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July 7, 2016

Lawyer drops out of high-profile bribery case involving real estate mogul Ng Lap Seng

If bribery, intrigue, and international affairs float your boat, check out the latest news on real estate mogul Ng Lap Seng. AABANY member Hugh H. Mo is now millionaire Ng Lap Seng’s lead counsel on an important UN bribery case. Click on the link above to unravel a few details about the case and Hugh’s distinguished background.

Ng’s defence team is currently completed by Park, Jensen & Bennett, LLP and Shapiro Arato LLP. Tai Park of Park, Jensen & Bennett has also been a long-time AABANY member and friend.

July 7, 2016

APA VOICE Voter Engagement GOTV Training

APA VOICE Voter Engagement GOTV

Training Date: Saturday, July 23, 2016
Time: 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Location: Robin Hood Foundation, 826 Broadway, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10003

For any questions, please contact Christine Rheem (christine.rheem@minkwon.org, 718-460-5600 ext. 308)

To register for the GOTV training, follow the link in the title.

APA VOICE is a collaboration of non-partisan organizations working to increase civic engagement in the Asian Pacific American Community.

Adhikaar ▪ Asian American Federation ▪ Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund ▪ Asian Americans for Equality ▪ Bangladeshi American Community Development & Youth Service ▪ Charles B. Wang Community Health Center ▪ Chhaya CDC ▪ Chinese American Planning Council ▪ Chinese Progressive Association ▪ Coalition for Asian American Children and Families ▪ Indo-Caribbean Alliance ▪ Korean American League for Civic Action ▪ Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York ▪ Mekong NYC ▪ MinKwon Center for Community Action ▪ OCA Advocate, New York Chapter ▪ Pilipino American Unity for Progress (UniPro) ▪ South Asian Council for Social Services ▪ United Chinese Association of Brooklyn ▪ YWCA of Queens

July 6, 2016

Asian American International Film Festival Presents: BREATHIN’: THE EDDY ZHENG STORY

We are happy to partner with the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in presenting the following film! To take advantage of AABANY’s 25% discount rate for any film showing at AAIFF (excluding the Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Night films), go to http://aaiff.org/2016/schedule and enter the promo code AABANYaaiff16 after you’ve added your desired ticket(s) to your Shopping Cart.

AAIFF is the first and longest running festival in the country devoted to films by and about Asians & Asian Americans. This year, AAIFF will run from July 21 through July 30, 2016. Please visit http://aaiff.org/2016 for more information.

BREATHIN’: THE EDDY ZHENG STORY + Q&A | Dir. Ben Wang | USA | 7:30pm, Fri., July 22 | Village East Cinema, 181-189 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10003

Arrested at 16 and tried as an adult for kidnapping and robbery, Eddy Zheng served over 20 years in California prisons and jails. Director Ben Wang’s film paints an intimate portrait of Eddy—the prisoner, the immigrant, the son, the activist—on his journey to freedom, rehabilitation and redemption.

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July 5, 2016

July @ MOCA: Daily Walking Tours, David Henry Hwang, Helen Wan on the Bamboo Ceiling

Helen Wan is a novelist, lawyer, and speaker. She was a special guest speaker at AABANY conference in 2014. Her novel, The Partner Track, is the story of a young woman of color competing for partnership at a powerful law firm. It’s about how race, sex, and class impact talented people on the corporate ladder. It’s about trying to pursue success and live authentically in the workplace while staying true to ourselves.

Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is hosting MISSION POSSIBLE: In Conversation with Helen Wan, next Tuesday, July 12th, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. This event features a conversation between MOCA President Nancy Yao Maasbach and Helen Wan, followed by a book signing.

For More MOCA events in this month, follow the link in the title!

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July 5, 2016

NCVAA 10th Annual Conference & VABANC 18th Annual Scholarship Dinner, Oct. 14-15

The National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys (NCVAA) is pleased to announce that the 10th Annual Conference will be held on October 14-15, 2016 in San Jose, California. The 2016 conference will take place in conjunction with the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California’s (VABANC) 18th Annual Scholarship Dinner on Friday, October 14, 2016.

VABANC is honored to co-host the combined event this year as NCVAA returns to San Jose, where VABANC co-hosted the very first conference in 2006.

This year’s conference, based on the theme “Innovate,” provides an opportunity for attendees to network with attorneys, members of the judiciary, prominent legal scholars, jurists, and law students from all over the nation. Attorneys can receive valuable continuing legal education (CLE) credits on a number of stimulating current topics taught by scholars and practitioners.

Register today to take advantage of early bird prices. After August 7, 2016, registration prices will increase. To register, please click here.

For sponsorship information or any general questions, please contact: Mai D. Luu, Sponsorship Chair at mai@sallawfirm.com or Kim Nguyen Gray, NCVAA President at NCVAA2016@gmail.com.

July 5, 2016

Crain’s New York Power Couples – Denny Chin & Kathy Chin

Please join us in congratulating Judge Denny Chin, (Court of Appeals Judge for the Second Circuit) and Kathy Hirata Chin (Partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft), named one of Crain’s New York Power Couples. This list, linked above, asks the important question, “What makes a power couple in New York business?”

According to Crain, this list "weighed revenue and budget figures, charitable giving and net worth. And we’ve considered those sums against the intangible impact their work and extracurricular lives have on the businesses—for profit and not—that shape the character of the city.”

We could not agree more that Judge Chin and Kathy exemplify power, grace, and achievement. AABANY is proud to have them lead our trial reenactments and act as role models to us all. They are individually the definition of the highest levels of the legal profession and together, they are the definition of relationship goals.

July 5, 2016

StoneMor Partners L.P. Names Austin So General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

TREVOSE, Pa., July 01, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – StoneMor Partners L.P. (STON) (“StoneMor” or the “Partnership”) today announced that Austin So has been appointed to the newly created position of General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary effective July 5, 2016.

So joins from Heraeus Incorporated, where he served most recently as Division General Counsel and Secretary of this Fortune Global 500 manufacturing conglomerate, leading a team of lawyers in Germany, China and the U.S. Among his many roles at Heraeus, So managed all U.S. litigation and international litigation involving U.S. entities. He negotiated a broad range of commercial agreements, helped support global M&A and other transactions and oversaw compliance for various divisions on company code of conduct, antitrust, export control and other issues. Prior to joining Heraeus, So practiced both corporate transactional law and litigation at top New York law firms. He was recently named by the MCCA (Minority Corporate Counsel Association) as a 2016 Rising Star.

Larry Miller, President and CEO of StoneMor Partners said, “We are thrilled to have Austin join the StoneMor team. The newly created position will provide a key perspective on the execution of our business plan. Austin’s broad legal background as both in-house counsel and outside attorney makes him uniquely qualified to provide legal expertise and strategic counsel and we look forward to his contributions.”

About StoneMor Partners L.P.

StoneMor Partners L.P., headquartered in Trevose, Pennsylvania, is an owner and operator of cemeteries and funeral homes in the United States, with 307 cemeteries and 104 funeral homes in 28 states and Puerto Rico.

StoneMor is the only publicly traded death care company structured as a partnership. StoneMor’s cemetery products and services, which are sold on both a pre-need (before death) and at-need (at death) basis, include: burial lots, lawn and mausoleum crypts, burial vaults, caskets, memorials, and all services which provide for the installation of this merchandise. For additional information about StoneMor Partners L.P., please visit StoneMor’s website, and the investors section, at http://www.stonemor.com.

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