May 8, 2026 – New York, NY. The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) is pleased to announce that Morrison Foerster (MoFo) will be this year’s recipient of the AABANY Law Firm Leadership Award. The award will be presented at AABANY’s Annual Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on May 28, 2026, during Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.

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April 29, 2026 – New York, NY - The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) congratulates Hugh H. Mo, a co-founder of AABANY, on receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Asian Federal Officers (SOAFO). Mr. Mo will be honored on Friday, May 1, 2026 at SOAFO’s 35th Annual Awards and Scholarship Banquet at the Golden Unicorn Restaurant for his decades of pioneering leadership.

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April 29, 2026 – New York, NY -- The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) congratulates the Honorable Randall T. Eng (Ret.), a distinguished AABANY member and judicial trailblazer, on being named Person of the Year by the Society of Asian Federal Officers (SOAFO). Justice Eng will be honored at SOAFO’s 35th Annual Awards and Scholarship Banquet on Friday, May 1, 2026, at the Golden Unicorn Restaurant.

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March 2, 2026 — New York, NY — The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) congratulates the Honorable Karen Lin on her historic appointment as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Term of the Supreme Court, Second Department in the 2nd, 11th, and 13th Judicial Districts. Justice Lin is the first Asian American woman to serve on the Appellate Term of the Second Judicial Department, marking a significant milestone for the judiciary and the communities it serves.

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