Alen Hsu

Director

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Candidate Statement

I am honored to submit my candidacy for the Director position.  

My extensive experience in various leadership positions, including at NAPABA, my local affiliate, and at non-for-profit organizations uniquely positions me to contribute to NAPABA’s mission of promoting justice and fostering professional development, legal scholarship, advocacy and community involvement

In 2016, I was privileged to be selected to join The Florida Bar Leadership Academy. This experience was instrumental in honing my leadership skills and deepening my understanding of the legal profession’s challenges and opportunities. It provided a solid foundation for my subsequent roles within The Florida Bar, where I served on the Editorial Board of The Florida Bar Journal and The Florida Bar News from 2017 to 2023.  

I previously served as NAPABA’s Southeast Alternate Regional Governor (“ARG”) in 2017-2018. As ARG, I regularly communicated critical information to affiliates in the SE region, developed strong ties with affiliate leaders, and assisted the Regional Governor with various other duties. In that role, I dedicated substantial time and effort to rally affiliate members and leaders to attend Lobby Day, regional conferences, and webinars. In 2018, I was elected as NAPABA’s Vice President of Membership (“VP”). As VP, I served on NAPABA’s leadership program task force and general programs task force. During my tenure, we created NAPABA’s inaugural Leadership Advancement Program (“LAP”). I applied what I learned from The Florida Bar Leadership Academy and applied it to LAP, including the principles from the DISC Assessment. I also assisted with fine-tuning the Pre-Law Conference and NAPALSA Conference, programming for the Collaborative Bar Leadership Academy, and with revising the best practices program for NAPABA Regional Governors and Affiliates.  Additionally, I assisted with revamping the Affiliate Leadership Summit, which is held annually during the NAPABA convention. I also worked together with board members and staff in analyzing NAPABA’s membership prices and tiers, and improved on NAPABA’s direct membership model. Our goal was to make the membership registration process simpler and intuitive. 
 
Building on my past experience, if elected, I will focus on heightening member satisfaction, increasing NAPABA’s revenue and bottom line, and strengthening the organization and its programs through 2024 and beyond.  To achieve these goals, I promise to work tirelessly, be open-minded, and work with the NAPABA board and staff to improve on the panoply of assets that NAPABA offers and does year-round. 

Thank you for your considerations and I look forward to seeing you at the annual convention in Seattle.

Candidate Bio

Alen Hsu is a partner at the law firm of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman P.L.  He concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, employment, business, and general commercial disputes. Alen’s practice is devoted to both counseling domestic and foreign businesses on general business, transactional, and regulatory matters, and complex commercial litigation. He has served as counsel on a number of multimillion dollar litigation and class action matters, and he has experience handling arbitrations, trials, and appeals. His experience is bolstered by his ability to aggressively litigate cases while simultaneously developing creative and cost-effective settlement solutions to resolve complex problems on behalf of the firm's clients.  

In 2016, Alen received the Legal Advisor of the Year Award from Sterling 5, Inc., in recognition of his leadership in the local and legal community. Alen has also been recognized by Super Lawyers as Florida’s Rising Star in Business Litigation from 2015-2020 and as a Florida Super Lawyer from 2021-2024. In 2016, Alen was selected to join a select group of attorneys to participate in The Florida Bar Leadership Academy, a one-year multi-session leadership training program. Also in 2016, Alen was elected by the citizens of Parkland, Florida, to serve a four-year term on the Board of Supervisory of the North Springs Improvement District (“NSID”), a quasi-municipal corporation that provides water treatment, wastewater collection and storm water management to almost 40,000 residents in the City of Coral Springs and the City of Parkland. In 2017, Alen was selected by the Florida Bar to serve on the committee of The Florida Bar Journal and The Florida Bar News editorial board, where he served as Chair of the Board from 2021-2022. After serving on the NAPABA Board from 2018-2020, Alen served on the board of the non-profit organization, Operation120 Inc., which provides supportive housing and transitional life skill services to displaced and at-risk female military veterans. He served as Chair of the Board from 2022-2023. Alen also served as Co-Chair of the Real Estate Committee of the Board County Bar Association from 2021-2023, and he currently serves on the Board of the Civil Practice Committee of the Palm Beach County Bar Association.  
 
Alen obtained a bachelor’s of science in business management from the University of Florida. While at the University of Florida, Alen completed a study abroad program on Elizabethan England and William Shakespeare at Cambridge University, England. Alen went on to receive his law degree from Nova Southeastern University.  Alen is proficient in spoken Mandarin Chinese and Taiwanese.  In his free time, Alen enjoys reading, spending time with his wife and daughter, and playing golf.  

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