brooklyn Law School Group, Inc. BakerHostetler Naf Kwun Treasurer Lee Anav Chung White Kim Larry Wee Immediate Past President Edward Kim Ruger & Richter LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Dwight S. Yoo Krieger Kim & Lewin & Garrison Skadden, Arps, Slate, Bobby Liu Meagher & Flom LLP Membership Director M.D. Sass Yang Chen David Sohn Executive Director Vice President of Programs Kings County District Sonia Low and Operations Attorney’s Office THE ONE Group, LLC Jeff Ikejiri UnitedLex Corporation Secretary Sapna Palla Dai Wai Chin Feman Wiggin and Dana LLP Vice President of Programs Dorsey & Whitney and Operations Terrence Shen Charles Chen Jung Choi Kramer Levin Naftalis & Hickies Bristol-Myers Squibb Frankel LLP

Asian American Bar Association of New York 41 Committee Chairs

Academic Judiciary Real Estate Seth Endo Rob Leung Margaret Ling Linda Lin Cary Chan Asia Practice Anthony Fong Alex Hao Labor & Employment Law Christina Ying Joane Wong Solo and Small Firm Practice Margaret Ling David Mou Cary Chan Bryan An David Lu Career Placement Rob Leung LGBT Student Outreach Jeff Ikejiri Glenn Magpantay Edwin Kim Daphne Ha John Vang Jonathan Li Christina Nguyen Aakruti Vakharia Litigation Commercial Bankruptcy Lisa C. Chan Tax and Restructuring James Shih Joon Pae Vincent Roldan Ona Wang Sahang-Hee Han Jessica Liou Rich Williams William Hao Membership Tristan Loanzon Women’s Corporate Law Jack Chen Karen Shen Ed Lee Amy Ngai Yan Sin Larry Wee Cary Chan Ting Chen Young Lawyers Mentorship Ona Lu Government Service & David Sohn Albert Suh Public Interest Ed Chen Tiffany Miao Jonathan Hernandez Shruti Chopra Kevin Hsi Beatrice Leong Military & Veteran Affairs Brian Song Immigration Law Michael Krause Poonam Gupta Amanda Bernardo Newsletter Susan Akina Naf Kwun Albert Suh In-House Counsel Marshall Amores Duane Morikawa Blossom Kan Pro Bono & Community Service Grace Fu Sam Lui Pauline Yeung-Ha Intellectual Property Ariana Pabalan Charles Chen Shannon Zhu Professional Development Jeff Tang Francis Chin

Issues Prosecutors Chris Kwok James Lin Song Kim Helen Ahn Matthew Yi

42 Asian American Bar Association of New York Thank You to the Officers and Directors of the Asian American Law Fund of New York

PRESIDENT DIRECTORS Sylvia Fung Chin, Esq. Alec Y. Chang, Esq. VICE PRESIDENT Francis H. Chin, Esq. Vincent Chang, Esq. Rockwell J. Chin, Esq. SECRETARY Huhnsik Chung, Esq. Naf Kwun, Esq. Mike F. Huang, Esq. TREASURER Vincent T. Hull, Esq. Yahn-Rurng Emily Chu, Esq. Richard Koo, Esq. Linda Lin, Esq. Paul D. Nguyen, Esq. Kenneth K. Yoon, Esq.

The Asian American Law Fund of New York, Inc. (“AALFNY” or the “Fund”) was established by the Asian Amer- ican Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) in 1993 to support non-profit, charitable and education purposes within Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Though it has an inde- pendent Board, the Fund (formerly known as The AABANY Foundation, Inc.) remains affiliated with AABANY and continues to work in close coordination with AABANY on fundraising and pro bono programs. Contributions to the Fund are tax deductible to the full extent permitted by law.

Asian American Bar Association of New York 43 The Asian American Bar Association of New York thanks the 2018 Sponsors following sponsors for their support at our 2018 Annual Dinner. Diamond

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