APALA/NJ Presents

Northeast Regional Conference

STAND UP BE COUNTED

Northeast Regional Conference + APALA/NJ 13th Annual Dinner and Installation of Officers The Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ Friday, June 11 - Saturday, June 12, 2010 Table of Contents

Letter from U.S. Senator Menendez 1

Letter from NJ Attorney General Paula Dow 2

Letter from NJ Assemblyman Uprenda Chivukula 3

Letter from NAPABA President Joseph Centeno 4

Letter from Dean Patrick Hobbs (Seton Hall Law) 5

Joint Letter from Outgoing APALA/NJ President David Kwon & Incoming President Aney Chandy 6

Conference Co-Chairs 7 Cole Schotz is proud to support 2009-2010 APALA/NJ Executive Board 8 2010-2011 APALA/NJ Executive Board 9

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 16 the Asian Pacific American Corporate Counsel Award of Excellence Recipients 18 Panelist Bios Lawyers Association of Public Sector Practice: Opportunities for Transition & Advancement 27 Corporate Counsel Roundtable: The Emergence of Alternative Billing Arrangements as a 28 Marketing Tool in a Challenging Economy New Jersey and congratulates Professional Development Workshop: Navigating Your First Years of Practice 29 Leaders of Another Community 30 Aney K. Chandy, Diversity 2010: Leading the Charge in the New Decade 31 Health Care Reform: What’s the Big Deal? 32

Pathways to the Judiciary 33 its incoming President The Massie Trials (Presentation) 34 Luncheon Speakers and Honoree 36

GALA DINNER PROGRAM 43

Gala Dinner Masters of Ceremonies 45

Gala Dinner Speakers and Installation of Offi cers 46

Gala Dinner Honorees 48

New Jersey | New York | Delaware | Maryland | Texas APALA/NJ Scholarship Award Recipients 50

APALA/NJ Gold Members 63

Conference & Gala Dinner Committee Acknowledgements 64

www.coleschotz.com Sponsor Acknowledgement Back Cover June 12, 2010

Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New Jersey, Inc. One Washington Park Suite 1401-CC Newark, New Jersey 07102

Dear Friends:

Please accept my warmest wishes as you gather for the Annual Dinner and Installation of Offi cers. This year’s event promises to be particularly special as the Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New Jersey (APALA/NJ) is hosting the National Asian and Pacifi c American Bar Association’s Northeast Regional Conference at the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Since its inception in 1985, APALA/NJ has worked tirelessly to support and encourage Asian Americans to pursue careers in the legal fi eld. This year’s theme of “Stand Up and Be Counted” focuses on the importance of the Asian Pacifi c American population in the 2010 Census to ensure proper representation of their interests and concerns. As the community continues to grow, APALA/NJ remains committed to advancing the role of Asian and Pacifi c Americans within the legal profession, advocating for issues of importance, and providing opportunities to connect KK Insurance Agency and establish a professional network. We will save your money $$$$ I would like to recognize tonight’s honorees – Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Lawyers E & O Insurance Program New York, recipient of the Access to Justice Award; Phillip Kwon, First Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey, Attorneys Professional Liability Coverage - Available for All Attorneys recipient of the Trailblazer Award; Paul Uyehara, United States Department of Justice, recipient of the Community Service Award; Sandra Leung, General Counsel of Bristol Myers Squibb, recipient of the Corporate Leadership WHAT WE CAN DO Award; and Marc Berson, Chairman of the Fidelco Group, recipient of the Service to APALA/NJ award. I commend • Higher limits are available all of the honorees for their exemplary service to the community and continued support of APALA/NJ and its • Full Prior Acts Coverage We join in congratulating initiatives. • Prior Law Firm Coverage • Disciplinary Proceedings Coverage Aney K. Chandy, Esq. I would also like to send my personal congratulations to the newly elected APALA/NJ Offi cers. I applaud them as • Innocent Partner Coverage they continue to serve as defenders of truth, justice, and democracy in the State of New Jersey. • First Dollar Defense Coverage • Defendants Reimbursement Coverage on her installation as President. As your United States Senator, I am committed to improving the lives of all New Jerseyans. Best wishes for a • Worker Compensations memorable and successful event. • Umbrella Policy • Employment Practices Liability Sincerely, • Offi ce Coverage Marc J. Gross Esq. 541 Broadway, Long Branch, N J, 07740 Ph# 732-870-1500 99 Wood Avenue South 75 Livingston Avenue ROBERT MENENDEZ Toll# 866-554-6799 Fax# 732-571-2125 Iselin, NJ 08830 Roseland, NJ 07068 732.549.5600 973.535.1600 United States Senator E-Mail: [email protected] www.greenbaumlaw.com

1 NEW JERSEY GENERAL ASSEMBLY UPENDRA J. CHIVUKULA Assemblyman, 17th District 888 Easton Avenue Somerset, NJ 08873; Phone: 732-247-3999; Fax: 732-247-4383 June 12, 2010

Dear Friends and Colleagues, May 24, 2010

Congratulations and best wishes to the Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New Jersey on the occasion of your Annual Dinner. Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New Jersey (APALA/NJ)

This year’s theme, “Stand Up and Be Counted,” is a fi tting one in light of the 2010 census - a census expected to show One Washington Park a signifi cant increase in the Asian Pacifi c American population here in the northeast, and throughout the U.S. Suite 1401 Newark, NJ 07102

The Asian Pacifi c Lawyers Association is vital because it not only promotes a positive image of Asian Pacifi c Americans in general, it also supports Asian Pacifi c Americans in the legal profession and generates awareness within Dear Friends: the Asian Pacifi c American community regarding key legal, public policy and other issues. Since 1985, the Association has served the interests of both Asian Pacifi c American lawyers and the Asian Pacifi c American community at large I would like to welcome you and your fellow APALA members to New Brunswick and the 17th Legislative District and, as that community grows, its contribution will be all the more crucial. for your Annual Dinner and Installation of Offi cers. I also welcome the National Asian and Pacifi c Bar Association for your Northeast Regional Conference.

Congratulations are in order for each of tonight’s APALA/NJ honorees including: Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New Jersey; Paul Uyehara of the U.S. Department of Justice; Sandra Leung, General Counsel New Jersey is a diverse state with a large, successful and proud Asian and Pacifi c American population. APALA/NJ with Bristol Myers Squibb; Marc Berson, Chairman of the Fidelco Group and Phillip Kwon, First Assistant Attorney and the members they represent refl ect the successes that we have achieved. General with the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety. As an elected offi cial, one who has been involved in public service at the local and state level, I endorse your theme

I would like to offer a special congratulations and thank you to honoree, First Assistant Attorney General Phillip of “Stand Up and Be Counted”. It is important to be part of the process to be able to affect change. I would like to Kwon, whose intelligence, experience, dedication and understanding of the law are an asset each day as we work express my heartfelt good wishes for a most successful gathering. together in leading the Department of Law and Public Safety. Sincerely,

Once again, congratulations to the Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association for your excellent work on behalf of the community, and best wishes for an enjoyable Annual Dinner event this evening.

Sincerely, Upendra J. Chivukula Assemblyman, 17th District

Paula T. Dow

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Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New Jersey To the Members of the Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New Jersey:

Dear Friends: On behalf of Seton Hall Law, I want to extend our deepest appreciation for the work and the mission of APALA. Tonight we acknowledge and celebrate the many contributions of the Asian-Pacifi c American Bar and honor the On behalf of the National Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association (NAPABA), I welcome you to the NAPABA accomplishments of its members before the law and within the communities they serve—and which have served Northeast Regional Conference. I want to thank the Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New Jersey them. Communities of families and friends who have sacrifi ced greatly to see their sons and daughters rise to (APALA/NJ) for taking on the challenge of hosting the conference. It is exciting to have representation and prominence at bench and bar; communities which take great pride in your success—as do we. participation from all of our Northeast Region affi liate and I thank you all for attending. Seton Hall Law is a community of many families, and we are especially proud to be a home to a thriving Asian-Pacifi c I am grateful to the dedicated APALA/NJ members and the volunteers from other NAPABA Northeast Region American Law Students Association. We watch with a parent’s joy each year as these students take their rightful place affi liates who have worked tirelessly to organize this conference. I would like to give special thanks to David S. in the world as the next generation of lawyers. Kwon, APALA/NJ President, for his leadership. My gratitute also extends to the many sponsors who have made this event possible. Hearty congratulations to everyone involved on a job well done! We extend hearty congratulations to Aney Chandy, President-Elect of APALA, Seton Hall Law Class of 1996. Aney’s unwavering dedication to service, evidenced throughout her legal career and in her commitment to APALA, is one of I look forward to seeing all of you this fall in Los Angeles, California, for the 22nd Annual NAPABA Convention, the many reasons we are honored to count her among our most distinguished alumni. November 17-21, 2010. In the meantime, please let me know how I can be of assistance to APALA/NJ and how we can work together to make NAPABA stronger and more effective for all of its members. We are also grateful to APALA for supporting the mission of Seton Hall Law through your new scholarship program. In particular, we appreciate your recognition and support of Jae Won Joo, Class of 2012. Very truly yours, Tonight, as members of APALA, you celebrate both your profession and your cultural heritage. We at Seton Hall Law are proud to join you in that celebration, and stand with you as colleagues and friends. We wish you continued success, always!

Joseph Juco Centeno Sincerely, President

Patrick E. Hobbs Dean

4 5 JOINT LETTER from APALA/NJ 2010 Northeast Regional. We are proud to be the host of the 2010 NAPABA Northeast Regional at the beautiful Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick, NJ (www. Conference Co-Chairs Outgoing President DAVID KWON & TheHeldrich.com) from Friday June 11, 2010 through Sunday, June 12, 2010.

Incoming President ANEY CHANDY Website Improvements. Membership and Attorney Referral Directories. We have made so many improvements to our website, including the creation of an improved on-line membership form, new on-line membership directory, and our Looking Back... new on-line Attorney Referral Directory which were launched January 1, 2010.

The 2009-2010 Board Term was an exciting year for APALA/NJ. Through Memberships. In the 2009-2010 Board Term we had a record number of Gold the efforts of our exceptional board team and the collective strength of our Memberships. Jin Y. Hwang is Staff Counsel for Verizon Wireless, a leading Ms. Hwang is active in various bar associations. She has been telecommunications company operating the nation’s largest and very involved with the Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association membership, we were able to achieve a number of signifi cant goals: most reliable wireless voice and 3G network, which serves nearly of New Jersey (APALA/NJ) for the past few years, including offi cer Looking Ahead... 93 million customers nationwide, and providing extensive global positions, co-chair of the Professional Development Committee, New APALA/NJ Offi ce located at One Washington Park, Suite 1401-CC, Newark, wireless and data services around the world. Ms. Hwang provides panelist at various functions, and co-chair of the Panels Committee NJ 07102. With the generous assistance of our benefactors, we have secured and The 2010-2011 Board Term promises to be as exciting and energetic as our last guidance to Verizon Wireless’ Northeast Area, comprised of fourteen when APALA/NJ hosted the NAPABA Northeast Regional begun to use our beautiful, new donated offi ce space in central Newark. These year! We have so much planned and so much to accomplish in order to ensure states from Maine to North Carolina and as far west as West Conference three years ago in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In facilities, which include a private offi ce with dedicated phone line and access that our organization is stronger and more effective as we move forward to Virginia, and as such, is a generalist with experience and expertise addition, Ms. Hwang has been involved with the Asian American to shared conference rooms, are now available to APALA/NJ committees and advance our collective mission. in a wide array of fi elds. Ms. Hwang handles and manages various Bar Association of New York (AABANY), National Asian Pacifi c members for meetings, and serves as a central location for our management of types of litigation, including commercial, bankruptcy, eminent American Bar Association (NAPABA), International Association of vital, historical APALA/NJ records. 2010 Northeast Regional. The 2010 Board term starts with the wonderful event domain, and insurance defense. She also works on strategic projects, Korean Lawyers (IAKL), the Korean American Lawyers of Greater that we are hosting this weekend! With exceptional honorees, dignitaries galore including working closely with all aspects of the business to integrate New York (KALAGNY), and Corporate Counsel Women of Color various assets after Verizon Wireless’ acquisitions of Unicel ($7 (CCWC). Financial Records and 501(c)(6) Status. To create greater transparency and and so many phenomenol attorney attendees from the Northeast region, the JIN HWANG effi ciency in our fi nances, we have formed a Finance Committee, computerized weekend will undoubtedly be both fun and professionally enriching. billion deal) and Alltel ($27 billion deal). Ms. Hwang also reviews Ms. Hwang is also committed to diversity and pro bono projects. our fi nancial records, partnered with a new bank - HSBC, and retained new advertising, marketing, and training materials as well as works She is a member of Verizon Wireless’ Professional and Talent on certain procurement contracts. In 2009, Ms. Hwang received Development Group, which is one of several committees comprising accountants - Acevedo & Pereira. Through these steps, we have completed Charitable Organization Status. This Board term, we intend to fi nalize the process the Northeast Area President’s Award of Excellence and a Tireless Verizon Wireless’ Diversity Forum. She also recently participated comprehensive audits and fi led all outstanding tax documents for 2007, 2008 and to establish a separate, charitable arm that will qualify for 501(c)(3) status. We Wireless Champion award from her clients, for which she was very in Verizon’s inaugural pro bono project with Street Law, where she 2009. In addition, this past year, we fi led the paperwork to secure confi rmation of envision the new entity will be formed and operational by the end of 2010, and appreciative. conducted workshops at the high school and at Verizon Wireless’ our 501(c)(6) non-profi t status. will allow us to enhance our ability to raise funds to support the charitable and Before Verizon Wireless, Ms. Hwang worked in-house at national headquarters in Basking Ridge, New Jersey for students educational aspects of our mission. France Télécom in their Washington, D.C. offi ce with a variety from New Brunswick High School and Franklin Township High Charitable Organization Status. We initiated the process to establish a separate, of responsibilities including negotiating, drafting, and reviewing School. charitable arm that will qualify for 501(c)(3) status. We envision the new entity Programming. As we look ahead, we envision continuing the tradition of real estate leases, securities agreements, Hart-Scott-Rodino fi lings, Ms. Hwang graduated from American University’s Washington will be formed and operational in 2010, and will allow us to enhance our ability to successful programs like our Lunar Banquet, Golf Outing, Annual Dinner, and licensing agreements for limited use of the company’s name, College of Law, where she was Articles Editor on the Administrative raise funds to support the charitable and educational aspects of our mission. Mock Interview Workshop, Corporate Counsel event, and other seminars and trademarks, and products in The Bourne Identity and The Truth Law Review, and earned her bachelors degrees in Psychology and networking events. We are also very excited to adopt exciting, new events, About Charlie. French Studies (with honors) from the University of Pennsylvania. Programming. We continued the tradition of successful programs like our Lunar collaborating with our sister specialty bars, including the “Pathways to the Banquet, Golf Outing, Annual Dinner, Mock Interview Workshop, Corporate Federal Judiciary” panel scheduled for October 2010. Counsel event, and other seminars and networking events. Please check out photos from past events on our website! We also began a terrifi c, new tradition, Policy. We will continue to work with the Governor’s Offi ce and Legislature Khizar A. Sheikh is Counsel to the Litigation Department of Court, from 2000 to 2001. Mr. Sheikh is an adjunct professor of law collaborating with our sister specialty bars, including the NJSBA Diversity to advocate for greater representation in our State’s judiciary and in other Lowenstein Sandler PC, an AmLaw 200 law fi rm with offi ces in New at the Seton Hall University School of Law. He earned a J.D. from Committee, the GSBA, the HBA, the ABWL and SABA-NJ, on the well-attended government positions. Jersey, New York, and California. Mr. Sheikh focuses his practice the Rutgers University School of Law - Newark in 2003, a B.A. from “Pathways to the State Judiciary” panel. (See NJ Law Journal Article, week of on business and fraud litigation, environmental litigation, fi duciary Hamilton College in 1996, and in a previous life was an investment December 3, 2009) Community Service. APALA/NJ will continue its strong tradition of service litigation, and white collar criminal defense matters, and has been banker in New York. He is involved with a number of pro bono and and has a number of community service projects scheduled for this Board term, recognized as a Rising Star in the 2008, 2009 and 2010 editions of public interest initiatives through his law fi rm, serves with a number Policy. We continued to work with the Governor’s Offi ce and Legislature including the Casino Night Charity fundraiser with all proceeds to go to the New Jersey Super Lawyers. Prior to joining Lowenstein Sandler PC, of volunteer organizations in his area, and is a former Executive to advocate for greater representation in our State’s judiciary and in other NAPABA Charitable Foundation; providing scholarships to APA law students at Mr. Sheikh served as a judicial law clerk to The Honorable Barbara Board member of APALA-NJ. Mr. Sheikh lives in Mountain Lakes, Byrd Wecker, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, from New Jersey with his wife and two sons. government positions. (See Editorial by APALA/NJ President in NJ Law Journal, our three NJ law schools; donating proceeds from the APALA/NJ Annual Golf 2003 to 2004, and as a judicial intern to The Honorable Joseph A. week of August 17, 2009). We recognize there is much more work to be done, Outing to AALDEF and coordinating a Soup Kitchen to feed the homeless during Greenaway, Jr., United States District Judge, United States District but are proud of the advancements made by APAs last year, including: Chinh the holidays in conjunction with our sister specialty bar associations and the law Le, Director of the NJ Div. on Civil Rights; Terry Yang, Workers Compensation school student organizations. Judge; Mala Narayan, Tax Court Judge; and Gurpreet Singh, Chief of Staff for the KHIZAR SHEIKH NJ Attorney General. More Website Improvements. We will continue to refi ne our website, to enhance its ability to serve our membership by providing more and updated information Community Service. Continuing our strong tradition of supporting the broader on a regular basis. APA non-profi t communities, APALA/NJ honored Manavi (www.manavi.org) at our Golf Outing and presented Manavi with a $1,500 donation to support As always, APALA/NJ is successful in achieving its goals and furthering its its important mission. APALA/NJ was also on the forefront of the NJ legal mission, only because of the support of its collective membership. Thank you for community’s collaborative efforts to build a statue honoring Justice Brennan - one your support! of the nation and State’s most prominent jurists.

