The NAPABA President’s Award is given to NAPABA members who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to NAPABA, the legal community, and the greater Asian Pacific American community.

2016 (President Jin Y. Hwang)
Tina Matsuoka 

2015 (President George C. Chen)
NAPABA Civil Rights Committee

2014 (President William J. Simonitsch)
McGuireWoods LLP and Sidney Kanazawa

2013 (President Wendy C. Shiba)
Paul O. Hirose

2012 (President Nimesh M. Patel) 
Christopher Kang

2011
No award recipient

2010 (President Joseph Centeno)
Bruce Ishimatsu
Gordon Yamate
Microsoft

2009 (President Andrew Hahn) 
NAPABA Judiciary Committee Co-Chairs (Wendy Wen Yun Chang, James C. Ho, John C. Yang)
Walmart