The purpose of NAPABA’s “Best Under 40” award is to recognize talented individuals within the Asian Pacific American legal community under the age of 40 who have achieved prominence and distinction in their fields of endeavor—be it the practice of law, academia, business, civic and charitable affairs, the judiciary, or politics — and have demonstrated a strong commitment to civic or community affairs.

Nominations now being accepted.

NAPABA proudly announces its "Best Under 40." The 2009 nominees were again impressive, and the decisions even more difficult. From this competitive field, NAPABA selected the following individuals to receive the honor of being one of its best lawyers under the age of 40 for 2009. These individuals have not only attained prominence in their respective legal endeavors, they have also exhibited steadfast commitment to community and public service, particularly in the Asian Pacific American community. They have climb high up the ladder of success; they have tried, and won, major trials; they have handled complicated deals; they have been entrusted with the responsibility of heading national practice groups - and they have done it all at a relatively early stage of their careers.

Wendy Wen Yun Chang
Lee C. Cheng
Vince Chhabria
Erika Hiramatsu
Warren Szutse Huang
Charlotte J. Kim
Celia W. Lee
Daniel K. Lew
Gilbert K.S. Liu
Karen T. Nakasone
Toni D. Nguyen
May Mon Post
Sean D. Reyes
Anne I. Shaw
John C. Truong
Trung D. Tu
Michael A. Yap
Steven K. Yoda

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Monty Agarwal
Douglas Chia
James Chou
Frederick Chung
Camilla Eng
Susan Kim
Sophia Lee
Linda Enn Lu
Terri Ann Motosue
Nimesh Patel
Ajay Raju
Catherine Than
Hon. Amul Thapar
James Toma
Kim Tran
Karin Wang
Robert Yap
Samuel Yee

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Khin Mai Aung
Tung Chan
Theodore Cheng
Christine Chi
Harmeet Dhillon
Vincent A. Eng
Jennifer Choe Groves
Shirish Gupta
Sharon Hwang
Judith Kim
Emily Kuo
Minh-Duc "Ducie" T. Le
Patricia Lin
Marty Lorenzo
Thuy Thi Nguyen
Colin Owyang
Garner Weng
William Yu

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Joseph J. Centeno
Michael Cho
Leslie Hatamiya
James C. Ho
Victor Hwang
Betty Y. Jang
Joe Khanna
Sang-yul Lee
Ben Lumicao
Sunil Mansukhani
Fiona W. Ong
Jacklyn Park
Sunah Park
Andrea E. Tran
Henry Wang
Steven Wu

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Click here to download a PDF copy of the full program and awardee biographies.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the press release.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the full program and awardee biographies.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the press release.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the full program and awardee biographies.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the full program and awardee biographies.

Click here to download a PDF copy of the full program and awardee biographies.