DAVID KWON ANEY CHANDY APALA/NJ President 2009-2010 APALA/NJ President 2010-2011

6 7 2009 - 2010 APALA/NJ Executive Board 2010 - 2011 APALA/NJ Executive Board

President: DAVID S. KWON | President-Elect: ANEY K. CHANDY | Vice-President: WILLARD C. SHIH | Treasurer: SAPANA S. SHAH | Secretary: P. STEPHEN KIM President: ANEY K. CHANDY | President-Elect: SAPANA S. SHAH | Vice-President: ERIK FIKRY | Treasurer: PAUL YOON | Secretary: ERIC WONG

Mr. Kwon is a Partner in the Newark offi ce of K&L Gates and Liberty in North Korea (“LiNK”). Prior to joining K&L Gates Ms. Chandy currently serves as Senior Labor & Employment liaison to numerous divisions of the Attorney General’s Offi ce while LLP, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of complex LLP, Mr. Kwon served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Counsel at Toys “R” Us, a Fortune 250 corporation headquartered maintaining select cases including New Jersey Supreme Court and business litigation, insurance coverage litigation and white collar New York County District Attorney’s Offi ce from 1995 to 2001, in Wayne, NJ. federal court matters. crime/corporate internal investigations. He is active in the Asian concluding his service in the Special Prosecutions Bureau. Mr. Previously, in 2006, Ms. Chandy was appointed by Mayor Cory Ms. Chandy’s commitment to public service originated during her American community, as the current President, immediate past Kwon also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney A. Booker to serve as Corporation Counsel for the City of Newark, private practice days in the New York Offi ce of Skadden Arps Slate President-Elect, and past Vice-President and Secretary of APALA/ for the Eastern District of New York and was awarded the U.S. where she oversaw a diverse practice of 6,000+ matters and managed Meagher & Flom LLP, where she practiced labor and employment NJ, Board member of the Korean American League for Civic Department of Justice Award for Public Service in 2000. Mr. Kwon 45 in-house attorneys, 10 per-diem municipal prosecutors and law while also serving as pro bono counsel to indigent petitioners Action (“KALCA”). Mr. Kwon also has served as pro bono counsel received his J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1995 and 17 outside law fi rms. Notably, Ms. Chandy was the fi rst Asian seeking asylum through our immigration courts and women seeking to various Asian American non-profi ts, including KALCA, the his B.A. in Sociology (with honors) from Brown University in 1992. American to serve as Corporation Counsel in NJ’s largest city; and protection from deportation in proceedings under the Violence Asian American Legal & Defense Education Fund (“AALDEF”) also served in various capacities at the NJ Attorney General’s Offi ce. Against Women Act. Ms. Chandy began her tenure at the AG’s Offi ce as the Assistant Staying true to her Jersey roots, Ms. Chandy is a proud alumnus Attorney General in Charge of the Civil Rights Litigation Practice of Rutgers College (’93) and Seton Hall Law School (’96) and also Group, providing advice and counsel to the Attorney General on all served as a law clerk for the Honorable Freda L. Wolfson (then DAVID S. KWON ANEY K. CHANDY matters relating to civil rights litigation in New Jersey. Ms. Chandy U.S.M.J., now U.S.D.J.) in Trenton, NJ. In 2009, Ms. Chandy was President ’09-’10 President-Elect, was subsequently tapped to serve as an Assistant Attorney General in elected to the position of President-Elect of APALA/NJ. On June 12, ’10-’11 President the Executive Offi ce of the Attorney General reporting directly to the 2010, Ms. Chandy will begin her term as President of APALA/NJ. Mr. Shih is a shareholder on Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer’s Co-Chaired the organization’s professional development committee. Attorney General and First Assistant Attorney General to serve as a Commercial Litigation Team, and Co-Chair of the fi rm’s Diversity Mr. Shih has also lectured on Civil Trial Preparation for the New Committee. His litigation experience encompasses a wide variety of Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. He was also issues in corporate and commercial law, including complex contract selected by NJBIZ as a Forty Under 40 award recipient. Prior to Eric G. Fikry is a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice organization’s Professional Development Committee. He is also disputes, shareholder/partnership disputes, unfair competition, joining the fi rm, Mr. Shih was associated fi rst with the fi rm of Group at Blank Rome LLP, and counsels clients in the gaming and currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Camden County professional malpractice, and others, both in the state courts Cahill Gordon & Reindel and then Patterson, Belknap, Webb & pharmaceutical industries on a wide array of issues. His experience Bar Association, and is the Vice-Chair of the New Jersey State Bar and federal courts in New Jersey and across the country. Mr. Tyler, LLP, representing private corporations and individuals on includes serving as co-counsel on the team which succeeded in Association’s Casino Law Section. Mr. Fikry serves as a Panel Shih has been appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to its a wide variety of matters, including antitrust, employment, First winning the fi rst commercial gaming license issued to a Native Chair for the New Jersey Supreme Court District IV Fee Arbitration Committee on the Rules of Civil Practice, and its Committee on Amendment, intellectual property, and unfair competition. During American tribe, and in defending the license in multiple Supreme Committee, and teaches legal research and writing in the paralegal Complementary Dispute Resolution. law school, Mr. Shih was an associate editor of the Fordham Law Court appeals. He co-authored, “U.S. Gaming Development, the studies program at Camden County College. He was named a “New Mr. Shih has been an offi cer of APALA/NJ for the past two Review and authored a publication discussing a constitutional law Credit Crisis, and the Timing of Recovery,” which was published in Jersey Rising Star” by New Jersey Monthly in 2006-2008. years, serving as fi rst its Secretary and then its Treasurer, and has issue. the Winter 2009 edition of Casino Lawyer magazine. Mr. Fikry is a graduate of New York University and the Rutgers Mr. Fikry will serve as Vice-President of the APALA-NJ Executive University School of Law-Camden, and is admitted to practice in WILLARD C. SHIH Board during the 2010-2011 term, and has Co-chaired the State and Federal Courts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Vice-President ERIC FIKRY Ms Shah is a partner at Polanco & Shah in Jersey City, NJ. It is claims, underinsured and uninsured motorist claims (UM/UIM), Vice-President a general practice fi rm. She handles personal injury, commercial personal injury protections (PIP) claims, property damage claims, litigation, and workers compensation matters. insurance coverage disputes, and inter-company subrogation claims Ms. Shah received her law degree from Albany Law School- in arbitration. Ms. Shah was recently appointed to serve a two-year Mr. Yoon is an Assistant Prosecutor in the Essex County Prosecutor’s Mr. Yoon’s commitment to public service began when he received Union University. Upon graduation from law school she served as term on the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Women in Offi ce where he prosecutes crimes against the State of New Jersey. the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a program aimed to advance a New Jersey Superior Court law clerk to the Honorable Jessica the Courts. She is a Barrister for the Joseph Halpern Inn of Court Prior to joining the Essex County Prosecutor’s Offi ce, Mr. Yoon people of color into the public policy arena. He is very active in the R. Mayer, J.S.C., in Middlesex County. Upon completion of her in Somerset, NJ. In May of 2009, she was elected Treasurer of clerked for the Honorable Joseph P. Donohue in Union County and Asian American community. Most recently, he was elected to serve as clerkship, she began practicing as a commercial litigator. In this the Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New Jersey, served as Special Assistant to the Honorable Mayor Anthony A. Treasurer of the Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New capacity, she handled Creditor Rights claims, including but not and in May of 2010, she was elected to serve as President-Elect Williams in our nation’s capital. Mr. Yoon received his J.D. from Jersey and currently serves as Co-Chair of the organization’s Judicial limited to Insurance Premium Fraud, Consumer Fraud, Premium of the organization. She graduated from Rutgers College, Rutgers New York Law School in 2006 and his B.A. from the University of and Political Appointments Committee. He also serves on the Board Collection, and Offi cer & Director Liability. Thereafter, she joined University with a degree in Economics. Prior to obtaining her law Pennsylvania in 1996. of Directors for the Korean American League for Civic Action. the Staff Counsel offi ce of American International Group, Inc. degree, Ms. Shah worked at Dun & Bradstreet Corporation as a (AIG) as an Associate Trial Attorney. At AIG, she focused on Financial Analyst. SAPANA S. SHAH claims arising from automobile accidents including: negligence ’09-’10 Treasurer, ’10-’11 President-Elect PAUL YOON Treasurer

Mr. Kim is a corporate lawyer with Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & and services matters; and representing a national fashion industry Eric D. Wong is an Associate in Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.’s Arnold LLP focusing on corporate, commercial, venture capital and services company with various corporate, governance, and Litigation Practice Group. He handles a wide array of complex M&A transactions primarily for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, transactional matters. litigation matters including commercial disputes, product liability manufacturing, distribution, fi nancial, new media and technology Mr. Kim is a graduate of the University of Detroit (J.D.), the defense, and regulatory proceedings and counseling. industries. University of Windsor (LL.B.), the University of Waterloo (B.A.) Mr. Wong graduated with honors from Rutgers University School Mr. Kim’s experience includes: having co-founded and and Eastern Pentecostal Bible College (B.Th.). In addition to of Law - Camden. During law school, he served as a Judicial Intern participated in the operations of an early stage technology APALA/NJ, Mr. Kim is also a member of the Asian American Bar to both the Honorable Joseph E. Irenas, United States District company; representing a global pharmaceutical manufacturer Association of New York, the American Bar Association, New York Judge, and the Honorable Tonianne J. Bongiovanni, United States in a multi-million dollar cross-border acquisition of a foreign State Bar Association and the Law Society of Upper Canada. Mr. Magistrate Judge. company; representing a global energy company in a multi-billion Kim was recently designated Empire State Counsel in recognition dollar acquisition and subsequent technology services outsourcing for his efforts in providing pro bono legal service to individuals of arrangement; representing an international software and technology limited fi nancial means and to organizations working with them. services company in various cross-border and domestic licensing P. STEPHEN KIM ERIC WONG Secretary Secretary

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FRIDAY, JUNE 11 – CONFERENCE DAY ONE 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Luncheon Livingston 1 & 2 Master of Ceremonies: Moly Hung Conference Registration Outside Livingston

Ballroom SPEAKER HSBC PRESENTATION TO APALA/ JUDICIAL EXCELLENCE AWARD 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula NJ Hon. Denny Chin Corporate Counsel Cocktail Party Livingston 1 & 2 Introduced by Sumeeta Gawande Introduced by Moly Hung (U.S. Ct. of Appeals 2nd Circuit) Special Guest Host: Don Liu KEYNOTE SPEAKER Introduced by Hon. Kiyo A. Honorees: Raja Chatterjee, Elaine Hua, An-Ping Hsieh, Michael Korniczky, Vivian Tseng, Peter Tu Mayor Cory Booker – City of Matsumoto (E.D.N.Y.) Newark, New Jersey 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Suggested Venues to Be Introduced by Aney Chandy Presentation of Award by NAPABA Provided Conference President Joseph Centeno and Dinner at Attendees’ Leisure Attendees APALA/NJ President David Kwon 9:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Neilson Room & Kelly Casino Night Fundraiser Room 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Proceeds to the NAPABA Law Foundation for charitable purposes Master/Mistress of Ceremonies: Phil Cha and Sapana Shah Afternoon Panels Livingston 1&2 Presented by the Asian American Bar Association of NY: “The Massie Trials: Race, Honor, and Justice in Depression-Era Hawaii”

SATURDAY, JUNE 12 – CONFERENCE DAY TWO 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Dinner Registration Lobby 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Conference Registration Lobby 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Pre-Cocktail Reception Parties Dickson & Waksman 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. NAPABA Affi liate Bar Associations (in Dickson) Breakfast by Practice Area Livingston 1 & 2 South Asian Bar Associations (in Waksman)

9:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Plenary Session for All Attendees Livingston 1 & 2 Cocktail Reception Outside Livingston Ballroom 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Segal, Kelly, Amphitheater 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Morning Panels & Neilson Gala Dinner Livingston 1, 2, 3 & 4 SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3 11:30 p.m. + 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 10:40 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. 11:50 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. After-Party – Christopher’s Heldrich Hotel – Main PUBLIC SECTOR PRACTICE: LEADERS OF ANOTHER PATHWAYS TO THE JUDICIARY (with karaoke!) Floor Opportunities for Transition and COMMUNITY Advancement DIVERSITY 2010: CORPORATE COUNSEL Leading the Charge In The New ROUNDTABLE Decade The Emergence of Alternative Billing Arrangements as a Marketing Tool in a HEALTH CARE REFORM: Challenging Economy What’s The Big Deal?

