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Thursday, May 28, 2026 Cipriani Wall Street 55 Wall Street New York, NY 10005-2805
SPONSORS
HONOREES
Diamond
Broadridge
Pre-Dinner GC Reception
Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP
Platinum
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP
Morrison Foerster LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Gold
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Levine Lee LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Silver
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Alston & Bird LLP
Arnold & Porter LLP
BakerHostetler
BNY
Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Cooley LLP
Dechert LLP
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
KKL
Kobre & Kim LLP
Linklaters
Littler Mendelson P.C.
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Paul Hastings LLP
Perkins Coie LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Saul Ewing LLP
Silver Golub & Teitell LLP
Steno
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Wilmer Cutler
Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Winston & Strawn LLP
Bronze
Abrams Fensterman LLP
Barnes & Thornburg
BCLP
Clark Smith Villazor LLP
Covington & Burling LLP
Davis & Gilbert
Jackson Lewis
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
We were honored by the attendance of many distinguished judges, bar association leaders, and other dignitaries including:
Ashish Bhatt, Office of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Director of Immigration and Foreign Affairs
Glenn Magpantay, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, AABANY Board Director
Iris Lan, General Counsel, NASA, AABANY Honoree for Public Service Award, 2024
Preet Bharara, Partner, WilmerHale, AABANY Honoree for Public Service Leadership Award, 2015, Former US Attorney, SDNY, first AAPI to hold that position
Rocky Chin, Commissioner, NYC Commission on Human Rights, Director, AALFNY, AABANY co-founder
Hon. Pamela K. Chen, US District Judge, Eastern District of New York
Hon. James Cho, US Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of New York
Hon. Margaret Chan, Appellate Division, 1st Dept., New York State Court
Hon. Phillip Hom, Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.
Hon. Lillian Wan, Appellate Division, 2nd Dept.
Hon. Karen Lin, Appellate Term, 2nd Dept.
Hon. Ariel Chesler, Supreme Court, New York County
Hon. James Clynes, Supreme Court, New York County
Hon. James d'Auguste, Supreme Court, New York County
Hon. Robert Reed, Supreme Court, New York County
Hon. Lisa A. Sokoloff, Supreme Court, New York County
Hon. Karen Gopee, Supreme Court, Queens County
Hon. Soma Syed, Supreme Court, Queens County
Hon. Frances Wang, Supreme Court, Queens County
Hon. Melissa De Jesus, Supreme Court, Kings County
Hon. Javier Vargas, New York State Court of Claims, New York County, Vice President of the Latino Judges Association
Hon. L. Austin D'Souza, Supervising Judge, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County
Hon. Onya Brinson, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County
Hon. Wendy C. Li, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County
Hon. Ilana Marcus, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County
Hon. Richard Tsai, Civil Court of the City of New York, New York County
Hon. Eve Guillergan, Civil Court of the City of New York, Queens County
Hon. Rena Malik, Civil Court of the City of New York, Kings County
Hon. Travis Arrindell, Housing Court, New York County
Hon. Rina Gurung, Housing Court, Bronx County
Hon. Biju Koshy, Criminal Court of the City of New York, Richmond County, President of Asian American Judges Association of New York
Hon. Crystal Villaseñor, Family Court of the City of New York, New York County, Vice President of the New York Women's Bar Association
Hon. E. Grace Park, Family Court of the City of New York, Bronx County
Karen Cortes, Family Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, Court Attorney Referee
Bethany Li, Executive Director, AALDEF
Priya Purandare, Executive Director, NAPABA
Sylvia Chin, President, AALFNY
Doris Cheung, President, APALA-NJ
Tanya Bovée, Co-President, CAPABA
Jenna Agatep, President, FALA NY
Lawrence Han, President, KALAGNY
Nicole Lester Arrindell, President, Metropolitan Black Bar Association
Ramz Aziz, Vice President, MuBANY,
Vani Upadhyaya, President, SABANY
Lisa Gold, Executive Director, Asian American Arts Alliance
Grace Fu Professor of Law Chief Legal Administrative Officer Nanit Corporate Leadership Award
Alvina Lo Head of Advice Planning and Fiduciary Services BNY Wealth Industry Leadership Award
Hon. L. Austin D’Souza Supervising Judge New York City Civil Court (New York County) Public Service Award
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