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Thank You to Our Volunteers at the October Manhattan Pro Bono Clinic

Many thanks to the Asian American Law Fund of New York (AALFNY), Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE), and AABANY’s Pro Bono & Community Service (PBCS) Committee, as well as our dedicated volunteers for joining our Manhattan Pro Bono Clinic on October 21, 2026.

PBCS volunteers, comprising volunteer attorneys and law students, met with 20 clients and provided guidance on a variety of legal issues, including housing, immigration, real estate property, trusts and estates, family law, public benefits, and civil litigation.

Positive feedback from the clients included: “Productive! Helpful.” and “Thank you for this service! Really appreciate it!!“

Thank you to the following volunteers for attending the Manhattan Pro Bono Clinic:

Attorneys:
Jingjuan (Max) Guo
Kevin Hsi
Beatrice Leong
Arthur Lin
Carrie Nie
Ahseon Park
Gary Yeung

Interpreters/shadowers:
Helen Ding
Cheri Chaibut
Kaleah Haddock
Nandar Win Kerr
Alexandra Ly
Pan Pan
Renato Pangan
Ellyse Ramos
Jingjing Wang
Suzie Yu
Wendy Zeng
Kangjie Zheng
Nathan Zou

Special thanks to those who stayed late to consult on the last-minute housing case!

We invite you to continue supporting our community by joining us at our upcoming Pro Bono Clinics:

  • October 27th [Woodside Queens pop-up clinic link here] from 6:30-8:30pm, Assemblymember Steven Raga’s Office (Cellar), 60-14 Queens Blvd, Woodside, NY 11377
  • November 14th [Brooklyn link here], from 12:30 – 3:30pm, CPC Brooklyn Community Services, 4101 8th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232
  • November 18th [Manhattan link here] from 6:30-8:30pm, AAFE Community Center, 111 Norfolk Street, NY, NY 10002
  • December 2nd [Queens link here], from 6:30 – 8:30pm, AAFE One Flushing Community Center, 133-29 41st Ave, 2nd Floor, Flushing, NY 11355

To learn more about the Pro Bono & Community Service Committee, visit probono.aabany.org.

We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming clinic sessions.

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Thank You to the Volunteers at the October Queens Pro Bono Clinic

Many thanks to the Asian American Law Fund of New York (AALFNY), Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE), and AABANY’s Pro Bono & Community Service (PBCS) Committee, as well as our dedicated volunteers for joining our Queens Pro Bono Clinic on October 7, 2026.

PBCS volunteers, comprising volunteer attorneys and law students, met with 16 clients and provided guidance on a range of legal issues, including housing, immigration, real property, trusts & estates, family & matrimonial, litigation and civil claims.

One client commented: “Very helpful. Passionate in helping.”

Great thanks to our small but mighty team of volunteers for attending the Queens Pro Bono Clinic and for their dedicated service:

Attorneys: 

  • Jingjuan (Max) Guo
  • Kevin Hsi
  • Carmen Huang
  • Arthur Lin
  • Sinbay Tan
  • May Wong
  • Gary Yeung
  • Meng Zhang

Interpreters/shadowers:

  • Helen Ding
  • Renato Pangan
  • Jingjing Wang
  • Suzie Yu
  • Wendy Zeng

We invite you to continue supporting our community by joining us at our upcoming Pro Bono Clinics:
– October 21st [Manhattan link here] from 6:30-8:30pm, AAFE Community Center, 111 Norfolk Street, NY, NY 10002

– November 14th [Brooklyn link here], from 12:30 – 3:30pm, CPC Brooklyn Community Services, 4101 8th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232 

– November 18th [Manhattan link here] from 6:30-8:30pm, AAFE Community Center, 111 Norfolk Street, NY, NY 10002

– December 2nd [Queens link here], from 6:30 – 8:30pm, AAFE One Flushing Community Center, 133-29 41st Ave, 2nd Floor, Flushing, NY 11355

Thanks to all our volunteers for attending the Pro Bono Clinic.