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16 17 Corporate Counsel Award of Excellence Recipients

Don H. Liu is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the American Law Institute; a former member of the Board of As Legal Counsel at Stewart Title Guaranty Company, Ms. Hua is Bar in 2001. She obtained her Honours B.A. in Psychology (1996) for Xerox Corporation. In this role, reporting directly to Ursula Trustees of Mercy Health System (a Catholic hospital chain); a responsible for providing legal advice to Senior Management on from Queen’s University and her LL.B. (1999) from the University of Burns, Chief Executive Offi cer, he is responsible for all of Xerox’s former member of the Pennsylvania Business Roundtable Policy a broad spectrum of matters that include corporate/commercial, British Columbia. legal and external affairs. Committee; a former member of the Board of Directors of the regulatory, compliance, employment, outsourcing, product Ms. Hua was part of the steering committee that initially helped Prior to joining Xerox, Mr. Liu was Senior Vice President, General Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (a civil rights development, intellectual property and privacy matters. She also has the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL) get established Counsel and Chief Compliance Offi cer for Toll Brothers, Inc. organization focused on protecting the rights of Asian Americans); extensive project management and product development experience. in 2007. She previously served on the Board of Directors of FACL Mr. Liu was also Senior Vice President, General Counsel and former Chair of the In-House Counsel Committee of the National Prior to joining Stewart Title, Ms. Hua practiced in Ottawa for as the Secretary, and she has been the Vice President (Operations) of Secretary of IKON Offi ce Solutions from 1999 to 2005. He was Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association (national organization for four years focusing primarily on residential real estate, family law FACL for the past two years. also IKON’s Corporate Compliance Offi cer and Chair of IKON Asian American attorneys); and, a former member of the Board of and civil litigation matters. Ms. Hua was admitted to the Ontario Diversity Council. Before joining IKON, Mr. Liu was Vice President Trustees of Dunwoody Village (a non-profi t organization providing and Deputy Chief Legal Offi cer of Aetna U.S. Healthcare (and its residential services to the retired community). predecessor entity, U.S. Healthcare) from 1992 to 1999. Before He is the recipient of the Legacy Diversity Award by the American switching to in-house counsel positions, he worked as an associate Bar Association’s Council on Legal Education Opportunity, MCCA/ DON LIU at two New York City law fi rms from 1987 to 1992, specializing America Lawyer Media Diversity Award, the Justice in Action ELAINE HUA SPECIAL GUEST HOST in securities and mergers and acquisitions – at Simpson Thacher & Award from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, CANADA HONOREE Senior Vice President & Bartlett and then at Richards & O’Neil (now Bingham McCutchen). the ICON Award from the National Asian Pacifi c American Bar Legal Counsel at General Counsel, Xerox He served as a Law Clerk to Justice Stewart G. Pollock at the Association, the Achievement Award from Asian Pacifi c American Stewart Title Guaranty Supreme Court of New Jersey from 1986 to 1987. Lawyers Association of New Jersey, and the Business Leadership Corporation His professional affi liations include being the Chair and a member Award from the Korean American Coalition. Company of the Board of Directors of the Minority Corporate Counsel Born in Seoul, Korea, Mr. Liu and his family immigrated to the Association (a non-profi t organization promoting diversity in U.S. in 1972. He received his B.A. degree in Philosophy and Religion the practice of law); a former member of the Board of Directors from Haverford College with Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta of Association of Corporate Counsel (a worldwide association Kappa honors. He earned his J.D. from Columbia University School of in-house attorneys); a founder and a member of the Board of of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Mr. Liu, his wife, Michael Korniczky is Chief Administrative Offi cer, General Counsel In addition, Mr. Korniczky has been appointed by the Supreme Directors of MoreBank (an ethnic community bank); a member and two children reside in Westport, CT. and Secretary for Graham Packaging Company Inc., which is Court of Pennsylvania to be a Hearing Committee Member for the publicly traded on the NYSE. Graham Packaging is a consumer Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania where he plastic container manufacturing company with 80 manufacturing hears disciplinary complaints fi led against attorneys in Pennsylvania. Raja Chatterjee is the Global Head of the Anti-Corruption legal and regulatory issues, including the FCPA, internal sites in 17 countries. Mr. Korniczky has global responsibility for the Mr. Korniczky is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Group in the Legal and Compliance Division at Morgan investigations, and insider trading. company’s legal, human resources, and environmental functions. and before the United States Patent and Trademark Offi ce. Stanley. Mr. Chatterjee created the Anti-Corruption Group and Mr. Chatterjee joined Morgan Stanley in January 2005 as a implemented policies and procedures to provide guidance to the member of the Firm’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Group. Firm on compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and During his time in the AML Group, Raja was directly involved relevant anti-corruption laws and regulations around the world. in the Firm’s suspicious activity reporting and global OFAC Mr. Chatterjee advises both legal and business colleagues on compliance efforts. He supervised FinCen reporting and was the transactional issues involving state-owned or controlled entities. Group’s primary liaison with law enforcement authorities. He regularly conducts and evaluates anti-corruption due diligence Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Chatterjee was a prosecutor MICHAEL KORNICZKY for business intermediaries and investment transactions considered for ten years, most recently at the United States Department of by the Firm. Mr. Chatterjee is actively involved in a variety of fi rm- Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section, in Washington, DC. PENNSYLVANIA wide compliance initiatives including a global business confl icts Mr. Chatterjee also served as an Assistant District Attorney at the HONOREE review, cross-border legal survey, and training programs on a New York County District Attorney’s Offi ce. During the course General Counsel, RAJA CHATTERJEE variety of subjects. of his career, Mr. Chatterjee has prosecuted a wide variety of cases Graham Packaging NEW YORK HONOREE Prior to this position, Mr. Chatterjee worked in the Litigation ranging from violent offenses to sophisticated white-collar crimes. Executive Director of Department, primarily on regulatory and law enforcement matters Mr. Chatterjee has also worked extensively with the SEC, FINRA, Morgan Stanley globally and across the Firm’s business lines. In the Litigation CFTC, and other regulatory and law enforcement agencies, both in Department, Mr. Chatterjee was also involved in formulating the U.S. and overseas. policies, procedures and training, as well as advising on various Vivian Tseng feels blessed to have stumbled upon a profession that and frolicked as a young associate in rotation through all major law led to a career that perfectly suits her personality and temperament. disciplines before concentrating on general corporate and business Growing up in the Age of Aquarius, Ms. Tseng’s natural interests law at Tillinghast Collins & Graham in Providence, Rhode Island. An-Ping Hsieh has been Associate General Counsel of United Mr. Hsieh joined United Technologies in 1996 from Digital led her to study political science, theory and philosophy in college Ms. Tseng is the happy and grateful mother of two young Technologies Corporation since February 2008, where he has Equipment Corporation, where he served as a corporate attorney in (New College, 1974) and graduate school (Yale, 1977) before the (almost) adults of uncommon creativity and kindness, wife global responsibility for all legal issues related to UTC’s merger and roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to that, he was a corporate need to land a (well) paying job prompted her to abandon ivy for of an idealistic professor of economics (still) dedicated to the acquisition, antitrust, supply chain, and risk management activity. attorney in private practice. marble and she matriculated from Georgetown Law (cum laude, alleviation of poverty, and an active volunteer in her profession Previously, Mr. Hsieh had served as Vice President and General He also volunteers as a board member of the Connecticut Asian 1980), and Boston University School of Law (LLM. Taxation, and community who has been honored by election to leadership Counsel of UTC Fire & Security, then a $5B division of UTC. Pacifi c American Bar Association, the Connecticut Lawyers’ 1986). positions in the organizations she has served or continues to In that role, Mr. Hsieh built a global legal services organization Collaborative for Diversity, the Mark Twain House and the Greater Ms. Tseng is the Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary for serve, including the South Cove Nursing Home, the Boston following UTC’s acquisition of Chubb plc in 2003 and continued to Hartford Legal Aid (where he is also the Treasurer and member of Welch’s (the grape juice king) and Chief Legal Offi cer of Welch’s Bar Foundation, the Boston Bar Journal, and the Boston Bar lead the acquisition and integration of signifi cant acquisitions and the Executive Committee). parent corporation, the National Grape Cooperative, where she Association, the Asian American Lawyers Association of joint ventures for the company. Earlier UTC positions included Mr. Hsieh is a 1982 graduate of Yale University and a 1986 is in charge of all of the legal, regulatory and government affairs Massachusetts and Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Deputy General Counsel for Otis Elevator Company and Vice graduate of Boston College Law School. VIVIAN TSENG of the companies. She has served in these positions for more years Valley. President –Legal for Otis’ Asia Pacifi c region. MASSACHUSETTS than she cares to remember or reveal. Prior to joining Welch’s, Ms. AN-PING HSIEH HONOREE Tseng toiled as a tax lawyer with Foley Hoag & Eliot in Boston, CONNECTICUT HONOREE Vice President & Associate General Counsel, General Counsel, United Technologies Welch’s, Inc. Corporation

18 19 Corporate Counsel Award of Excellence Recipients

Peter Tu is currently Vice President, Legal, for moksha8 privately held biotechnology company, where he was responsible Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company focusing for managing Physiome’s patent portfolio and for counseling on commercialization of pharmaceutical products in emerging management on patent and intellectual property issues. markets. In that capacity, Mr. Tu heads up the global legal function Prior to joining Physiome, Mr. Tu was a senior associate in the and is a member of moksha8’s executive management team. Patent Litigation and Counseling Group in the New York offi ce Prior to joining moksha8, Mr. Tu was Senior Director of of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. While at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Intellectual Property for Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc., where he was Mr. Tu specialized in patent litigation and prosecution, intellectual responsible for managing Vitae’s patent and intellectual property property licensing, antitrust and false advertising law. Prior to Weil, portfolio, licensing and counseling senior management on a wide Gotshal & Manges, Mr. Tu served as a law clerk for Justice Stewart variety of intellectual property and other strategic issues. Prior to G. Pollock (NJ Supreme Court) and later for Judge Leonard I. Garth joining Vitae, Mr. Tu was Associate General Counsel and Senior (Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit). Director of Intellectual Property for Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mr. Tu graduated magna cum laude from Seton Hall Law School, where he was responsible for patent and trademark prosecution, where he served as the Symposium Editor for the Seton Hall Law PETER TU patent and trademark litigation, licensing and intellectual property Review. Mr. Tu also received an MBA in Finance from Seton Hall NEW JERSEY HONOREE law counseling. Prior to joining Savient, Mr. Tu was Senior Counsel University and bachelors degrees in chemical engineering and Vice President & Chief and Global Licensing Attorney for Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., where biology from MIT. IP Counsel, moksha 8 he was responsible for pharmaceutical licensing, patent prosecution In 2002, Mr. Tu was selected by the National Asian Pacifi c and counseling management on patent and intellectual property American Bar Association as one of the Best Lawyers Under 40 in the issues. Prior to joining Roche, Mr. Tu was in-house patent counsel United States. Only twenty-fi ve attorneys throughout the country and Director of Intellectual Property for Physiome Sciences, Inc., a were selected to receive this prestigious designation and award.

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Panels PUBLIC SECTOR PRACTICE: Opportunities for Transition and Advancement

As the legal profession undergoes major economic and generational attorneys seeking to enter public service best position themselves how can they capitalize on opportunities to bid on government shifts at the dawn of the new decade, attorneys of all backgrounds in their job search? How can junior and mid-level attorneys already contracts, serve as outside counsel, or become appointed to public are increasingly looking for opportunities in the public sector, in public practice get noticed and rise through the ranks of their boards and commissions? This panel will bring together a diverse whether it is to advance in the hierarchy of a government agency or agencies? What are the myths and realities behind the perceived cross-section of federal, state, and local public sector attorneys to to make a transition from the private to the public sphere. However, diffi culty in balancing personal fi nances with public sector explore these and other related topics. in a time of tightened budgets and hiring freezes, how can salaries? And for attorneys who wish to have a foot in both realms,

E. MICHAEL In 2004, Mr. Angulo was appointed Executive Director of the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority, which provides over $1.3 billion annually in grants, scholarships and student loans, and oversees the ANGULO State’s “529” college savings program. Mr. Angulo served as Assistant Counsel to the Governor of New Jersey from MODERATOR January 2002 through July 2004. Executive Director, Mr. Angulo received a bachelor’s degree in Financial Management from the Catholic University, Washington, D.C. NJ Higher He received a Juris Doctor from the Rutgers University School of Law. Mr. Angulo served as judicial clerk to the Education Student Honorable Frank M. Lario, Jr., Superior Court of New Jersey, Camden County, and has been associated with several Assistance Authority prominent New Jersey law fi rms. Currently, Mr. Angulo is an MBA candidate in the Rutgers School of Business. Mr. Angulo is a former President of the Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New Jersey, and currently serves as the Co-Chair for Legislative Committee of the National Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association. Mr. Angulo is a 2004 Fellow of the prestigious Leadership New Jersey Program. In 2000, Mr. Angulo was the recipient of the New Jersey State Bar Association, Service to the Community Award.

KRIS KOLLURI Kris Kolluri currently serves as the Principal of The Kolluri Group, LLC. The Kolluri Group provides government Principal, The affairs, project development, management and fi nancing services to infrastructure clients. Prior to starting his company, Mr. Kolluri served as the New Jersey Schools Development Authority (SDA) as Chief Executive Offi cer from Kolluri Group 2008-2010. Mr. Kolluri came to the SDA from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), where he served as Commissioner beginning in March 2006. In his capacity as NJDOT Commissioner, Mr. Kolluri also served as Chairman of NJ TRANSIT, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and the South Jersey Transportation Authority. Mr. Kolluri received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Marketing from Rutgers University, a Masters degree in International Business from Johns Hopkins University and a law degree from Georgetown University.

GRACE H. PARK Grace Park came to the United States Attorney’s Offi ce in Newark, New Jersey in 2003 as an Assistant United States Assistant U.S. Attorney and since then has prosecuted cases in the areas of healthcare fraud, securities fraud, economic crimes, terrorism and violent crimes. She is currently in the Healthcare and Government Fraud unit of the United States Attorney Attorney’s Offi ce and has handled signifi cant investigations and prosecutions of public and private companies and white-collar individuals employed by those companies in this area. Prior to coming to the United States Attorney’s Offi ce, Ms. Park was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York City. She also clerked for the Honorable William H. Walls, U.S.D.J. in Newark, New Jersey. She obtained her law degree from Harvard Law School and her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

PAUL UYEHARA Please see bio on page 47. U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division Dean John Farmer and the Faculty of the School One Washington Park Suite 1401-CC Newark, NJ 07102 of Law, Newark, join in 973-718-7347 (x121) the call “Stand Up and Be LAI SUN YEE Lai Sun Yee is a Senior Advisor, Homeland Security for CNA. She was selected as a Naval Postgraduate School’s www.apalanj.com Counted.” Senior Advisor, Center for Homeland Defense and Security Distinguished Fellow and worked at DHS/FEMA/NPD. At the NPD, she worked on the revision of the HSPD-8: National Preparedness and a project interviewing state and local stakeholders Homeland Security, regarding national preparedness. She is the former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Secretary for New York State Rutgers School of Law-Newark at the Center for and was responsible for the following agencies: Offi ce of Homeland Security, State Emergency Management Offi ce, Naval Analyses Division of Military and Naval Affairs (National Guard) and Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination. She was the Assistant Deputy Secretary for Criminal Justice for New York State and was responsible for the criminal justice portfolio. She is also the former general counsel of the New York State Emergency Management Offi ce (NYSEMO) where she advised the Director, the executive staff and the agency on legal matters.

