Dear NAPABA-MN Members and Friends:
The time has arrived for our Annual Meeting, where we will renew our friendships and welcome new members and law students. We will also elect our Board of Directors for the upcoming year.
This year, our Annual Meeting will be on Thursday, October 22, 2009 (6 – 9 pm) at Solera, 900 Hennepin Ave. S., in downtown Minneapolis. We are honored that State Senator Mee Moua will give the Keynote Address and that John Choi, St. Paul City Attorney and our endorsed candidate for Ramsey County Attorney, will join us as our honored guests.
Please note, due to the prevailing economic climate we have reduced our annual membership dues and will be hosting a cocktail and hors d’oeuvre reception in place of a full sit down dinner. We hope this will be a more effective use of your valuable contribution and that it will be more conducive to connecting with old and new friends and colleagues.
The membership form is below, and your membership dues include the cost to attend the Annual Meeting. Your guest may attend for an additional $35. Your membership and support is extremely important to the organization and our growing community. Please take this opportunity to confirm your attendance by RSVP’ing to nicole.kubista@state.mn.us as soon as possible. We look forward to seeing you!
Sincerely,
Alexander J. Kim
President, NAPABA-MN 2008-09
2010 Membership Form
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
2009 Annual Gala
SAVE THE DATE!
October 22, 2009
October 22, 2009
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Minnesota Chapter
2009 Annual Meeting and Gala
Details to follow very soon!
Details to follow very soon!
Monday, June 2, 2008
CRC Meeting on June 7, 2008
The next meeting of the oganizers for the 2008 NAPABA Central Region Conference (and the Annual Gala) is on Saturday, June 7, 2008, 10:00 a.m. at the Minneapolis Hilton.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
2008 Central Region Conference Schedule
Friday, June 13
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Conference Opening Reception & Cocktails: Sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Saturday, June 14
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Continuing Legal Education I
Option 1 Recent Developments in Patent Law
Professor R. Carl Moy, William Mitchell College of Law
Former patent examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C., attorney at Merchant & Gould (Minneapolis, MN), patent agent for Parkhurst & Oliff (Alexandria, VA), and guest researcher for the Max Planck Institute for Patent, Copyright, and Unfair Competition Law, Munich, Germany. Prof. Moy authored Moy’s Walker on Patents.
**1.0 standard Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
Option 2 Republican National Convention and the limits of the First Amendment
The Honorable Kathleen Gearin, Chief Judge of the Second Judicial District
John Choi, City Attorney for the City of Saint Paul
Professor Raleigh H. Levine, William Mitchell College of Law
Saint Paul, Minnesota will be the proud host of 2008 Republican National Convention. Public officials, academics, activists and ordinary citizens will have to grapple with the possibilities and the boundaries to the First Amendment, and the distinguished panelists will illuminate the issues.
**1.0 standard Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Continuing Legal Education II
Option 1 Getting to Know your Muslim Client
Imani Jaafar-Mohammad, Mohammad & Jaafar-Mohammad
Murad Mohammad, Mohammad & Jaafar-Mohammad
This presentation designed to teach legal practitioners basic information about Islam and Muslims. This presentation is intended to help practitioners better serve their clients by providing a deeper understanding of their religious practice. Legal practitioners and others need to understand the issues facing the Muslim community in order to be effective advocates. Speakers will provide background information on Islam, legal issues facing the Muslim community, and practice tips for advocates.
**1.0 Elimination of Bias Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
Option 2 So you want to be a…Career paths and mentoring with in API communities
Vice Dean Ann Iijima, William Mitchell College of Law
Lawrence G. Almeda, Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione
Dan Lew, Office of the Public Defender, Sixth Judicial District
In a competitive career field, how have successful Asian American attorneys designed their own career paths? How can we as an API community work to create opportunities for other members of the community to succeed? Come hear successful attorneys with diverse careers discuss how they got there and how you can too.
**1.0 standard Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
Keynote Speakers Steven Kohn & Jonathan Smith
Chai Vang, a Hmong hunter, was found guilty, by an all Caucasian jury, of killing six Caucasian hunters in the woods of northwest Wisconsin in November 2004 as well as the attempted murder of two others. Did race play a role in this verdict? Did an injustice occur? Steven Kohn and Jonathan Smith, Mr. Vang's defense team, discuss the racial and cultural climate and obstacles surrounding this nationally publicized case.
**1.0 Elimination of Bias Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Continuing Legal Education III
Option 1 Dealing with the Media in High Profile Cases
Steven Kohn, Kohn and Smith
Colleen Henry, Esq.
Representing a client in a high-profile case presents unique challenges. Steven Kohn, who was involved in many high-profile cases, and his wife Colleen Henry, an investigative reporter, share their experiences from legal and media perspectives.
**1.0 standard Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
Option 2 Crossing Oceans: Practical and Ethical Issues of Legal Outsourcing
J.R. Maddox, Esq., Director of Intellectual Property Services for Lexadigm Solutions, LLC.
In a global market, legal outsourcing has become a cost effective way to meet clients’ needs. The ethical attorney must be aware of ethical obligations such as conflicts of interest, privileged and confidentiality, notice to clients, fees and billing and a host of other potential pitfalls.
**1.0 Ethics Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Plenary: Uniting the Great Divide
Bar leaders from the NAPABA Central Region Affiliates will lead a discussion with conference attendees. The topic will be “Uniting the Great Divide- what YOU want to tell NAPABA about the practice of law in the Central Region.” The purpose of this discussion will be to identify and summarize issues faced by APA attorneys in the Central Region. The Bar Leaders will put this information into a document to be delivered to the NAPABA Board of Directors in Washington D.C. We look forward to your input!
