Napaba Affiliate Quarterly Report

NAPABA AFFILIATE QUARTERLY REPORT

May 2014, June 2014, July 2014

MAY 2014

May 22, 2014- APALA-NJ held its Annual Meeting & Elections on May 22, 2014 at Einhorn Harris in Denville, NJ where current APALA-NJ President is Counsel. This year, APALA-NJ decided to expand the 2014-2015 Executive Board to include a Board of Directors consisting of six non-officer Directors. The officers and directors of the 2014-2015 Executive Board are as follows:

Officers
President: Jhanice V. Domingo, Esq.
President-Elect: Theodore K. Cheng, Esq.
Vice President: Rachit J. Choksi, Esq.
Treasurer: Vik C. Jaitly, Esq.
Secretary: Christine H. Kim, Esq. / Board of Directors
Eric G. Fikry, Esq.
Eugene Huang, Esq.
Edward S. Kiel, Esq.
John Kim, Esq.
P. Stephen Kim, Esq.
Eric Wong, Esq.

Photos Above:

Left:APALA-NJ President Jhanice V. Domingo and Immediate Past President Florelee Wan

Middle: 2013-2014 APALA-NJ Executive Board

Right: 2014-2015 APALA-NJ Executive Board Officers

Immediately following the meeting & elections this year was a pre-gala kick-off for all in attendance.

JUNE 2013

June 3, 2014 – APALA-NJVice President Rachit J. Choksi, Esq. testified on behalf of APALA-NJ before the New Jersey State Bar Association Task Force on Judicial Independence Public Hearing on June 3, 2014 at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, NJ. Also in attendance was APALA-NJ President Jhanice V. Domingo, Esq.

June 6, 2014– APALA-NJ Immediate Past President Florelee Wan, Esq. and APALA-NJ Director Eric G. Fikry, Esq. attended the Installation Dinner of Roger Lai, Esq., 83rd President of the Burlington County Bar Association (BCBA), on June 6, 2014 at Bradford Estate in Hainesport, NJ. Roger Lai, Esq. is the first Asian Pacific American President of the BCBA.

Photo of APALA-NJ Immediate Past President Florelee Wan, APALA-NJ Director Eric G. Fikry, and Burlington County Bar Association President Roger Lai

June 26, 2014 – APALA-NJ held its 17th Annual Gala on June 26, 2014 at the Liberty House Restaurant in Jersey City, NJ. The theme of the Gala this year was “Building on Excellence.”The Liberty House with its beautiful view of the Statue of Liberty -- symbolic of immigrants' pursuit of excellence in this country -- was a perfect venue to kick-off the 2014-2015 Administration as we embark on the next chapter of APALA-NJ and continue building on excellence.

Approximately 240 guests, including APALA-NJ members, sponsors, supporters, New Jersey State Bar Association president, NJ specialty bar association leaders, members of NAPABA affiliates (AABANY, KALAGNY, APABA-PA, etc.), and APA judges and elected officials, attended the Gala. We were especially pleased to welcome:

NJ Bar Association Leaders

NJ State Bar Association President Paris Eliades

Hispanic Bar Association President Anna Maria Tejada/President-Elect Michael Plata

Garden State Bar Association President-Elect John Kahn

Local Politicians

Jersey City Council President Rolando Lavarro

Assemblyman Raj Mukherji

NAPABA and NAPABA Affiliate Leaders

NAPABA Board Members Alex Lee and Jin Hwang

NAPABA NE Regional Governor Judy Kim

AABANY President Clara Ohr

KALAGNY President Kyun Yi

APABA-PA President Rahat Babar

NJ APA Judges

Judge David Bauman

Judge Terry Yang

Judge Carlo Abad

APALA-NJ raised more than $56,000 in sponsorship contributions thanks to our generous sponsors and the hard work of our Gala Committee.