26 27 CORPORATE COUNSEL ROUNDTABLE: The Emergence of Alternative Billing PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP: Navigating Your First Years Panels Arrangements as a Marketing Tool in a Challenging Economy Panels of Practice

With every economic downturn, there are usually many calls for their law fi rm “partners” fi nally seems to be gaining traction. The swing back in favor of hourly billing when economic conditions It has always been important for new attorneys to new attorneys are striving to stand out from the crowd, Are there different unwritten rules in the public sector? paradigm-shifting changes in the practice of law, particularly with popular media is replete with stories of how large corporations have fi nally improve? Our distinguished panel of in-house counsel and respect to hourly billing. While law fi rms have considered the use persuaded some law fi rms to put aside their concerns about risk private fi rm lawyers from fi rms of all sizes weigh in on how the build good reputations for themselves early on in their with both advancement and job security in mind. Established practitioners who have been there before of alternative billing arrangements in the past, widespread changes and enter into fl at-fee or other non-traditional billing arrangements. trend towards alternative billing has affected their practices, how careers. By doing so, not only do new attorneys develop How can new attorneys distinguish themselves from and new attorneys who are there now will discuss these to law fi rm billing practices have not yet taken hold. The staying Will competitive forces compel the majority of fi rms to conform to they have used non-traditional billing arrangements to develop and their professional skills, but they also increase their their colleagues? Is “doing good work” enough? Or are and related issues. power of the “Great Recession” has reinvigorated this debate; this new trend? Will these changes have an impact on medium and maintain important client relationships, and how to structure fee chances of advancement. But now more than ever, billable hours and face time unspoken requirements? however, as clients’ demand for greater value and risk-sharing by smaller fi rms? Will this be a lasting change, or will the pendulum agreements that are fair and profi table for both client and counsel.

SUDHA TIWARI Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Kantor served as a judicial law clerk to the late Honorable Jan M. Schlesinger in P. STEPHEN KIM Please see bio on page 8. the Burlington County vicinage of the N.J. Superior Court, Chancery Division, Family Part. She is certifi ed in Mediation MODERATOR KANTOR and Conciliation Skills through the Administrative Offi ce of the Courts. Ms. Kantor is admitted to practice in N.J. (1993), MODERATOR P.A. (1993), U.S. District Courts (New Jersey, 1993 and Eastern District of P.A., 2000), U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit Associate, Sedgwick, Senior Litigation (2001) and the U.S. Supreme Court (2001). Ms. Kantor is a 2004 Fellow of Leadership New Jersey. Ms. Kantor handled Detert, Moran & Counsel, ADP, Inc. complex business and family litigation matters at large law fi rms in Princeton and Cherry Hill. In 2002, Ms. Kantor Arnold went into public service as the Director of Legal, Policy and Legislative Affairs at the N.J. Department of Human Services before joining the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority as its Director of Legal and Governmental Affairs. Ms. Kantor currently serves on ADP’s Local Diversity Council. Ms. Kantor is a member of the Asian Pacifi c American Lawyers Association of New Jersey (where she served as President (2008-2009).

TANYA A. BOVÉE Tanya A. Bovée is a Partner in the Hartford, Connecticut, offi ce of Jackson Lewis, a national Labor and Employment JOHN Mr. Encarnacion is an associate in the Subrogation Department and practices exclusively in the fi eld of insurance Partner, Jackson law fi rm. subrogation. He received his B.A. in 1996 from the College of William and Mary and his J.D. in 1999 from Villanova Ms. Bovée is the immediate past President of the Connecticut Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association (CAPABA). ENCARNACION University. He was the Production Editor of the Villanova Sports and Entertainment Law Journal. Lewis She also is the Co-Chair of the joint CAPABA and Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association’s Achievement Mentoring Associate, White Mr. Encarnacion holds a position on the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia Bar Association Young Lawyers Program, a member of the fi rm’s Diversity Committee, the National Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association, the and Williams Division, the Executive Committee of the Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association of Pennsylvania and the Board of Connecticut Bar Association’s Diversity Committee, and the Connecticut Council of Bar Presidents. Ms. Bovée Directors of Philadelphia VIP. He is also on the Leadership Board of the Villanova University School of Law Minority has co-authored several articles on workplace law issues for the Connecticut Law Tribune and the Connecticut Bar Alumni Society. Mr. Encarnacion was recently elected Treasurer of the Philadelphia Bar Association Young Lawyers Association’s Labor & Employment Law Newsletter. Ms. Bovée has been recognized as a 2009 and 2010 Rising Star by Division (YLD) Executive Committee. Connecticut Super Lawyers.

VINCENT T. CHANG Vincent T. Chang is a Partner at Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch LLP, located at 500 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Mr. JOHN S. HO Mr. Ho is a member in the Labor and Employment Law Department of the law fi rm of Bond, Schoeneck & King Partner, Wollmuth Chang has worked on complex litigation for nearly 20 years for both corporate plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Chang Member, Bond, and resides in the New York City offi ce. Mr. Ho represents management in all aspects of Labor and Employment Law. Prior to joining Bond, Mr. Ho served as a prosecutor with the United States Department of Labor, Offi ce of the has been designated a Superlawyer in Business Litigation in New York, a designation limited to 5% of the attorneys in Schoeneck & King Maher & Deutsch each state. Prior to joining Wollmuth Maher & Deutsch, Mr. Chang was an associate and then counsel at Davis Polk & Solicitor, where he prosecuted numerous OSHA and FLSA cases. Wardwell in New York. Mr. Chang served as a Judicial Clerk to the Robert B. Krupansky, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Mr. Ho is a graduate of the University of Connecticut (B.A., 1992) and St. John’s University School of Law (J.D., 6th Circuit. cum laude, 1997) where he was a member of the American Bankruptcy Law Review (1993-1994). Mr. Chang received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School and his A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard College. Mr. Chang is a former President of the Asian American Bar Association of New York, and serves on the Executive Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association (“NYCLA”) and on its Board of Directors.

MICHAEL L. Please see bio on page 19. GARY S. PASRICHA Gary S. Pasricha is a member of Pasricha & Patel, LLC, a six attorney general practice fi rm in Edison, New Jersey, Member, Pasricha & concentrating in immigration, corporate law, and commercial litigation. He is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and KORNICZKY is licensed to practice law in New York and New Jersey. Mr. Pasricha’s practice is focused on commercial litigation and Chief Administrative Patel corporate law with an emphasis on private placements and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Pasricha is a member of the Offi cer, General New Jersey Association for Justice, American Bar Association, New York and New Jersey Bar Associations, American Counsel and Immigration Lawyers Association, APALA, and other professional organizations. Secretary, Graham Packaging

PETER TU Please see bio on page 20. EDWARD (“TED”) Mr. Shin is in-house counsel to Welch’s, a Massachusetts-based producer of grape juice, grape jelly, and other fruit- Vice President, based products. He is responsible for reviewing TV/print advertising and product labels for compliance with FTC/ SHIN FDA regs and other laws, employment counseling, contract review, and litigation management. Mr. Shin was born and Legal, and Chief IP Senior Corporate raised in Hawaii, earned his B.A. from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and his J.D. from New York Law Counsel, moksha8 Counsel, Welch’s School. He now lives in the Boston area with his wife, who is also from Hawaii. Mr. Shin is a member of the Asian- Pharmaceuticals, Inc. American Lawyers’ Association of Massachusetts (AALAM).

MICHAEL YAP Michael Yap is Vice President and Corporate Counsel at Prudential. Mr. Yap serves as primary counsel on global HAEKYOUNG SUH Haekyoung Suh, a member of the fi rm Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, concentrates in the areas of complex commercial Vice President and investment fund formation and strategic joint ventures and acquisitions for Prudential’s real estate investment Member, Norris litigation, products liability, appellate advocacy and tax appeals. Ms. Suh has been appointed to serve on the Supreme management business, a manager of over $40 billion in assets in the Americas, Asia and Europe. He also manages Court Model Jury Charge Committee for the 2008-2010 term and the District XIII Ethics Committee for Hunterdon, Corporate Counsel, legal and regulatory matters for Prudential’s global real estate securities trading business, which has trading operations McLaughlin & Somerset and Warren Counties. She was recognized by the New Jersey Journal as one of New Jersey’s top 40 Under 40 Prudential in the United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore, and he serves on Prudential’s Anti-Corruption Advisory Marcus attorneys. Committee. He is Chairman of Prudential’s Diversity Council for Law, Compliance and Business Ethics, a twelve Before joining Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, Ms. Suh served as law clerk for the Honorable William A. Dreier, member council that designs and implements strategic initiatives to promote diversity and inclusive business practices. P.J.A.D., Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Mr. Yap graduated from the University of Chicago and Rutgers University School of Law in Newark and began his legal career as a corporate lawyer at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in New York City.

28 29 Panels LEADERS OF ANOTHER COMMUNITY Panels DIVERSITY 2010: Leading the Charge in the New Decade

Ask yourself: Of which community or communities are Pacifi c American attorneys? Let’s be honest – most of This panel will give us the opportunity to engage Diversity initiatives were the trend this past decade, increased its demands for diversity from all its vendors, beyond that “business case,” and how can we ensure you a member? us probably did not. in discussions and hear the perspectives of several as many national, regional and even local fi rms including its legal service providers. Yet are those in that diversity is more than a fashionable trend? What Instinctively, you may think of some geographic or But how will we stand up and be heard if we do notable leaders of our community of Asian Pacifi c established committees to promote diversity. Law the legal industry giving more than just lip service to are the private and public sectors doing to demonstrate perhaps even ethnic designation. But did you consider not stand up together as one community? This is just American attorneys. fi rm management has recognized the “business case” diversity, and if so, in what ways? How can we as legal a true appreciation of diversity? These and other related yourself to be a member of the community of Asian the right question for the leaders of our community. for diversity to varying degrees as corporate America professionals better embrace diversity for reasons topics will be explored in this panel.

ERIC FIKRY Please see bio on page 9. SCOTT B. MURRAY Scott B. Murray is a member of the fi rm Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. and handles complex litigation, especially matters MODERATOR MODERATOR involving antitrust, intellectual property and technology issues, in state and federal courts, as well as before national and international arbitration panels. At Sills, he has represented and counseled clients including technology companies, Blank Rome Member, Sills commodity and luxury product manufacturers, commercial landlords, health care providers, and international Cummis & Gross industrial manufacturer and several fi nancial institutions. Mr. Murray is Co-Chair of the fi rm’s Hiring Committee and the fi rm’s Diversity Committee. In 2006, Mr. Murray was named to the New Jersey Law Journal’s “40 Under 40” list and was identifi ed as one of “New Jersey’s Rising Stars” by New Jersey Super Lawyers magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

RONALD K. CHEN Ronald Chen returned to the law school in January 2010 after serving for four years as the fi rst Public Advocate of DEBORAH HONG Deborah Hong is a partner in the business practice group of the law fi rm of Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young in Vice Dean, Clinical New Jersey in 13 years when the Department of the Public Advocate was restored in 2006. As a member of Governor Partner, Stradley Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ms. Hong concentrates her practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, structured Corzine’s Cabinet, he was charged with providing advocacy for a number of specifi c constituencies, including elder fi nance, and general corporate counseling for publicly and privately-held companies. Ms. Hong received her B.S. from Ronon Stevens & Professor of Law citizens, persons with disabilities, mental health services’ consumers, and ratepayers, and was generally given standing to The Wharton School of Business of the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. from the Pepperdine University School and Judge Leonard represent the public interest in legal proceedings. Young of Law. Currently, she serves as President of the Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association of Pennsylvania. Ms. Hong I. Garth Scholar, Prior to becoming the Public Advocate, Dean Chen was the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the law school, also serves as a Board Member for the Center for Literacy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ms. Hong is also a member Rutgers School of with responsibility for overall academic and curricular operations and policy. Previously, he was Acting Director of the of the MoreBank Second-Generation Korean-American Advisory Board, and a Committee Member for the Main Line Law-Newark Minority Student Program, Director of Financial Aid, and an Assistant Professor of Law. Through all these jobs, he Chamber of Commerce Society of Professional Women. maintained a busy schedule as a law professor, teaching Contracts, Federal Courts, Constitutional Law and Church- State Relations. In addition, Dean Chen provided pro bono legal representation to a host of clients on a range of civil rights and constitutional law cases. Dean Chen earned a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College in 1980 and graduated from Rutgers School of Law–Newark with high honors in 1983, where he was editor-in-chief of the Rutgers MICHELLE RHEE Michelle H. Rhee is Associate General Counsel at Bank of America Corporation. She supports the Global Investment Law Review and the Saul Tischler Scholar. Associate General Solutions group primarily in the area of alternative investments, 1940 Act registered funds and separately managed accounts. She also served previously as the Chair of the Legal Department’s Diversity and Inclusion Business Council Counsel, Bank of from 2006-2008. She currently serves as the Council’s Recruiting, Retention and Intern Committee Chair. She has PEGGY KUO Peggy Kuo is the Chief Hearing Offi cer at the New York Stock Exchange, where she is in charge of adjudicating America been at the Bank since 2004. Prior to that, Ms. Rhee was an associate and Junior Partner at WilmerHale from 1997- Chief Hearing all disciplinary matters involving violations of NYSE Rules and federal securities laws by members and member 2004. She holds a JD from Boston University School of Law and a BA from Smith College. organizations. Before being appointed as Chief Hearing Offi cer, Ms. Kuo was counsel at WilmerHale LLP, representing Offi cer, NYSE corporations and not-for-profi t clients primarily with respect to investigations by federal and state regulators and Regulation, Inc. prosecutors, and in civil lawsuits. She was also actively engaged in pro bono work, helping an immigrant wrongly classifi ed as a non-citizen avoid deportation and representing six Bosnians detained at Guantanamo. Ms. Kuo was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia, handling cases ranging from misdemeanors to drug dealing, armed robbery and homicide. Later, as a trial attorney and then Acting Deputy Chief of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Criminal Section, she pursued cases throughout the United States ASKER SAEED Asker A. Saeed is Assistant Counsel in the Commercial Engines & Global Services section of Pratt & Whitney, involving violations of civil rights, such as police brutality, hate crimes, church arson, and involuntary servitude. Assistant Counsel, a division of United Technologies Corporation. Prior to joining Pratt & Whitney, Mr. Saeed was a corporate Ms. Kuo clerked for Hon. Judith W. Rogers, then the Chief Judge of the D.C. Court of Appeals. She also studied transactional and fi nance associate at Robinson & Cole LLP and Murtha Cullina LLP, both Northeast regional law United Technologies fi rms based in Hartford, Connecticut. in Berlin as a German Chancellor Fellow, through a leadership program sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Corporation, Pratt Foundation. Mr. Saeed is a founding member of the South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut (SABAC) and began serving as & Whitney Division SABAC’s President in 2004, a position he was re-elected to three times. He has been a North American South Asian Bar Association (NASABA) board member since 2004, serving as NASABA’s Vice President, External Relations for TSIWEN LAW Currently, Mr. Law is a civil trial lawyer with his law fi rm, Law & Zaslow, L.L.C. He served two years as chairman the 2007-2008 term. He currently serves as Co-Chair of NASABA’s Corporate Counsel Committee. At Pratt & Whitney he co-chairs an Employee Engagement Team and was appointed by the General Counsel to serve as Pratt & Principal Member, of the Pennsylvania Bar Assn (PBA) Civil and Equal Rights Committee and one year as co-chair of the 2008 Mid-year Meeting. He has been co-chair of NAPABA’s Civil Rights Committee for thirteen years. He has lobbied the Pa General Whitney’s representative on the UTC Diversity Council. Mr. Saeed has been a frequent speaker on diversity and career Law & Zaslow Assembly and Congress on behalf of the PBA and NAPABA. He is a past chairman of the Minority Bar Committee, development issues throughout the Connecticut and Western Massachusetts legal and law student communities, and past vice chair of the PBA’s Long Range Planning Committee, past at-large governor of the PBA Board, past member has devoted a substantial amount of time to furthering diversity efforts in Connecticut’s legal community. of the PBA House Credentials Committee, past House delegate for Zone One, past member of the PBA Task Force In 2005, Mr. Saeed was recognized as a New Leader of the Law (for service to the bar) by the Connecticut Law on Diversity, and a member of the Task Force on Needs of Middle Income Persons. He is the author of numerous Tribune. In 2006, he was elected a fellow of the American Bar Foundation. In 2008, Mr. Saeed was awarded SABAC’s resolutions which have been successfully approved by the House of Delegates, including the PA Court Interpreters Act Member of the Year Award, for his long and continuing service to the organization. For his ongoing diversity efforts which became law in November 2006. He chaired Mayor Wilson Goode’s Commission on Asian American Affairs in the Pratt & Whitney Legal Department he was awarded a Pratt & Whitney special award in 2008 from the Vice for three years. In 2009, Mayor Michael Nutter appointed him to the reconstituted Commission on Asian American President and Counsel of Commercial Engines & Global Services and in 2009 from the General Counsel. Also in Affairs. Mr. Law is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley, the University of Michigan School of Public 2009, he was selected by the Connecticut Law Tribune as one of a handful of minority “High Achiever” attorneys Health, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. practicing law in Connecticut.

