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21st Annual Installation of the Asian
American Bar Association
2008-2009 Officers and Board of Directors
Date: Thursday, July 24, 2008
Trump International Hotel & Towers
Grand Ballroom
Reception: 5:30-6:30pm
Featured Speaker: Hon. Lisa Madigan
Illinois Attorney General
Program Begins at 6:30pm
Swearing-In
Ceremony: Hon. Thomas Fitzgerald
Special Swearing-In Participation:
Hon. Maria Kuriakos Ciesil, Hon. Israel A. Desierto, Hon. Lynne Kawamoto, Hon. Sandra R. Otaka & Hon. Neera L. Walsh
Keynote Speaker & Asian American Leadership Award Recipient: L. Tammy Duckworth Director, Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs
Mistress of Ceremonies: Aurora Abella-Austriaco
ATTORNEY’S WORKSHOP WITH THE ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S BUSINESS INITIATIVE
On June 10, 2008, CABA co-sponsored an attorneys workshop with the Asian American Women’s Business Initiative, a program that is part of the U.S. Department of Labor. CABA attorneys Tony Ling, Marian Ming, Anne Shaw, and Philip Wong addressed a group of Asian women business owners on topics including employee compensation, immigration, corporate matters, and real estate leases.
PAN-ASIAN BAR SOCIAL
CABA, together with the Asian American Bar Association, Filipino American Bar Association, Indian American Bar Association, Korean American Bar Association, and Pakistani American Bar Association is hosting a FREE social networking event on Thursday, May 22, 2008 beginning at 6 p.m. at Dao Restaurant, 230 E. Ohio, Chicago Illinois. You will receive one drink ticket and a complimentary buffet dinner (vegetarian food included).
Come meet your fellow Asian attorneys during Asian American Heritage Month.
NEW YEAR'S PARTY!
Thanks to Woon-wah Siu for hosting a pot luck party at her apartment on January 24, 2008. Also thanks to members Heather Han, Rachel Kao, Chun-lin Leonhard, Diana Lin, Tony Shu, Elaine Sit, and Carole Towne for attending and bringing food, and to the law students who joined us.
Congratulations
On March 13, 2008, Jennifer Sprangers ’09 became the recipient of the Chicago-Kent College of Law Asian American Law Student Scholarship, a scholarship that was funded by our own Elaine Sit and her family.
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