DIAMOND SPONSOR
Day Pitney LLP
PLATINUM SPONSOR
Einhorn Harris Ascher Barbarito & Frost PC
GOLD SPONSORS
Archer & Greiner PC
Cole SchotzMeisel Forman & Leonard PA
Greenberg Traurig LLP
HSBC Bank
The Joshi Family In Memoryof Anish Joshi (1969-2012)
Orsyn Abstracts
Toys R Us Inc
SILVER SPONSORS
Asian American Bar Association of New York
Blank Rome LLP
Fox Horan Camerini LLP
Fox Rothschild LLP
Investors Bank
Wong Fleming
BRONZE SPONSORS
Clear Skies Title Agency
Hoagland Longo Moran DunstDoukas LLP
Hudson Court Reporting & Digitial Media
Korean American Lawyers Association of Greater New York
Mercedes Benz USA
ObermayerRebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP
Prudential
Wiley MalehornSirotaRaynes
FULL PAGE AD SPONSORS
Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster
Wilentz Goldman & Spitzer PA
HALF PAGE AD SPONSORS
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Levine StallerSklar Chan & Brown PA
Rutgers School of Law - Newark
QUARTER PAGE AD SPONSORS
BenditWeinstock, PA
OrloffLowenbachStifelman & Siegel PA
Newsome & O'Donnell
South Asian Bar Association of New Jersey
PROGRAM ACKNOWLEDGMENT SPONSOR
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania
The Honorable Thomas H. Dilts, J.S.C. (Retired)

APALA-NJ was honored to have Richard Liu, Journalist/News Anchor from MSNBC & NBC News as our keynote speaker, and Karen Elizaga, Founder of Forward Options as our special guests of honor. Long-time APALA-NJ member and partner at Archer & Greiner, Phil Cha, Esq. was our master of ceremonies.

Photo of 2013-2014 APALA-NJ Executive Board with Keynote Speaker Richard Liu

Honorees at the Gala included the following award recipients:

Corporate Leadership Award:Aney K. Chandy, Esq.

VP, Labor & Employment Counsel

Toys R Us

Professional Achievement Award:Eric G. Fikry, Esq.

Partner

Blank Rome LLP

Trailblazer Award:Grace Park, Esq.

Acting Union County Prosecutor

State of New Jersey

During APALA-NJ’s Awards Gala, the APALA-NJ Charitable Foundation presented scholarship awards to law students from NJ’s three law schools:

Rutgers Law School - Camden:Jake Kim

Rutgers Law School - Newark:Eunice Yoon

Seton Hall Law School:Pooja Patel

The 2014-2015 Executive Board Officers and Directors were sworn in by the Honorable David F. Bauman, P.J.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Monmouth County.

Photo of the 2014-2015 APALA-NJ Executive Board

JULY 2014

July 2, 2014 - APALA-NJ President Jhanice V. Domingo, Esq., APALA-NJ Vice President Rachit J. Choksi, Esq. and members of APALA-NJ attended the Community Forum on U.S. Policy in India hosted by U.S. Senator & Chairman of the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations Robert Menendez and Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, the Honorable Nisha Desai Biswal on July 2, 2014 at Royal Albert’s Palace in Fords, NJ.

Photos Above: U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Hon. Nisha Desai Biswal, Assemblyman UpendraChivukula, Assemblyman Raj Mukherji, Congressman Frank Pallone, APALA-NJ Past President/Edison Township Council Member Sapana Shah, APALA-NJ President Jhanice V. Domingo, APALA-NJ Vice President Rachit J. Choksi, and APALA-NJ Members

July 27, 2014- The 2014-2015 Executive Board held its first Executive Board meeting on July 27, 2014.

WHAT'S NEW WITH APALA-NJ?
New Office
Our new office is located at 494 Broad Street Suite 210 Newark, NJ.
New Website
Check our website regularly for job postings, attorney referral directory, and upcoming events at If you have news to share, email us!
New Board of Directors
Congratulations to our newly-installed Board of Directors!
Eric Fikry | Eugene Huang | Edward Kiel | John Kim | P. Stephen Kim | Eric Wong
New Membership Categories
Renew your membershipHERE.Encourage your friends, co-workers and network to join APALA-NJ as an attorney member, associate attorney member, law student member or associate member!
New Standing Committees
Join a Committee! If you are interested in chairing or joining one of the committees below, email APALA-NJ President .

By-Laws Committee
In-House Counsel Committee
Judicial & Prosecutorial Appointments Committee(Application Required)
Pro Bono/Public Interest Committee
Solo/Small Firm Practice Committee
Young Lawyers Committee

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AUGUST 2014

SEPTEMBER 2014

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