HON. WILLIAM M. William Tong has broad experience representing clients in commercial litigation in federal and state courts, negotiating ONA T. WANG Ona T. Wang is a Partner at Baker & Hostetler LLP, where she focuses her practice on corporate criminal matters, multi-party settlements, conducting internal investigations, and responding to federal and state government Partner, Baker & securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, as well as general and complex commercial litigation. Ms. Wang is TONG investigations. Mr. Tong is a leader of the fi rm’s Dispute Resolution and Risk Management team. Vice-Chair of the fi rm’s Pro Bono Committee and the Hiring Partner and Pro Bono Coordinator for the fi rm’s New State Representative, Mr. Tong is a State Representative and represents the 147th District (Stamford/New Canaan) in the Connecticut Hostetler York offi ce. Ms. Wang has been a member of the Federal Bar Council American Inn of Court and chaired the Federal 147th District, CT General Assembly. In that role, Representative Tong serves on the Judiciary and General Law Committees, and as Vice Legislation Committee of the New York City Bar Association from 2006-2009. Ms. Wang is also a member of the General Assembly/ Chairman of the Energy and Technology Committee. Second Circuit Judicial Conference Planning and Programming Committee and the New York State Independent Of Counsel, Finn Judicial Election Qualifi cation Commission for the First Department. Ms. Wang holds an A.B., cum laude, from Dixon & Herling Harvard, a Ph.D. from Duke University, and a J.D., cum laude, from New York University, and clerked for the Honorable Deborah A. Batts in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

30 31 HEALTH CARE REFORM: What’s the PATHWAYS TO THE JUDICIARY Panels Big Deal? Panels

An opportunity to hear the personal stories of of Appeals; Hon. Kiyo Matsumoto, the second APA Hon. Nicolas Scutari, who chairs the New Jersey State Health care reform took center stage in the 2008 should not be considered the latest fad that deserves reform, but also existing health law regulations that trailblazing jurists and their paths to the bench and gain woman ever to serve as a federal District Court judge; Senate Judiciary Committee with confi rmation powers presidential election, and it remained a hot topic well only momentary attention. A panel comprised of some practitioners representing corporations of all sizes, and insight to the judicial appointment process. Panelists and Hon. David Bauman, the fi rst APA judge to serve over judicial nominations, as well as David Anderson, into this year. The proposed reform has brought health of the most noted practitioners in health law will their corporate counterparts, should be versed to give include Hon. Denny Chin, the only APA presently as a Presiding Judge in the Civil Division of a New Director of Professional & Governmental Services in the care regulation into the mainstream, yet health law discuss not only the proposed impact of health care effective advice on the broad range of health law issues. serving as a judge on the United States Circuit Court Jersey Superior Court vicinage. They will be joined by New Jersey Administrative Offi ce of the Courts.

JESSICA KWON Jessica S. Kwon joined Seton Hall Law School in 2009 as the Director of Healthcare Compliance Certifi cation Program LORA FONG Lora L. Fong is Senior Corporate Counsel and head of the Americas–East Commercial Practices legal team for MODERATOR (HCCP). As the Director of HCCP, Ms. Kwon is responsible for developing, expanding and enhancing the Program’s MODERATOR salesforce.com, inc. Ms. Fong is active in various professional and community organizations, presently serving as a curriculum and that it remains timely and meaninful to the Program participants. member of the New Jersey State Advisory Committee to the United States Civil Rights Commission. She is a member Director, Healthcare Ms. Kwon comes to Seton Hall Law directly from the Ethics and Compliance Department of Daiichi Sankyo, Senior Corporate of the Board of Trustees of Rutgers University and also, a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey State Bar Compliance Inc., where as a consultant, she was in charge of internal investigations, company compliance policies, training, and Counsel, Salesforce. Association, where she Co-Chairs the Standing Committee on Diversity. She is a past President of the Asian Pacifi c Certifi cation compliance with State marketing disclosure and reporting laws. Prior to relocating back to New York in 2008, she spent com, Inc. American Lawyers Association of New Jersey and the recipient of its 2007 Achievement Award. Ms. Fong is Board Program and Seton over fi ve years with Novartis at its global headquarters in Basel, Switzerland as Senior Corporate Counsel in the Global Counsel to OCA-New Jersey and previously served in that same capacity to the Women’s Political Caucus of New Hall Law School Litigation Department and then as an Offi cer of Global Pharma Compliance. She joined Novartis after numerous years Jersey. The Supreme Court of New Jersey appointed Ms. Fong to terms on its Committee on Character, as well as its Faculty Fellow in private practice in California and New Jersey. Jessica holds a B.A. in History with a minor in Business Administration Committee on Women in the Courts. She is the recipient of a number of honors, including the inaugural Distinguished from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law. Alumni Award conferred by Rutgers, the State University – School of Law, Newark Minority Student Program; the 2004 Professional Lawyer of the Year Award conferred by NJ Commission on Professionalism and the Law; and the 2003 Asian American Achievement Award conferred by Asian American Heritage Council.

KATHY HIRATA Kathy Hirata Chin has been a partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP since 1990. She is a member DAVID P. David P. Anderson Jr. is the Director of the Administrative Offi ce of the Courts’ (AOC’s) Professional and of the litigation group specializing in healthcare and real estate issues. Ms. Chin graduated from Princeton Governmental Services Division. As Director, he serves as the judiciary’s representative to the Governor’s Offi ce CHIN University magna cum laude and earned her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where she was ANDERSON, JR. Cadwalader, and the Legislature and, in addition to coordinating all judicial appointments and reappointments, he oversees Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Director, Offi ce of all of the judiciary’s activities with the Legislature.Within the judiciary itself, he is charged with management of Wickersham & Taft Professional and the AOC’s Judicial Education & Judicial Performance Unit and the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct. Governmental Services, Mr. Anderson has a B.A. degree from Wittenberg University in Springfi eld Ohio, and holds a Master’s Degree Administrative Offi ce in Public Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University, then of Rutherford, New Jersey. He has worked of the Courts State for the judiciary for over 38 years. of NJ

HON. DAVID The fi rst Asian-American judge for the Monmouth Vicinage, David F. Bauman, took the oath of offi ce on July 11, AMANDA LAYTON Amanda E. Layton is an associate attorney in the Employee Benefi ts and Executive Compensation Practice Group of BAUMAN 2008. Judge Bauman was initially assigned to the Family Division, where he served until September 1, 2009. His Duane Morris Duane Morris, LLP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Duane Morris in 2009, Ms. Layton practiced in current assignment is that of Presiding Judge – Civil Division, which resolves Trials (Jury and Non-Jury), Non-Binding the area of employee benefi ts with WolfBlock, LLP in Philadelphia. Presiding Judge, Arbitration, Voluntary Binding Arbitration, Mediation of Small Claims Matters, Bar Panel Presumptive Mediation Ms. Layton was recognized for theecond year in 2010 as a “Rising Star” in the fi eld of employee benefi ts law Civil Division, Program, Complex Commercial Program Expedited Jury Trials, Conferences, Proof Hearings, Friendly Hearings, by Philadelphia Magazine and Law and Politics. She is a frequent speaker on employee benefi ts topics and teaches Superior Court of Wage Executions, and Warrant Hearings. Prior to taking the judicial oath in July 2008, Judge Bauman was a partner at courses in several areas, including courses on benefi t issues impacting employer use of independent contractors; NJ, Monmouth Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C., specializing in general litigation with a focus on complex civil and criminal matters. From employer COBRA compliance; consumer-driven healthcare options (health savings accounts (HSAs) and health Vicinage 1988 through 1991, he served on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps, working as a prosecutor, defense counsel, reimbursement arrangements (HRAs)) and employer-sponsored wellness programs. She has been featured on and lead trial attorney for high profi le criminal matters. Judge Bauman is a graduate of Columbia University, where he Kiplingers.com and BusinessWeek.com and has also authored print articles discussing employer fi duciary obligations was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and Boston College Law School. He is also a member of APALA/NJ, which honored him in regard to qualifi ed retirement plans. with an achievement award in 2008. Ms. Layton is a cum laude graduate of Rutgers School of Law-Camden, received her M.B.A. from Rutgers School of Business and is a graduate of Villanova University. HON. DENNY CHIN Please see bio on page 35.HON. KIYO Please see bio on page 35. United States Court MATSUMOTO DEVIANI MISHRA Ms. Mishra is a partner practicing labor and employment law in the New York offi ce of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. She has of Appeals for the U.S. District Court, Partner, Seyfarth represented employers in all aspects of employment litigation, including: workplace discrimination, harassment and 2nd Circuit retaliation claims; wage & hour actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and other statutes; suits under the Family Eastern District of Shaw and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment NY Rights Act; non-competition disputes; and numerous other actions under federal, state and local law. Ms. Mishra is a graduate of Yale College and Columbia University School of Law.

HON. NICHOLAS Nicholas P. Scutari was elected to the State Senate in 2003 to represent the 22nd District, which includes the Middlesex County municipalities of Dunellen and Middlesex, the Somerset County municipalities of Green Brook SCUTARI and North Plainfi eld, and the Union County municipalities of Clark, Fanwood, Linden, Plainfi eld, Rahway, Scotch NJ State Senator, Plains, and Winfi eld. Legislative District 22 As Senator to the 22nd Legislative district, Senator Scutari has spearheaded several initiatives that benefi t both GLORIA YU Gloria Yu, Esq. is a legal and policy researcher at Solutions for Progress, a company based in Philadelphia that the citizens within the 22nd district and the State of New Jersey as a whole. He is a strong advocate for insurance Legal and Policy develops technology to connect families and individuals to economic benefi ts to help them move out of poverty. reform and has sponsored legislation to create a more consumer-friendly environment. She currently conducts research on public benefi ts and health care reform at this position. Prior to joining Another of Senator Scutari’s priorities is having a fair, competent, and qualifi ed Judiciary in New Jersey. As a Researcher, Solutions Solutions for Progress, Ms. Yu was a staff attorney at the Pennsylvania Health Law Project in Philadelphia, PA for Progress member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Scutari oversaw the adoption of deeper vetting and scrutiny focusing on Medicare and Medicaid. She received her J.D. from Temple University Beasley School of Law. She is a procedures for judicial nominees and reappointments. member of APABA-PA and NAPABA. A practicing attorney with an offi ce located in Linden, Senator Scutari is a member of the bar in both New Jersey and New York. He earned his law degree from Thomas Cooley Law School in 1993, receiving the John D. Voelker Award as Outstanding Law Review Associate. He graduated from Kean College with honors in less than three years at the age of 20, and received his Master’s Degree from Rutgers University in 1990 at the age of 21.

32 33 THE MASSIE TRIALS: Race, Honor, Presentation and Justice in Depression-Era Hawaii