We look forward to your participation in our future clinics!

To learn more about the Pro Bono & Community Service Committee, visit probono.aabany.org.

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Thank You to the Volunteers at the July Brooklyn Pro Bono Clinic

Many thanks to the Asian American Law Fund of New York (AALFNY), Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC), and AABANY’s Pro Bono & Community Service (PBCS) Committee, as well as our dedicated volunteers for joining the Brooklyn Pro Bono Clinic on July 11, 2026.

PBCS volunteers, comprising volunteer attorneys and law students, met with 23 clients and provided guidance on a range of legal issues, including housing, immigration, real property, trusts and estates law, labor and employment, family law, and civil litigation.  

Positive feedback from some of the clients who came included: “I received helpful information today.” and “It was respectful & calm. I learned a lot as well.”

We thank the following volunteers for attending the Brooklyn Pro Bono Clinic:

Attorneys:
Vishal Chander
Michael Chu
Helen Ding
Alice Liang
Arthur Lin
Willow (Yichun) Liu
Kwok Kei Ng
May Wong
Jameson Xu
Karen Kithan Yau
Gary Yeung

Interpreters/Shadowers
Gigi Chen
Sam Chen
Anna Chung
Philip Han
Nandar Win Kerr
Hannah J. Lee
Cynthia Li
Luana Li
Jingjing Wang
Wendy Zeng
Zhiyi Zhang
Betty Xinyue Zhu

Thank you once again to all our volunteers for their commitment to Pro Bono service and for making a meaningful difference in our community. 

We invite you to continue supporting our community by joining us at our upcoming Pro Bono Clinics:

– August 5th [Queens link here], from 6:30 – 8:30pm, AAFE One Flushing Community Center, 133-29 41st Ave, 2nd Floor, Flushing, NY 11355

– August 19th [Manhattan link here] from 6:30-8:30pm, AAFE Community Center, 111 Norfolk Street, NY, NY 10002

– September 12th [Brooklyn link here], from 12:30 – 3:30pm, CPC Brooklyn Community Services, 4101 8th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11232 

To learn more about the Pro Bono & Community Service Committee, visit probono.aabany.org.

We look forward to your participation in the future clinic sessions!

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Get Involved with AABANY’s New Trusts & Estates Committee

AABANY is pleased to announce the launch of the Trusts & Estates Committee. This new committee serves as a professional and community network for AABANY members and non-members interested in the practice of Trusts & Estates law, which spans trusts, estates, and tax planning to Surrogate’s Court practice and litigation. The Committee is dedicated to providing a platform for networking, mentoring, and professional development, as well as opportunities for public service.

Pang-Mei Natasha Chang, Co-Chair of the Committee, is a member of Dunnington Bartholow & Miller LLP’s estates, trusts and private clients practice group, as well as its international France desk, and charitable, not-for-profit and religious institutions practice groups. She counsels both domestic and international individuals, businesses and charitable organizations in estate and trusts planning, and wealth transfer planning. She represents clients of all ages, and advises in insurance planning, IRA/retirement benefit planning and the use of trusts for not only estate planning but asset protection. She also serves on the Trusts, Estates and Surrogate’s Court Committee of the New York City Bar Association, where she has participated as a writer and presenter. 

Yi W. Stewart, the other Co-Chair of the Committee, works at the firm Farrell Fritz as a trusts and estates litigation associate. She performs pretrial discovery, conducts legal research, and prepares motions and memoranda of law for litigated Surrogate’s Court proceedings. Prior to joining Farrell Fritz, Yi served as associate law clerk to the Hon. Rita Mella for three years in New York County Surrogate’s Court, where she assisted the Surrogate with decisions on typical contested probate and accounting matters, complex issues of will construction and reformation, as well as novel issues such as a fiduciary’s authority to administer digital assets stored in Google and Apple accounts.

To contact the Committee Chairs for this Committee, click “Contact Us” at the top of the AABANY website and fill out the form, and tell us in the Comment field what in particular you would like to know about the Committee and its activities.

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