NEW YORK – November 22, 2024 – On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, the Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”), together with twelve other associations, presented its second Annual Pre-Holiday Multi-Bar Association Gathering, in further support of AABANY’s continuing commitment to enhancing wellness and well-being in the legal profession. The New York City Bar Association kindly hosted at its historic building at 42 West 44th Street, New York, NY.

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NEW YORK – November 13, 2024 – The Prosecutors Committee of the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) will be hosting its 16th Anniversary Reception at the Appellate Division, First Department, 27 Madison Avenue, Manhattan, on November 13, Wednesday, from 5:30 to 8:30pm. AABANY will present Bridget G. Brennan, Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York and former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, with a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her outstanding public service, dedication to diversity, and her support of the AABANY Prosecutors Committee since its inception in 2008.

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NEW YORK, September 27, 2024 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) is excited to announce that Hugh H. Mo will receive the Norman Lau Kee Trailblazer Award at AABANY’s Fifteenth Annual Fall Conference, to be held on October 12, 2024, at the Fordham University School of Law, co-sponsored by the law school's Center on Asian Americans and the Law.

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NEW YORK – September 18, 2024 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is proud to announce that the applications for the Don H. Liu Scholars Program (“Program”) are now open. The Program was founded in 2014 by two past presidents of AABANY and seeks to identify and cultivate future Asian American leaders in the legal community to address the single most important reality facing Asian American professionals today: the barrier to advancement.

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NEW YORK – August 29, 2024 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is proud to announce the release of the latest version of the short documentary Voices Against Anti-Asian Hate.

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NEW YORK – August 19, 2024.The Asian American Bar Association of New York ("AABANY") congratulates Justice Phillip Hom on his appointment to the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department

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NEW YORK – August 6, 2024. The Asian American Bar Association of New York
(“AABANY”) congratulates Meredith Vacca on her historic appointment as the first Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and woman of color judge to serve in the United States District Court for Western District of New York, expanding AAPI representation among judges in New York’s Federal courts.

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NEW YORK – August 6, 2024. The Asian American Bar Association of New York ("AABANY") congratulates Yang Chen, Executive Director of AABANY, for receiving the Dancing Classrooms’ Humanitarian Award for his three decades of ballroom dancing as a Master of Ceremonies, numerous dancing achievements, and for advancing Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) legal professionals and the AAPI community as well as the broader community.

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NEW YORK – July 26, 2024. On Saturday, July 20, 2024, the Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) held its second Annual Wellness Day at Brooklyn Law School during Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, in support of AABANY’s ongoing initiative to promote wellness and well-being in the legal profession.

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NEW YORK, July 25, 2024 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) congratulates Kyu Young (Mike) Paek on his historic appointment as the first Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Bankruptcy Judge to serve in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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NEW YORK – July 25, 2024 - The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) urges the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community as well as broader community to join AABANY and the Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (“KALAGNY”) in supporting the family of Christina Yuna Lee in court on Tuesday, July 30th, 2024 at 9:30 AM.

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NEW YORK - May 22, 2024 - The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) congratulates Magistrate Judge Sanket Jayshukh Bulsara on his historic confirmation as a District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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NEW YORK – May 21, 2024. On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, the Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) will hold its 35th Anniversary Annual Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall Street, in New York City.   

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NEW YORK, May 20, 2024 - The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is pleased to announce that White & Case LLP has been selected to receive the 2024 AABANY Law Firm Diversity Award. White & Case will be presented with the award at AABANY’s Annual Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on May 22, 2024.  

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NEW YORK – May 10, 2024 - The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) supports the candidacy of Hon. Wendy Li for Queens County Surrogate’s Court. AABANY, currently with about 1850 active members, is the largest affinity bar association in New York City, New York State, and the United States.

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NEW YORK, April 4, 2024 – On March 28th, 2024, the Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY), along with the New York County Lawyers Association, the Puerto Rican Bar Association, and the Westchester County Bar Association, issued a Joint Bar Association Statement to support the passage of the Judicial Security Act, initially proposed by New York State Governor Kathy Hochul. 

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NEW YORK, March 5, 2024 -- The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) submitted a letter on February 29, 2024, to Senator Richard J. Durbin, Chair of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Lindsay O. Graham, Ranking Member of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, endorsing the Honorable Sanket Bulsara and urging his appointment as United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY).

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NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2024 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) strongly supports President Biden’s nomination of Judge Sanket J. Bulsara to the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York (EDNY). With Judge Bulsara’s nomination, President Biden continues the effort to increase diversity on the bench by promoting qualified jurists that more accurately reflect the diversity of the population served by the courts.

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