JOHN P. BAJIT VINCENT T. CHANG YANG CHEN YASUHIRO SAITO VINOO P. VARGHESE ONA T. WANG

John P. Bajit is principal law clerk to the Honorable Lucy Please see bio on page 26. Yang Chen is the Executive Director of the Asian Yasuhiro Saito is a partner at Carter Ledyard & Vinoo P. Varghese is the principal at The Law Offi ces of Please see bio on page 33. Billings, Justice of the Supreme Court, New York County, American Bar Association of New York, a position he has Milburn LLP. He focuses on complex commercial Vinoo P. Varghese, P.C., where he focuses his practice Civil Division. John has worked in the New York State held since August 2009. litigation, securities litigation, bankruptcy litigation, on federal and state criminal defense and related asset Court system for over ten years, having served as a court Mr. Chen has been active in AABANY for many years, and white-collar crime and SEC enforcement forfeiture matters. Mr. Varghese is a member of the attorney in the Appellate Division, Second Department, having served on the Board and numerous committees, investigations and actions. He represents major criminal defense panels for the Legal Referral Services New York City Civil Court and New York City Criminal including the Judicial Affairs Committee, of which he multinational corporations in various industries, of the City Bar of NY, the Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, Court. Prior to working for the New York State Court was a chair. Mr. Chen served as AABANY’s President including banking and fi nance, manufacturing, and Westchester Bar Associations. From September system, John was a staff attorney for the Social Security in 2008. insurance, accounting, pharmaceutical, and media/ 2000 to February 2006, Mr. Varghese served as an Administration, Offi ce of Hearings and Appeals, and Chen was a partner in the fi rm of Constantine Cannon, broadcasting. Prior to joining Carter Ledyard, Mr. Assistant District Attorney (A.D.A.) in the Brooklyn also worked in the private sector. John is an offi cer of the a boutique fi rm specializing in antitrust and complex Saito was the leader of Japan-related Litigation Practice (Kings County) District Attorney’s Offi ce. As an Small Claims Arbitrators Association, a director on the commercial litigation. He was among the group that Group at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. He is a former A.D.A., Mr. Varghese tried over 20 cases to verdict, board of the St. John’s Law School Alumni Association, founded the fi rm in 1994, which started as Constantine board member of the Asian American Bar Association wrote several appellate briefs, argued cases before the and a former director on the board of directors of the & Associates. Before joining Constantine Cannon, of New York, and have chaired AABANY’s Litigation Appellate Division, and investigated homicides. In 2005, Asian American Bar Association of New York. John Mr. Chen was an associate in the New York offi ce of Committee and Student Outreach Committee. Mr. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes honored earned a a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School McDermott, Will & Emery and before that he was Saito clerked for Hon. John T. Elfvin, United States Mr. Varghese with the distinction of naming him Senior of Law in 1993, after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree associated with Breed, Abbott & Morgan (now Winston District Judge for the Western District of New York, Assistant District Attorney as well as appointing him in Government and Politics from St. John’s University & Strawn). Mr. Chen is a graduate of the New York from 1992 to 1994. to head the Assault on Police Offi cers Program, which in 1991. University School of Law and Binghamton University. handled all serious cases of assaults on NYPD offi cers in Brooklyn. Mr. Varghese chairs the Solo & Small Firm Practice Committee at the New York County Lawyers’ Association. He is active in the South Asian FRANCIS H. CHIN KATHY HIRATA CHIN LAUREN U.Y. LEE Bar Association of New York (SABANY) and serves on the Criminal Justice Committee of the North American Francis H. Chin is a senior administrator at Brooklyn Please see bio on page 34. Lauren U. Y. Lee is a senior litigation associate at South Asian Bar Association (NASABA). Mr. Varghese Law School, where he has focused on technology for Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. She obtained her received his B.A. from New York University and his J.D. the last ten years, and secretary of the Asian American B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, magna cum from Brooklyn Law School. He is admitted to practice Bar Association of New York (AABANY). He has laude and her J.D. from the Temple University School before the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court previously served as membership secretary and a of Law, magna cum laude. After law school, Ms. Lee Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Southern District of member of the board of directors, helping AABANY clerked for the late Honorable Judge James McGirr New York, Eastern District of New York, and New York to earn the NAPABA Affi liate of the Year award in Kelly, U.S. district court judge for the Eastern District State. 2008. He has been involved with the Hon. Thomas of Pennsylvania. Ms. Lee was recognized for her pro Tang Moot Court Competition in various capacities bono work with non-English speaking Korean women since 1996, including hosting, judging and problem seeking legal resident status under the Violence Against writing. He is also secretary of the New York University Women Act and was a recipient of the 2007 Sanctuary College of Arts and Science Alumni Association. While For Families Pro Bono Advocacy Award. She also does DAVID WEINBERG JESSICA C. WONG MICHAEL YAP attending Brooklyn Law School, Mr. Chin co-authored pro bono work for the Asian American Legal Defense the McGraw-Hill computer trade paperback HTML And Education Fund (AALDEF) and has been a board David Weinberg is a nationally recognized authority Jessica C. Wong is an associate at Cadwalader, Please see bio on page 26. Publishing on the Internet. After graduation, he was of member of AALDEF since 2008. in the use of communications themes and multimedia Wickersham & Taft LLP in the fi rm’s corporate counsel to Llorens and Meneses in New Jersey, where he technologies for litigation, mediation, and arbitration. department. Her practice is concentrated in the area practiced in residential real estate, business formation, As chief executive offi cer of JURYGROUP, he helps of fi nance law, with an emphasis on real estate and and immigration, and then was technology counsel at law fi rms and businesses to simplify their cases corporate fi nance. Ms. Wong represents borrowers Netmatrix, an e-discovery and knowledge management with persuasive themes and powerful graphics. Mr. and lenders in domestic as well as cross-border company in New York. Mr. Chin holds a bachelor’s Weinberg has frequently appeared on national fi nance origination, securitization and restructuring degree in computer science from New York University, television to demonstrate the forensic reconstruction transactions. Her clients include large institutional and a law degree from Brooklyn Law School; he is of news events. He consulted on such events as the lenders, investment banks and other investors in real admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey. Simpson/Goldman murders, the bombing of the estate debt and equity transactions. Ms. Wong received Oklahoma City Federal building, the search for her bachelors degree in government from Georgetown VINNY LEEHON. KIYO MATSUMOTO SUSAN MOON Gianni Versace killer Andrew Cunanan, the Menendez University and her law degree from Brooklyn Law killings and the Federal confrontation in Waco, Texas School, cum laude. Vinny Lee is an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham Please see bio on page 39. Susan Moon is a Senior Counsel at Wyndham Exchange with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians. He & Taft LLP, where her practice focuses on patent and Rentals, a Wyndham Worldwide company. Ms. has participated in forensic investigations into the litigation in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and Moon has a diverse, international practice which deaths of Jesse James, J. Edgar Hoover, the explorer chemical fi elds. Prior to joining Cadwalader, Ms. Lee includes commercial contracts, marketing and social Meriwether Lewis, and CIA scientist Frank Olsen. was an associate at Morgan & Finnegan LLP. Ms. Lee media, IP, technology, fi nance, M&A, and compliance. Mr. Weinberg is the editor of Computer Animation in earned her B.S. from Cornell University, cum laude, She received her undergraduate degree from Smith the Courtroom: A Primer, a multimedia publication and her J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, College and her law degree from the Columbia of the American Bar Association. He is a member where she served as Editor-In-Chief of the New York University School of Law, where she was a Managing and speaker in the American Academy of Forensic International Law Review and received the American Editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Science, former chairman of the Committee on the Bar Association/Bureau of National Affairs Award Prior to joining Wyndham, Ms. Moon was a corporate Use of Technologically Sophisticated Evidence for the for Excellence in the Study of Health Law. Ms. Lee is associate at several large law fi rms in New York City. American Bar Association’s Lawyer’s Conference, admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey, as Ms. Moon currently serves on the Board of the Korean and former technology chair for the ABA Section of well as in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and American Lawyers Association of Greater New York General Practice, Small Firm and Solo Practitioners. Southern Districts of New York and the District of New (KALAGNY) and on Wyndham Worldwide’s Legal Mr. Weinberg holds a BA from the University of Illinois Jersey. Diversity Committee and Pro Bono Committee. at Chicago and a JD from DePaul University School of Law.

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The Honorable Cory A. Booker, 40, is the Mayor of Newark, New Administration has also doubled affordable housing production. Kiyo A. Matsumoto was appointed as a United States District Judge Department of Justice. Jersey. He took the oath of offi ce as Mayor of New Jersey’s largest Mayor Booker’s political career began in 1998, after serving as for the Eastern District of New York in July 2008. At the time of her Judge Matsumoto was an adjunct professor at Brooklyn Law city on July 1, 2006 following a sweeping electoral victory. Staff Attorney for the Urban Justice Center in Newark. He rose to appointment, she had served as a United States Magistrate Judge for School, where she taught legal research and writing, and at New Elected with a clear mandate for change, Mayor Booker has begun prominence as Newark’s Central Ward Councilman. During his four the Eastern District of New York since July 2004. York University School of Law, where she taught a government civil work on realizing a bold vision for the city. Newark’s mission is to years of service from 1998-2002, then-Councilman Booker earned a Judge Matsumoto graduated with honors from the University litigation clinic and seminar. She also has served as a trustee and vice set a national standard for urban transformation by marshalling reputation as a leader with innovative ideas and bold actions, from of California at Berkeley as a journalism major, and from the chair of the board of the Federal Bar Council, and as a member of its resources to achieve security, economic abundance and an increasing security in public housing to building new playgrounds. Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a legal research the Second Circuit Courts Committee of the Federal Bar Council, a environment that is nurturing and empowering for individuals and This work was the foundation for his leadership as Mayor. For this and writing fellow. Following her graduation from law school, member of the Judiciary Committee, the Federal Courts Committee families. work, he has been recognized in numerous publications, including, Judge Matsumoto was a litigation associate at MacDonald, Hoague and the Nominating Committee of the Association of the Bar of the Mayor Booker and his Administration have made meaningful among others, Time, Esquire, New Jersey Monthly (naming him as and Bayless in Seattle, Washington. Thereafter, she joined the City of New York, Vice Chair of the Mayor’s Committee on City strides towards achieving the City’s mission. As of July 1, 2008, one of New Jersey’s top 40 under 40), Black Enterprise (naming him U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce for the Eastern District of New York as an Marshals, a member of the Joint Committee on Local Federal Rules Newark, New Jersey led the nation among large cities for reductions to the Hot List, America’s Most Powerful Players under 40) and The Assistant U.S. Attorney, where she served for over twenty years, and for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, a member of in shootings and murders, achieving decreases of more than 40% New York Times Magazine. was appointed as a Deputy Chief, First Deputy Chief and Chief of the Eastern District of New York’s Committee on Civil Litigation, MAYOR CORY A. reductions in both categories. Radical transformation of the Newark Refl ecting his commitment to education, Mayor Booker is a HON. KIYO MATSUMOTO the Civil Division. During her tenure at the United States Attorneys a member of the Asian American Bar Association of New York and BOOKER Police Department under Mayor Booker’s leadership, together with member of numerous boards and advisory committees including Luncheon Introduction of Offi ce, she also served as an instructor in civil litigation, fi nancial National Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association and a member of Luncheon Keynote the deployment of over 100 surveillance cameras throughout City, Democrats for Education Reform, Columbia University Teachers’ Judicial Excellence Award litigation and trial advocacy at the Attorney General’s Advocacy the American Bar Association Standards Review Committee. Speaker has led to Newark setting the nationwide pace for crime reduction. College Board of Trustees and the Black Alliance for Educational Institute and the National Advocacy Center of the United States Among other recent notable achievements under Mayor Options. Mayor Booker received his B. A. and M. A. from Stanford Booker’s leadership, the City of Newark has committed to a University, a B. A. in Modern History at Oxford University as a $40 million transformation of the City’s parks and playgrounds Rhodes Scholar, and completed his law degree at Yale University. through a ground-breaking public/private partnership. The Booker

Upendra Chivukula is the fi rst Asian-Indian American elected to Committee, as well as the Task Force on Homeland Security for Judicial Excellence Denny Chin is a United States Circuit Judge for phrase “Fair and Balanced” in the title of a book, the New Jersey General Assembly and the fourth Indian- American the NCSL. Award the United States Court of Appeals for the Second the Naked Cowboy, the Google Books settlement, in the US to be elected to state offi ce. Assemblyman Chivukula has served on the New Jersey Circuit. He was sworn in on April 26, 2010. and the United Nations Oil for Food Program. The Judicial Excellence He is currently serving his fi fth term in the Assembly, delegation to the Democratic National Convention in 1996, Judge Chin graduated from Princeton He also presided over the trial of an Afghan representing the 17th district, which encompasses Highland 2000, 2004 and in 2008. Upendra was an Elector for the Electoral Award honors an APA jurist University magna cum laude in 1975 and received warlord charged with conspiring to import heroin Park, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, Piscataway, College in 2004. who has demonstrated the his law degree from Fordham Law School in and the guilty plea and sentencing of fi nancier Milltown, and Franklin Township. Upendra is the Chair of the He is a Leadership New Jersey Fellow (1998), Flemming Institute ability to excel in the judiciary 1978. After clerking for the Honorable Henry Bernard L. Madoff. Telecommunications & Utilities Committee and a member of the Fellow (2003), and the Past President of Franklin Township Lions through his or her leadership, F. Werker, United States District Judge for the Judge Chin has taught legal writing at Fordham Appropriations Committee in the Assembly. He is a member of the Club and Zone 2 Chairman in District 16-D. He is a National exceptional legal acumen and Southern District of New York, he was associated Law School since 1986. While in private practice, Science and Technology Commission for the State of New Jersey, Committee Member of the Association of Indians in America, commitment to service. with the law fi rm Davis Polk & Wardwell from he provided extensive pro bono representation the Asian American Study Foundation and recently became a Past Secretary of NJ Chapter of Indian American Forum for 1980 to 1982. He served as an Assistant United to the Asian American Legal Defense and member of the Intergovernmental Relations Commission. He has Political Education and Past President of Asian American Political States Attorney in the Southern District of New Education Fund. He served as President of the served on the International Education Taskforce, World Languages Coalition. He graduated from the Senior Managers in State and HON. DENNY CHIN York from 1982 until 1986, when he and two Asian American Bar Association of New York ASSEMBLYMAN Instruction Committee and the Board of State Canvassers. Local Government program at the John F. Kennedy School of of his colleagues from the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce from January 1992 through January 1994. He UPENDRA Upendra co-founded the NJ Legislative Science & Technology Government at Harvard University and is a graduate, University of Luncheon Honoree started a law fi rm, Campbell, Patrick & Chin. has served on the boards of numerous non-profi t CHIVUKULA Caucus, as well as the World Languages & International Studies Virginia, Emerging Leaders Program In 1990, he joined Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & organizations, including Hartley House, Care for Luncheon Speaker Caucus in the Legislature. Governor Florio of New Jersey Upendra has a B.E.E. from Guindy’s Engineering College, India Engelhard, P.C., where he specialized in labor and the Homeless, the Clinton Housing Association, appointed him to be a Public Member of the New Jersey State and Masters in Electrical Engineering from City College of the employment law. the Prospect Park Environmental Center, and the Board of Social Work Examiners. He served on the board of the City University of New York. He is a consultant for WTC, Inc and From September 13, 1994, through April Fordham Law School Alumni Association. New Jersey State Cross-Acceptance Committee from 1994 to 1997. has drawn extensive technical and business experience working at 23, 2010, Judge Chin served as a United States Judge Chin was born in Hong Kong. He was Assemblyman Chivukula is on National Conference of State AT&T Bell Laboratories. District Judge for the Southern District of New the fi rst Asian American appointed a United States Legislatures (NCSL) Executive Committee. He was past Chair of Upendra has been married for over 30 years to his wife Dayci York. He presided over both civil and criminal District Judge outside the Ninth Circuit. He is the NCSL Communications, Technology and Interstate Commerce and has two children, Suraj and Damianty. cases, including cases involving Megan’s Law, the only active federal appellate judge of Asian Committee. He also served on the Energy & Electric Utilities the Million Youth March, Al Franken’s use of the American descent in the country.

Moly K. Hung is an attorney with a solo practice that concentrates national convention year terms from 1999 through 2000 as a in the areas of Real Estate and Business related matters along with former Co-Chair on the NAPABA Solo and Small Firm Practice consulting on issues of a governmental and/or political nature. Committee with Alexander M. Lee, Esq. In 2007, Mr. Hung Prior to returning to his home state of New Jersey, he served as notably served as a Co-Chairman with Edward S. Kiel, Esq. of the a Deputy Corporation Counsel with the City and County of NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference that was held in Atlantic Honolulu, initially in the Counseling and Drafting Division and City, New Jersey. then subsequently in the Trials Division. Mr. Hung also served as Mr. Hung has served as a commissioner of the New Jersey Asian a former Civil Division Law Clerk with the Circuit Court of the American Commission from 2002 to 2004 as appointed under First Circuit for the State of Hawaii. He received a B.A. in Political former Governor James E. McGreevey. In 2008, then Governor Science from Rutgers College and his J.D. from the University of Jon S. Corzine appointed him as a member of the Board of Colorado School of Law. Directors of the Asian American Study Foundation. An active participant of the Asian Pacifi c American community, Of specifi c distinction, Mr. Hung has assisted in establishing and Mr. Hung is long standing member of the Asian Pacifi c American serving in the last fi ve (5) consecutive years as a committee member MOLY HUNG Lawyers Association of New Jersey and currently sits on the (2009) and or Co-Chair (2006, 2007, & 2008) of the always much Luncheon Master of Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee of the anticipated and well received APALANJ Golf Classic & Dinner. He Ceremonies organization. A past editorial board member from 1999 to 2005 is currently serving as a fellow Co-Chair with Eugene Huang, Esq. of the National Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association newsletter, and Edward S. Kiel, Esq. as to this year’s upcoming 5th Annual the NAPABA LAWYER, he has also served in two full NAPABA APALANJ Golf Classic & Dinner scheduled for August 12, 2010.

