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                        |  AABANY 29th Anniversary YearServing Our Community, Advancing Our Profession   
Wednesday, February 28, 2018Cipriani Wall Street
 55 Wall Street
 New York, NY 10005-2805
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                        | SPONSORS | HONOREES |  
                        | DiamondPlatinum
                            Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPWachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
 Gold
                            Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPCharter CommunicationsCravath, Swaine & Moore LLPDavis Polk & Wardwell LLPFried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & JacobsonLevine Lee LLPPaul HastingsSchulte Roth Silver 
                        
                            BronzeAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLPBaker McKenzie LLPBakerHostetlerBoies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLPClifford ChanceCooley, LLP  Debevoise & Plimpton LLPDechert LLP GreenbergTraurig 
Kobre & Kim LLPKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLPLatham & Watkins LLP
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
McCarter & English, LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPMorritt Hock Hamroff Park Jensen Bennett LLP 
Perkins Coie LLPProskauer Rose LLPRopes & Gray LLP Shearman & Sterling LLPSidley Austin LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLPThompson Hine LLPWeil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
White & Case LLPWiggin and Dana  Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP Wilmer Hale Winston & Strawn LLP 
                            Credit Suisse Duane Morris LLP Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.Hubbell Incorporated Julie J. Kim and James R. Cho Kelley Drye & Warren LLPParkin Lee (Chief Legal Officer of Rockefeller Group) Seyfarth Shaw LLP The Durst Organization  Sponsors 
                            Anthony K.C. Fong, Partner, Brode.co Choi PLLC MassMutual    
                         | Mark Steffensen
 SEVP & General Counsel
 HSBC North America Holdings Inc.
 Corporate Leadership Award - 
 Hon. Goodwin LiuAssociate Justice
 Supreme Court of California
 Impact Award - Kathy Hirata Chin
 Senior Counsel
 Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
 Women's Leadership Award  - 
 Alphonso DavidCounsel to the Governor
 State of New York
 Public Service Leadership Award - 
  Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLPLaw Firm Diversity Award
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                        | DISTINGUISHED GUESTS | PHOTOGRAPHS |  
                        | We were honored by the attendance of many distinguished judges, bar association leaders, and other dignitaries including: 
                            Hon. Denny Chin, United States Court of Appeals, Second CircuitHon. Kiyo A. Matsumoto, United States District Court, Eastern District of New YorkHon. Marilyn D. Go, United States Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of New YorkHon. Peggy Kuo, United States Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of New YorkHon. Sanket Bulsara, United States Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of New YorkHon. Randall Eng, Former Presiding Justice - Appellate Division, Second DepartmentHon. Jeffrey Oing, Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department, Supreme CourtHon. Rosalyn Richter, Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department, Supreme CourtHon. Peter Tom, Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department, Supreme CourtHon. Doris Ling-Cohan, Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, Supreme Court 
                            Hon. Phyllis Chu, Criminal Court, City of New YorkHon. James d’Auguste, Supreme Court, Civil Branch, New York CountyHon. Bruna DiBiase, Criminal Court, City of New YorkHon. Lucy Billings, Supreme Court, Civil Branch, New York CountyHon. Wilma Guzman, New York Supreme Court, Bronx County; President-Elect of the Puerto Rican Bar Association of New YorkHon. Phillip Hom, Civil Court, City of New York, Queens CountyHon. Gilbert C. Hong, Criminal Court, City of New YorkHon. Judy Kim, Criminal Court, City of New York, New York CountyHon. Donald Leo, Criminal Court, City of New YorkHon. Kevin McGrath - Criminal Court, City of New YorkHon. Raja Rajeswari - Criminal Court, City of New YorkHon. Robert Reed - Supreme Court, Civil Branch, New York CountyHon. Mary V. Rosado - Civil Court, City of New York, New York CountyHon. Toko Serita - New York City Criminal Court, Queens CountyHon. Richard A. Tsai - New York City Civil Court, New York CountyHon. Lillian Wan - Family Court, City of New York, Kings CountyHon. Frances Wang - New York City Civil Court and Criminal Court 
                            Frank Seddio, County Leader, Brooklyn Democratic PartyAlly A. Shahabuddeen, President, Manhattan Community Board 12Jack Chan, President-Elect, Asian Pacific American Lawyers Association of New JerseyVincent Chang, Vice President, New York County Lawyers Association; past president of AABANYVictor Diune, NAPABA Northeast Regional GovernorHillary Gingold, President, Network of Bar LeaderKaren Kim, President, KALAGNYGlenn Lau-Kee, Former NYSBA President, past AABANY PresidentJean Lee, President & CEO, Minority Corporate Counsel Association; former AABANY PresidentLing D. Ly, President, Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar AssociationVincent J. Roldan, President, Filipino American Lawyers Association of New YorkAmol Sinha, President, South Asian Bar Association of New York; Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey |     
                        
 Photographs by Karen Zhou   PRINT  
 Click on the above image of the cover to view the Annual Dinner Program in PDF.    Click on the image above to read the Annual Dinner Issue of The AABANY Advocate.   
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