NEW YORK -- December 29, 2020 -- AABANY opposes the denials of the certifications of 46 New York Supreme Court Justices, who will be forced to retire by the end of this year as a result of the denials. During this unprecedented health crisis facing our state, we require our most experienced and senior justices to ensure the fair administration of justice and to function at as high a level as possible. Their work is more critical than ever. Removing these judges is not the solution to the state budget deficit and will detrimentally affect the legal community and litigants. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK – November 30, 2020. The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) congratulates Kin Ng, Chief of the Red Zone Trial Bureau at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, as one of this year’s recipients of the New York City Bar Association’s Thomas E. Dewey Medal. AABANY believes that Kin is the third Asian Pacific American and first East Asian prosecutor to receive this honor. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK -- November 11, 2020 -- The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) is proud to announce the launch of its Legal Referral and Information Service (LRIS). AABANY’s LRIS will connect members of the New York Asian American community with qualified legal counsel, overcoming linguistic and cultural barriers and increasing the accessibility of legal referral services in the Greater New York area for an under-served demographic. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK -- November 10, 2020. The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) acknowledges the historical election of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in their victorious bid for the White House announced by the Associated Press on November 7, 2020. Vice President-elect Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, is not only the first woman, but also the first South Asian and Black American to be elected to the Vice Presidency of the United States. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK – Oct. 16, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) calls on Chief Judge Janet DiFiore of the New York Court of Appeals and the Office of Court Administration to immediately implement recommendations made in Secretary Jeh Johnson’s report on Equal Justice in the New York State Courts. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK -- October 15, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) is proud to announce that applications for the Don H. Liu Scholars Program (“DHL Program”) are now open. The DHL 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. Read the full press release here. 

NEW YORK -- October 13, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) congratulates its Board Director Chris Kwok on receiving the 2020 Frontline Champion Award at this year’s Mediation Settlement Day hosted by the Association for Conflict Resolution Greater New York Chapter (ACR-GNY). Chris makes history as the first Asian Pacific American to receive this prestigious award in the field of mediation. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK, September 15, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) is proud to announce that the Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan will be the recipient of the Norman Lau Kee Trailblazer Award at AABANY’s Eleventh Annual Fall Conference, on September 25, 2020, at the end of the first day of the conference. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK — September 11, 2020 –  The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) proudly announces that its former Board Director, the Honorable Diane Gujarati, has been confirmed as the first South Asian Article III Judge in New York. Read the full press release here. Read the full press release here. 

NEW YORK - August 25, 2020 - The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) honors the historical significance of Senator Kamala Harris’ acceptance of the Democratic Party’s nomination for Vice President on August 19, 2020. Senator Harris, the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants, is the first woman of color to accept the nomination for vice president from a major political party.  Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK - July 2, 2020 - During this period of upheaval caused by the evolving Covid-19 pandemic, the Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) will be reopening its pro bono legal clinic in a remote capacity to continue aiding the Asian Pacific American community with legal issues including: immigration, housing, employment, family, and elder law. To promote the remote clinic as well as other rich resources relating to the Covid-19 pandemic that AABANY has developed, student volunteers will be going door-to-door this Friday, July 3, to share informational flyers with Asian neighborhood small businesses and residents in Manhattan and Queens. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK – May 19, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”), in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, will be presenting on May 21 a “Fortune 500 General Counsel Panel: Leadership During Crisis” as part of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (“NAPABA”) General Counsel Webinar Series. The event will feature a panel of prominent general counsel covering a range of industries to discuss topics that range from advice to aspiring general counsel, crisis management with a focus on the response to the pandemic, collaboration with the board and c-suite, demonstrating legal department value, diversity and inclusion initiatives and maximizing the value that outside counsel brings to companies. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK – April 10, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) congratulates Luna Ngan Barrington of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP on her elevation to partnership and Jeffrey Mok of Fish & Richardson P.C. on his elevation to principal, on January 1, 2020. Congratulations to Dohyun Kim of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP for her elevation to partnership on April 1, 2020. Read the full press release here. 

NEW YORK – March 5, 2020 – On the heels of its success in Manhattan and Brooklyn, the Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is getting ready to expand its Pro Bono Legal Clinic to Queens. Read the full press release here. 

NEW YORK, February 25, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is proud to announce that Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (“Skadden”) has been selected to receive the 2020 AABANY Law Firm Diversity Award. Skadden will receive the award at AABANY’s Annual Dinner on February 26, 2020, at Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall Street, in New York City. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK – February 21, 2020 – On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, the Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) will be hosting its Annual Dinner, with the theme “Stronger Together: Unity in Diversity” at Cipriani Wall Street. Attendees of the 2020 AABANY Annual Dinner will include prominent Federal and state judges, elected officials and dignitaries, attorneys from large and small law firms, corporate law departments, prosecutors’ offices and government agencies. AABANY’s 2019 Annual Dinner attracted more than 700 members of the legal and business communities from New York and beyond. This year AABANY is pleased to announce that its 2020 Annual Dinner honorees will be: Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK – February 21, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is proud to announce that it has been honored for the third time with the New York State Bar Association Bar Leaders Innovation Award for the Pro Bono Legal Advice and Referral Clinic. AABANY received its honor in the category of medium-sized bar associations (500-1,999 members). Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK – February 20, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) congratulates Grace Cho (University of Pennsylvania Law School, Class of 2022), Raymond Magsaysay (University of Pennsylvania Law School, Class of 2022) and Andrew Tran (Boston University School of Law, Class of 2022) as this year’s recipients of the Don H. Liu Scholarship, all of whom will be honored at AABANY’s Annual Dinner on February 26, 2020. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK – January 27, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is pleased to announce that the Network of Bar Leaders will present the Honorable Harold Baer Jr. Award to the Honorable Denny Chin, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, on Monday, January 27, 2020, at the Southern District of New York. Judge Chin’s leadership in the legal community, his dedication to promoting diversity, and his impact as a trailblazer in the Asian American community and for serving as an exemplary role model and inspiration to generations of law students and lawyers make him a highly deserving recipient of this honor. Read the full press release here.

NEW YORK – January 17, 2020 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is proud to announce that Kenneth Chin will be presented with the New York State Bar Association’s Diversity Trailblazer Award at the John E. Higgins, Esq. Diversity Trailblazer Award Ceremony on Jan. 27, 2020. Ken is a Partner and the Banking and Finance Chair at Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP and longstanding member of AABANY. The award recognizes Ken for his transformative work to promote and achieve diversity and inclusion at his firm and in New York's Asian American community.  Read the full press release here.