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6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception Proudly supports APALA NJ as the host of the 2010 NAPABA 7:00 p.m. Northeast Regional Conference and the best of wishes for the 13th Awards and Presentations Annual APALA NJ Installation Awards Dinner. Masters of Ceremonies: Tommy Shi & Special Guest Comedian Dan Nainan Welcome by David Kwon, Outgoing President of APALA/NJ (2009-2010) Welcome to NJ by Kim Guadagno, Lt. Governor of State of New Jersey We congratulate APALA NJ as the recipient of HSBC’s Remarks by Joseph Centeno, NAPABA President Remarks by Attorney General Paula Dow, NJ Dept. of Law & Public Safety Awards to Honorees Presented by APALA/NJ 2009-2010 Executive Board: President - David Kwon; President-Elect - Aney Chandy; Vice President - Willard Shih; Community Partnership Treasurer - Sapana Shah; and Secretary - Stephen Kim THE TRAILBLAZER AWARD Phillip Kwon, First Assistant to the NJ Attorney General Award ACCESS TO JUSTICE AWARD Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the SDNY COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD Paul Uyehara, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights

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INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS Judge Hany Mawla President Aney Chandy President-Elect Sapana Shah Vice President Eric Fikry Treasurer Paul Yoon 


 
 
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42 43 Masters of Ceremonies

Tommy Shi is the Diversity and Inclusion Offi cer for Mercedes- Bar Association of New York’s Annual Banquet. Mr. Shi was Bristol-Myers Squibb Benz USA (MBUSA) at the company’s Montvale, New Jersey the keynote speaker at the Asian American Bar Association of headquarters. Houston’s 2007 Gala and received the 2007 Diversity Advocacy In this capacity, Mr. Shi is responsible for providing the strategic Award from the National Association of Minority Automobile direction, development and implementation of the company-wide Dealers Association, a 2002 National Asian American Corporate salutes diversity and inclusion strategy. This broad-based responsibility Achievement Award from the Organization of Chinese Americans embraces human resources, dealer network, purchasing, training and was recognized in 2005 by the National Asian Pacifi c and marketing activities at MBUSA. Mr. Shi reports to Ernst Lieb, American Bar Association’s Law Foundation. President and CEO for MBUSA. Mr. Shi is a Board member of the Asian American Legal Defense Mr. Shi has been with the MBUSA team for the past sixteen and Education Fund, a Corporate Advisory Board member of the years, serving most recently as a counsel in the legal department. Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting and Previously, as an associate at Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & serves on the Leadership Advisory Council of the National Asian Asian Pacific American Perretti in Morristown, New Jersey, Mr. Shi worked on commercial Pacifi c American Bar Association. TOMMY SHI litigation matters. A graduate of the Boston College Law School in Newton, Master of Ceremonies Active in diversity activities and organizations, Mr. Shi received Massachusetts, Mr. Shi holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Lawyers Association the 2009 Achievement Award from the Asian Pacifi c American behavioral biology from the Johns Hopkins University in Lawyers Association of New Jersey. In 2008, Mr. Shi received Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Shi and his family reside in Chatham, a 2008 Award of Excellence from the Thurgood Marshall New Jersey. of New Jersey, Inc. College Fund and was an Honoree at the 2008 Asian American

As a senior engineer with the Intel Corporation, Dan Nainan comedian, Nainan has performed at charity events, corporate designed and presented highly technical demonstrations on stage functions, weddings, private parties, colleges and at the top comedy with Intel Chairman Andy Grove at high-profi le events all over clubs in the country. He has performed for Hillary Clinton, CNN’s the world. Nainan took a comedy class to help get over the fear of Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Howard Dean, Tony Blair’s wife Cherie, and other and congratulates public speaking at these events, at which the audiences numbered celebrities, and has performed with noted comedians such as Jerry in the thousands or sometimes in the millions on television. His Seinfeld, Bob Saget, Tim Conway and Garry Shandling. He has fi rst comedy performance at the Punchline in San Francisco was a been seen on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”, on A&E, Nickelodeon resounding success, and his coworkers, upon viewing the videotape, and on various television commercials. Nainan also does character invited him to perform at a team dinner for 200 employees at the voices on radio stations all over America, and is best known for his Comdex convention in Las Vegas. Upon seeing that performance, Bill Clinton impression. He performed at the Democratic National the organizers of Intel’s annual sales conference asked Nainan to Convention in Denver as a guest of US Congressman Mike Honda, Sandra Leung perform for 2,500 salespeople from around the world. His dead-on a huge fan of Nainan. Nainan has performed all over the States impressions of Andy Grove and Bill Clinton had the audience rolling and Canada, as well as in Durban, South Africa; Puerto Vallarta, DAN NAINAN in the aisles at 8 a.m. on a Monday morning. Many in the audience Mexico; Port-of-Spain, Trinidad; Oranjestad, Aruba; Tokyo, Master of Ceremonies thought that Nainan had been hired as a professional comedian, in Japan; Amsterdam, the Netherlands and many other international Corporate Leadership Award what was only his third comedy performance ever. destinations. He attended the inauguration of President Obama as a Over the next two years, Nainan performed at various Intel guest of congressmen Honda, and he also performed at three events functions, including the company’s holiday party, where he was in Washington during the inaugural festivities. At one of the events, introduced by Dr. Grove himself, whereupon he proceeded to the president’s sister came up to Nainan and told him she thought his mimic the Chairman’s distinctive accent for 20 minutes. Nainan act was excellent. was promoted to Strategic Relations Manager for the East Coast, Nainan, the son of a South Asian nuclear physicist and an East enabling him to move from Silicon Valley to New York City. Restless Asian child psychologist, is an accomplished musician who started in his stationary new job and anxious to use his creative talents, he piano lessons at the age of two. He sings and plays guitar, bass, left Intel to pursue standup comedy full time. drums and cello, and played The cello in “The Hoax”, a 2007 movie In his second year doing comedy, Nainan won an open mike with Richard Gere. A former touring musician, he is also working contest at the Washington, DC Improv and the chance to open for on an album of original music. A world traveler/adventurer, Nainan noted comedian Robert Schimmel. He convinced Schimmel to let enjoys learning languages and extreme sports such as bungee him perform at his Hawaii shows. Nainan fl ew to Honolulu at his jumping, scuba diving, skiing rollerblading and skydiving. He was own expense, and Schimmel was impressed enough with Nainan’s recently profi led in the New York Times, and a major literary agent performance to invite the young comedian to tour with him as his in New York saw the article and signed him to a book deal about the feature act. As a result, Nainan was exposed to some of the country’s transition from Intel to stand up comedy. top comedy clubs, and Schimmel took him under his wing to teach Nainan just fi nished fi lming a small role in “The Last Airbender” him about the fi ner points of the business. alongside “Slumdog Millionaire” star Dev Patel and Daily Show Nainan was fortunate enough to be at the New York Improv correspondent Aasif Mandvi. The movie was directed by M. when Canadian comic sensation Russell Peters was headlining, and Night Shayamalan. Nainan also just starred in his fi rst national after Peters’ performance, there was extra time available, so Nainan commercial for Apple Computer, one in the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” performed. Because of that one performance, Peters subsequently series with Justin Long and John Hodgman. asked Nainan to tour with him. Nainan and Peters toured both In 2009, Nainan completed his fi rst comedy tour of India, the USA and Canada, performing at theater shows for audiences including Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Goa, and he performed averaging at least 1,000 per show. Nainan both produced and for Donald Trump in Palm Beach, Florida. performed in Peters’ show at the Apollo Theater in New York City, a show which was completely sold out. Nainan continues to tour with Peters, and the exposure has allowed Nainan to headline his own shows. A 100% clean

44 45 Dinner Speakers Installation of Offi cers

On November 3, 2009, the people of New Jersey elected Kim After leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce, Kim went on to serve Guadagno as the fi rst Lieutenant Governor in the state’s history. as an Assistant Attorney General in New Jersey. As an Assistant Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno was born in Waterloo, Iowa. As a Attorney General and the Deputy Director of the Division child, she moved frequently throughout the country before calling of Criminal Justice, she was in charge of statewide criminal Oath of Offi ce New Jersey her home. Her husband, Mike, grew up in Monmouth investigations with oversight of 300 prosecutors and investigators. County, and it is there they decided to raise their three boys, Kevin, After leaving offi ce in 2001, Kim became an attorney in private Michael and Anderson. practice, yet continued her commitment to public service. She After graduating from Ursinus College in 1980, and then served on the Monmouth Beach planning board for sixteen years American University law school in 1983, Kim began her public and later as Commissioner in Monmouth Beach from 2005 - 2007. career as a federal prosecutor. She earned a reputation as being In 2007, Kim became the 75th Sheriff of Monmouth County, tough and independent, qualities that proved valuable during and the county’s fi rst woman sheriff. As Sheriff, she was the Chief her successful tenure on the Organized Crime and Racketeering Executive Offi cer of a 650-member law enforcement agency with I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM Strike Force in Brooklyn, NY. After Kim married her husband, a $65 million budget. Amid these responsibilities, Kim also taught KIM GUADAGNO she moved to New Jersey, where she took a position in the United at Rutgers Law School-Newark from 2001 through her election as THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE OFFICE OF ______(President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary) Lt. Governor States Attorney’s offi ce in Newark. For her achievements, she was Lieutenant Governor in 2009. awarded the United States Department of Justice’s highest honor on Kim Guadagno was sworn in as New Jersey’s fi rst Lieutenant two separate occasions Governor on January 19, 2010. OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY,

AND WILL, TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY,

Dow, the former Essex County Prosecutor and one of the fi rst the Special Prosecutions Division, as well as the Criminal Division. REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS Cabinet appointments announced by Governor Chris Christie, Dow also worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce-Southern District of had been serving in the capacity of Acting Attorney General since New York from 1987 through 1994, where she handled cases in the BY PRESERVING AND PROMOTING January 19, 2010. Civil Division. Her nomination as head of the Department of Law and Public Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce, Dow worked from Safety was confi rmed by unanimous vote of the Senate Judiciary 1980 through 1987 as an attorney for the Exxon Corporation in THE MISSION OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LAWYER’S ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY. Committee on February 8, and approved by the full Senate in a vote Texas, New Jersey and New York. In that capacity she advised held February 22, 2010. clients on environmental and labor matters. Dow served as the Essex County Prosecutor from October 2003. Dow began her legal career with the fi rm of Tomar, Parks, Her six-year tenure in Essex County, the state’s largest and busiest Seliger, Simonoff & Adourian in Camden in 1978 as a summer prosecutor’s offi ce, was marked by improved organization, the associate. She earned her B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College county’s highest criminal conviction rate since 2000, and a host in 1977, and her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law of successful prosecutions that took dangerous street gangs, drug- School in 1980. She has been admitted to the Bars of New Jersey, PAULA T. DOW dealing operations and other violent criminals off the streets. Under New York and Texas; United States Supreme Court; Second and Attorney General Dow, the prosecutor’s offi ce apprehended and obtained indictments Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeals; United States District Courts for against those accused of the brutal Newark school yard killings of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, District of New 2007. Jersey, and Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. She is a Hany A. Mawla is a Judge of The Superior Court of New Jersey Judge Mawla is a graduate of Rutgers University (1995) with Prior to becoming Essex County Prosecutor, Dow served for member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and also a member and sits in the Hunterdon County Chancery Division, Family collegiate honors and high honors in political science. He many years with the U.S. Attorney’s offi ce. From 1994 to 2003, she of the Association of Black Women Lawyers of New Jersey Inc. Part. Prior to becoming a Judge, he was a partner in the litigation received his law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law worked in Newark in the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce-District of New department of the law fi rm of Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis (1998), where he served as an intern for the Family Law Clinic at Jersey. There, she served as Counsel to the U.S. Attorney and in LLP where he litigated non-matrimonial, matrimonial and other the Seton Hall University School of Law Center for Social Justice. complex family law related matters. He has lectured on family Judge Mawla is fl uent in Arabic and was the fi rst Chair of the law matters on behalf of the New Jersey Institute for Continuing New Jersey Arab American Heritage Commission, New Jersey Legal Education, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and Department of State. He was a Commissioner of the New Jersey the New Jersey Judicial College. Judge Mawla was also a member Commission on Civil Rights, Department of Law and Public of the editorial board of the New Jersey Family Lawyer, the New Safety. He presently serves as a member of the New Jersey Jersey State Bar Association family law publication. Supreme Court Committee on Minority Concerns and the New Judge Mawla was an adjunct professor at Rutgers University Jersey Supreme Court Family Practice Committee. in the Department of Political Science and the Center for Middle Judge Mawla is the youngest person to be nominated to the HANY A. MAWLA East Studies and is currently a visiting faculty member there Superior Court bench and he is the fi rst Muslim to become a where he teaches Islamic Jurisprudence. He was also an adjunct Superior Court Judge in New Jersey. faculty member at Raritan Valley Community College, where he taught various litigation courses in the Paralegal Studies Degree Program.

46 47 Gala Dinner Honorees

Trailblazer Award As First Assistant Attorney General, Phillip James and Tamika Riley in their federal corruption Community Service Paul M. Uyehara joined the Coordination and the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project, The Trailblazer Award is H. Kwon serves as a member of the Attorney case. Award Review Section of the U.S. Justice Department, the Philadelphia Law Department and was a law General’s executive staff. Prior to joining the In 2005, Mr. Kwon was named as the Chief Civil Rights Division in Washington, D.C. in clerk in the federal district court. Mr. Uyehara has bestowed upon an APA The Community Service Offi ce of the Attorney General, Mr. Kwon served of the Violent Crimes Unit where he supervised September 2008. He works on administrative practiced in the areas of consumer bankruptcy, attorney who through their for more than ten years as an Assistant U.S. the Offi ce’s gang prosecutors. In 2006, Mr. Award honors an attorney complaints alleging discrimination by DOJ mortgage foreclosure, family law and landlord/ leadership has pioneered into Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Offi ce for the Kwon was named as the Deputy Chief of the who shows unwavering grantees; coordination of federal civil rights tenant. Outside of work, Mr. Uyehara served a fi eld or position that has District of New Jersey. As part of the Criminal Criminal Division where he directly oversaw the commitment to public service enforcement; technical assistance, community as a commissioner on the Philadelphia Police never before been assumed Division, he focused on prosecutions involving Commercial Crimes Unit, the Terrorism Unit, and in the APA community and education, and outreach; and chairs the Advisory Commission, which provides civilian by an APA. Through their drugs, gangs, counterfeiting, white-collar fraud, the Violent Crimes Unit. the legal community at large. Enforcement Committee of the Federal oversight of the Philadelphia Police Department, service, trailblazers pave the and immigration fraud. Mr. Kwon also served Mr. Kwon earned his Bachelor of Arts Interagency Working Group on Limited English from 1993 to 2003. He is also a past president way for future generations of in the Special Prosecutions Division where he degree in 1989 from Georgetown University in Profi ciency. Mr. Uyehara came to DOJ after 30 of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Japanese years of work in Philadelphia. He was a senior American Citizens League, past governor of the APAs to continue to venture worked specifi cally on corruption cases and trials, Washington, D.C. where he majored in history. including those involving Robert Janiszewski, He graduated from Rutgers University School of staff attorney in the Language Access Project of Eastern District Council, JACL, a former member into unchartered territory PHILIP KWON Nidia Davila-Colon, William Braker, Zachary Law School in Newark, N.J. in 1994. From 1994 PAUL UYEHARA Community Legal Services for eight years, where of the national JACL board, and a member of First Assistant Attorney Turner. In addition, he was able to secure to 1997, Mr. Kwon was an associate at LeBoeuf, U.S. Department of he focused on language rights advocacy, improving the Editorial Board of Pacifi c Citizen. He was a General, NJ Dept. of convictions of individuals involved in the sale Lamb, Greene & MacRae in Newark, N.J. From Justice, Civil Rights program accessibility for language minority founding member of Asian Americans United, Law & Public Safety of fraudulent birth certifi cates from the Hudson 1997 to 1999, he was a law clerk to the Honorable Division clients, and representing limited English profi cient served on the board of the Southeast Asian Mutual County Registrar’s Offi ce. Mr. Kwon was also a Harold A. Ackerman, a Federal District Court clients with consumer problems. Mr. Uyehara was Assistance Associations Coalition and a member prosecutor on the trial team that convicted Sharpe Judge sitting in Newark, N.J. a founding member of the National Language of the Stadium out of Chinatown Coalition. Mr. Access Advocates Network (N-LAAN). He has Uyehara earned a J.D., magna cum laude, from also served as a lawyer and a paralegal in other Temple University Beasley School of Law and an CLS units, and at Philadelphia Legal Assistance, A.B. from Oberlin College.

