On Tuesday, June 2, the Asian Employee Resource Group of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office will host DANY alum Sandra Leung in honor of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month in the Peter Kougasian Legal Training Room 868 at 1:00 p.m. This event is in-person only. Light refreshments will be served.

Sandra Leung is currently the Independent Director of Bausch Health Companies. She recently retired as the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Bristol Myers Squibb Company. She was the first Asian American and the first woman to serve as general counsel for the global biopharmaceutical giant. She began her legal career as Assistant District Attorney at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office where she was an original member of the Child Abuse Bureau and first Asian American woman to serve as an ADA at DANY. She ended her prosecutorial career, after trying more than 40 jury trials to verdict, as a member of the prestigious Homicide Investigations Unit where she conducted investigations of unsolved homicides linked with drug gang activity. Earlier this year, the ABA Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession honored Sandra with the 2026 Spirit of Excellence Award. At last year’s NAPABA Annual Conference, she received their highest honor, the Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award, in recognition of her achievements, commitment, and leadership in paving the way for advancement of other Asian Pacific, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander lawyers.

To register to attend, please email Grace Vee (AABANY's Prosecutors Committee Co-Chair) at veeg@dany.nyc.gov.