Access to Justice Award On May 15, 2009, President Barack Obama and emerging cyber crimes. He has created announced his intent to nominate Preet Bharara another specialized unit of prosecutors, merging Corporate Leadership Ms. Leung is the Senior Vice President, General February 2007, she was promoted to her current The Access to Justice Award to become the United States Attorney for the two previously independent units, to pursue and Award Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Bristol- position. is awarded to an APA who has, Southern District of New York. Mr. Bharara’s prosecute the leaders of organizations that engage Myers Squibb, a global biopharmaceutical Ms. Leung began her legal career as Assistant The Corporate Leadership through concerted action or nomination was unanimously confi rmed by in transnational acts of terrorism, narco-terrorism, company. She leads the worldwide Law District Attorney at the Manhattan District Award is given to an APA who in their role as an attorney, the U.S. Senate on August 7, 2009, and he was narcotics traffi cking, and money laundering. Department and is responsible for a wide Attorney’s Offi ce in New York City where she created greater access to sworn in as the United States Attorney on August Under his supervision, the Offi ce continues to demonstrates extraordinary range of legal and regulatory areas including was an original member of the Special Victim’s justice for APAs and the 13, 2009. In that role, Mr. Bharara oversees the combat corruption by city, state, and federal leadership and innovation to intellectual property, regulatory law, litigation, Unit that specializes in the prosecution of community at-large. litigation of all criminal and civil cases brought on offi cials, as well as violent crime in New York City his or her in-house practice. environmental, health & safety, corporate cases involving the physical and sexual abuse behalf of the United States in the District, which and the rest of the District. Prior to becoming the security and transactions including licensing, as well as homicides of children. She ended is comprised of Manhattan, Bronx, Westchester, United States Attorney, Mr. Bharara served as the acquisitions and divestitures. She serves as the her prosecutorial career, after trying more Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Sullivan Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the United primary legal advisor to Bristol-Myers Squibb’s than 40 jury trials to verdict, as a member of counties. He supervises an offi ce of more than 450 States Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee Board of Directors. the prestigious Homicide Investigations Unit PREET BHARARA employees, including more than 200 Assistant on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. Ms. Leung joined Bristol-Myers Squibb where she conducted investigations of unsolved SANDRA LEUNG in 1992 as a staff attorney in the litigation homicides linked with drug gang activity. United States Attorney, United States Attorneys. During his tenure, he helped to lead the Senate department. She was promoted to positions Ms. Leung is on the board of directors of the S. District of New York Mr. Bharara is a member of the Attorney Judiciary Committee investigation into the fi ring of Vice President & of increasing responsibility and was elected Asian-American Legal Defense and Education General’s Advisory Committee and serves as United States Attorneys. General Counsel, Corporate Secretary in 1999. In September 2006, Fund and the Leadership Committee for Legal Chair of its Subcommittee on White Collar Fraud. From 2000 to 2005, Mr. Bharara served as an Bristol-Myers Squibb she was appointed Interim General Counsel. In Diversity. Mr. Bharara is also a Co-Chair of the Securities Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern and Commodities Fraud Working Group of the District of New York, where he prosecuted a interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task wide range of cases involving organized crime, Marc E. Berson is a dedicated and established In addition, Mr. Berson is chairman of Kirker Force. As United States Attorney, Mr. Bharara racketeering, securities fraud, money laundering, Service to APALA/NJ philanthropist, lawyer and entrepreneur, with a Enterprises, Inc., the world’s largest producer of oversees numerous criminal and civil cases, narcotics traffi cking, and other crimes. Award focus in business and real estate. Mr. Berson has nail enamel. He was formerly a member of the including groundbreaking fi nancial fraud and Mr. Bharara was a litigation associate in New The Service to APALA/NJ been Chairman of The Fidelco Group since he Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Symphony insider trading prosecutions, historic international York at Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman from Award is given to an individual founded it in 1981. At the helm of Fidelco, Mr. Orchestra, the Board of the School of Diplomacy terrorism cases, and the resolution of alleged civil 1996 to 2000 and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher from who has exemplifi ed Berson has sought out unique opportunities in real and International Relations of Seton Hall rights violations at various public venues. Since 1993 to 1996. He graduated magna cum laude outstanding commitment and estate, venture capitalism, sports-entertainment, University, and was a Public Member of the New becoming United States Attorney, Mr. Bharara from Harvard College with an A.B. in Government and other niche industries. Capitalizing on Jersey Redevelopment Authority. generosity to APALA/NJ and has formed a specialized unit in the Criminal in 1990, and from Columbia Law School with Fidelco’s success developing distinct destinations Mr. Berson’s contributions and service have to the cause of diversity in the Division dedicated to addressing the signifi cant a J.D. in 1993, where he was a member of the in overlooked inner-city neighborhoods, Berson been recognized with numerous honors and threats posed by large-scale sophisticated frauds Columbia Law Review. state of New Jersey. has invested in a wide-range of properties in awards, most recently the NJPAC Chambers urban areas throughout the country, including Award; Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s in his birthplace and the center of his civic and Partners in Progress Corporate Award; the Boys MARC BERSON philanthropic endeavors – Newark, N.J. & Girls Clubs of Newark Award for Caring; the Chairman of the Fidelco Mr. Berson is a founding Member of the Newark Little League Larry Doby Community Group Board of Trustees of The New Jersey Performing Service Award; Essex County’s “Star of Essex” Arts Center and is a member of its Executive Award; and the Rutgers-Newark Law School Committee. He also serves as a Trustee of the Distinguished Alumni Award. Saint Barnabas Health Care System, Chairman Mr. Berson received his undergraduate degree of the Board of Newark Beth Israel Medical from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, his J.D. Center and founder and Chairman of the Board from Rutgers School of Law in Newark and is of of Trustees of Opportunity Project Inc., a not-for- counsel to the law fi rm Stone & Magnanini. Mr. profi t organization aiding in the rehabilitation Berson lives in Millburn with his wife and has and empowerment of people with brain injuries. three children and four grandchildren.

48 49 Scholarship Awards

APALA/NJ is pleased to announce the recipients of its First Annual Scholarship Awards. Jacquie is currently a second The following are excerpts from Jacquie’s The Asian American Federation of New York year law student at Rutgers responses to our essay questions: (AAFNY) is an umbrella organization to several One recipient from each of New Jersey’s three law schools – Rutgers Law School, Law School in Camden, Asian American organizations in the New York NJ, where she is a Dean’s I believe that most Asian Americans are proud City area. They work to advise and promote the people. They are proud of their heritage and their Camden; Rutgers Law School, Newark; and Seton Hall Law School – were selected Academic Scholar. Jacquie philanthropic efforts of those organizations. … I endless efforts to achieve success. While these personally learned a lot through the person who also serves the law school based upon their academic qualifi cations, a demonstrated commitment to community are both great things, it also contributes to the was the Executive Director of the organization, through her service in the fact that many Asian Americans do not seek the Cao O. What I admire about Cao is he is service and their responses to the APALA/NJ essay questions. Each recipient will receive Environmental Law Society help they need because asking others for help is extremely committed to the organization. He and as President of the a sign of weakness. … I believe that this feeling has achieved great successes but at the same time a $1,000 scholarship award from APALA/NJ and the NAPABA Charitable Foundation. Asian and Pacifi c American of being construed as weak can be alleviated in is very humble. Some people believe there is a many ways. First, lawyers need to be a part of the APALA/NJ is grateful for the support of the National Asian and Pacifi c American Bar Law Students Association. large divide between the non-profi t and the for- JACQUIE HUYNH- Jacquie received a BS degree various Asian American communities through profi t world, and accordingly keep those worlds from Drexel University and an volunteering at legal clinics. This will help start divided. However, Cao champions both of these Association’s Charitable Foundation for partnering with APALA/NJ in providing these LINENBERG creating the necessary relationships of building MBA from Pennsylvania State worlds and in turn has been able to bridge the Recipient from Rutgers trust between the Asian American community and gap. While he does have the oversight function of awards to our deserving recipients. University. University School of the legal community. Second, we need to create the organization, he also becomes immersed in the Law - Camden awareness events to show that it is not shameful various initiatives of the organization. I believe to ask for help and that a person is not alone in the he is a successful leader because he is charismatic, aid that they seek. hard working, and passionate about what he believes in. Scholarship recipients were asked to answer the following three essay questions:

Jae is a third year law The following are excerpts from Jacquie’s dream. We need vision and goals to know what What is the most pressing issue or concern that you believe the Asian American student at Seton Hall Law responses to our essay questions: we are standing for. … community is faced with today, and what role do you see yourself playing in advocating School in Newark, NJ. In Judge Denny Chin is a successful leader addition to maintaining a We need to S – situate, T – try, A – assimilate, N - within the Asian American community. He is network and D – dream. … S-situate. That means solid academic record, Jae a trailblazer and a role model for young Asian for that issue or concern? we have to position ourselves in our community American attorneys. He opens the doorway and is involved in a number of and our spheres of infl uence. We need to be more makes it more probable for other Asian American different community service visible, active, and involved. … We also need judges to follow his path. … Through hard work The theme for this year’s Conference and Gala Dinner is “Stand Up and Be Counted.” activities, including serving to T –try. Standing up is an active choice that and persistence, he was able to achieve all that he as Treasurer to the Asian we make. We can’t just wait for something to has accomplished. He is especially involved in his What suggestions do you have on how Asians and Pacifi c Americans can stand up and be and Pacifi c American Law happen; we need to take responsibility and action. alma matter, Fordham University School of Law. Students Association at … We need to A –assimilate. We need to bridge Judge Chin still fi nds time to teach legal writing counted in the legal community and the community at-large? JAE WON JOO Seton Hall Law. Jae received the gap between fi rst and second generation at the Law School, mentor law students, and be his undergraduate degree Asians. We need to understand and incorporate active and visible within the school community’s Recipient from Seton American society and culture. … To stand up from Rutgers College in New various events and functions. In addition to his Hall University School and be counted, we also need to N – network. hard work, he is constantly giving back and Brunswick, NJ. Who do you see as a successful leader within the Asian American community and what of Law This means that we need to network within our fi nding ways to invest in the next generation of community. … We also need to network with attorneys so that his legacy and impact will reach characteristics about him/her make this leader so successful? other people and organizations within the society beyond his own legal career. at-large. Lastly, Asian Americans need to D –

Excerpts of the scholarship recipients’ responses are included on the following page. Jack is currently a second year The following are excerpts from Jack’s responses I see Jimmy Hwang as a successful leader law student at Rutgers Law to our essay questions: within the Asian American community. I believe School in Newark, NJ. Jack that Mr. Hwang’s creation of the New Jersey is a Rutgers Law School Merit For Asian Americans to stand up and be counted Chinese Community Center represents a very in the legal community and the community at signifi cant step in the right direction for Asians in Scholar and maintains an large, I believe that most effective means would general. The NJCCC has now been operating for outstanding academic record. be for more Asians to attend law school, run for approximately fi ve years and boasts an impressive Jack is active as a volunteer public offi ce and perform community service. repertoire of programs aimed at increasing in the NJ Chinese Community … [I]f Asians perform enough such services the awareness of Asian American culture and Center and served as a fi rst for the community, they will in effect become reinforcing the Asian American in New Jersey. year representative to the indispensable by creating a relationship of mutual Rutgers Law School Asian cooperation and growth. JACK HWANG and Pacifi c American Law Recipient from Rutgers Students Association. Jack University School of received his undergraduate degree from the Rutgers Law - Newark Business School in Newark, NJ.

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Sandra Leung General Counsel of Bristol Myers Squibb Phillip Kwon First Assistant Attorney General, New Jersey Dept. of Law and Public Safety Preet Bharara U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Paul Uyehara U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division Marc Berson Chairman of the Fidelco Group

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56 57 A Very Special Thank You

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Lawyers Association of New Jersey. Paul Uyehara, U.S. Department if Justice, Civil Rights Community Service Award

Sandra Leung, General Counsel, Bristol Myers Squibb Croporate Leadership Award

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is pleased to support the Mark Ali Eugene Huang Mamta Patel

APALA/NJ 2010 Northeast Cliff Birge Won-Joo Kouh Parag Patel Regional Conference Paul Chan David Kwon Khizar Sheikh and congratulates its new president, Skadden Alum Aney Chandy Phillip Kwon Peter Suzuki Aney K. Chandy Peter Cheri Sumana Mitra Phong Tran

Diversity and excellence are inextricably intertwined.

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The APALA/NJ Executive Board would like to thank all of its hard-working, dedicated APALA/NJ EXECTUTIVE BOARD 2009-2010 members for their efforts to ensure that the NAPABA Northeast Regional Conference & President: DAVID S. KWON Gala Dinner and the 13th Annual APALA/NJ Dinner and Installation of Offi cers was a President-Elect: ANEY K. CHANDY tremendous success. Vice-President: WILLARD C. SHIH Treasurer: SAPANA S. SHAH Secretary: P. STEPHEN KIM

Activities and Gala Conference Co-Chairs Operating Committee Dinner Committee

Jin Hwang; Khizar Sheikh Aney Chandy, David Kwon, Jin Hwang; Aney Chandy (chair); Sapana Shah Khizar Sheik (chair); Mark Ali; Phil Cha; Michelle Chan; Shashi Dholandas; Lora Fong; Sumeeta Gawande; Jin Hwang; Anica John; Sudha Kantor; David Kwon; Sumana Mitra; Parag Patel; Tommy Shi; Amit Sondhi; Jenny Suh; Floralee Wan; Michelle Wu; Paul Yoon Marketing & Publicity Committees Panels & CLE Credits Program Book

Stephen Kim (chair); Jhanice Willard Shih (chair); Erik Fikry (chair); Aney Chandy (chair); David Kwon; Domingo; Khizar Sheikh Jaspreet Bansal; Jonathan Chou; Jin Sapana Shah Hwang; William Lim; Chris Struben; Lisa Wang; Eric Wong

Scholarship Committee Sponsorship Committee APALA/NJ Advisory Board

Eugene Huang (chair); Michael Ed Kiel (chair); Gary Paschrica (chair); Michael Angulo; Lora Fong; Eugene Angulo; Aney Chandy; Sudha Kantor; Aney Chandy; Jin Hwang; Lora Fong; Huang; Sudha Kantor; Alexander Lee; David Kwon David Kwon, Khizar Sheikh; Amit Vimal Shah; Patricia Talbert; Calvin Sondhi Wong

APALA/NJ EXECUTIVE BOARD 2010-2011 President: ANEY K. CHANDY | President-Elect: SAPANA S. SHAH | Vice-President: ERIK FIKRY | Treasurer: PAUL YOON | Secretary: ERIC WONG

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