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception & Cocktails: Sponsored by Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Gala Dinner & 2008 Annual Meeting of NAPABA-MN
Keynote Speaker - Sandra Leung
Senior VP/General Counsel, Divisional at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New York, NY
9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Entertainment (Casino Night!)
The PDF of the CLE schedule is below.
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Conference Opening Reception & Cocktails: Sponsored by Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Saturday, June 14
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Continuing Legal Education I
Option 1 Recent Developments in Patent Law
Professor R. Carl Moy, William Mitchell College of Law
Former patent examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C., attorney at Merchant & Gould (Minneapolis, MN), patent agent for Parkhurst & Oliff (Alexandria, VA), and guest researcher for the Max Planck Institute for Patent, Copyright, and Unfair Competition Law, Munich, Germany. Prof. Moy authored Moy’s Walker on Patents.
**1.0 standard Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
Option 2 Republican National Convention and the limits of the First Amendment
The Honorable Kathleen Gearin, Chief Judge of the Second Judicial District
John Choi, City Attorney for the City of Saint Paul
Professor Raleigh H. Levine, William Mitchell College of Law
Saint Paul, Minnesota will be the proud host of 2008 Republican National Convention. Public officials, academics, activists and ordinary citizens will have to grapple with the possibilities and the boundaries to the First Amendment, and the distinguished panelists will illuminate the issues.
**1.0 standard Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Continuing Legal Education II
Option 1 Getting to Know your Muslim Client
Imani Jaafar-Mohammad, Mohammad & Jaafar-Mohammad
Murad Mohammad, Mohammad & Jaafar-Mohammad
This presentation designed to teach legal practitioners basic information about Islam and Muslims. This presentation is intended to help practitioners better serve their clients by providing a deeper understanding of their religious practice. Legal practitioners and others need to understand the issues facing the Muslim community in order to be effective advocates. Speakers will provide background information on Islam, legal issues facing the Muslim community, and practice tips for advocates.
**1.0 Elimination of Bias Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
Option 2 So you want to be a…Career paths and mentoring with in API communities
Vice Dean Ann Iijima, William Mitchell College of Law
Lawrence G. Almeda, Brinks, Hofer, Gilson & Lione
Dan Lew, Office of the Public Defender, Sixth Judicial District
In a competitive career field, how have successful Asian American attorneys designed their own career paths? How can we as an API community work to create opportunities for other members of the community to succeed? Come hear successful attorneys with diverse careers discuss how they got there and how you can too.
**1.0 standard Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
Keynote Speakers Steven Kohn & Jonathan Smith
Chai Vang, a Hmong hunter, was found guilty, by an all Caucasian jury, of killing six Caucasian hunters in the woods of northwest Wisconsin in November 2004 as well as the attempted murder of two others. Did race play a role in this verdict? Did an injustice occur? Steven Kohn and Jonathan Smith, Mr. Vang's defense team, discuss the racial and cultural climate and obstacles surrounding this nationally publicized case.
**1.0 Elimination of Bias Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Continuing Legal Education III
Option 1 Dealing with the Media in High Profile Cases
Steven Kohn, Kohn and Smith
Colleen Henry, Esq.
Representing a client in a high-profile case presents unique challenges. Steven Kohn, who was involved in many high-profile cases, and his wife Colleen Henry, an investigative reporter, share their experiences from legal and media perspectives.
**1.0 standard Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
Option 2 Crossing Oceans: Practical and Ethical Issues of Legal Outsourcing
J.R. Maddox, Esq., Director of Intellectual Property Services for Lexadigm Solutions, LLC.
In a global market, legal outsourcing has become a cost effective way to meet clients’ needs. The ethical attorney must be aware of ethical obligations such as conflicts of interest, privileged and confidentiality, notice to clients, fees and billing and a host of other potential pitfalls.
**1.0 Ethics Minnesota CLE credit applied for**
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Plenary: Uniting the Great Divide
Bar leaders from the NAPABA Central Region Affiliates will lead a discussion with conference attendees. The topic will be “Uniting the Great Divide- what YOU want to tell NAPABA about the practice of law in the Central Region.” The purpose of this discussion will be to identify and summarize issues faced by APA attorneys in the Central Region. The Bar Leaders will put this information into a document to be delivered to the NAPABA Board of Directors in Washington D.C. We look forward to your input!
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Welcome Reception & Cocktails: Sponsored by Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Gala Dinner & 2008 Annual Meeting of NAPABA-MN
Keynote Speaker - Sandra Leung
Senior VP/General Counsel, Divisional at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New York, NY
9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Entertainment (Casino Night!)
The PDF of the CLE schedule is below.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
June 14 is the Annual Gala
NAPABA-MN will hold its Annual Gala on June 14 this year in conjunction with the 2008 NAPABA Central Region Convention.
We hope all of the members will join us - this year's Gala will be the biggest ever in the history of NAPABA-MN.
The registration form is below:
We hope all of the members will join us - this year's Gala will be the biggest ever in the history of NAPABA-MN.
The registration form is below:
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Please Register for the Central Region Conference!
Dear friends and members of NAPABA-MN,
I am writing you to ask you for your support.
We need you to register for the 2008 NAPABA Central Region Conference.
If you have already registered, we thank you. To those who forgot or are still considering, we remind you how important this Conference is to both NAPABA-MN and Asian American/Pacific American attorneys of Minnesota.
The Conference will be a fantastic opportunity for Asian American and Pacific American attorneys in Minnesota to show everyone from the region and to the national board, that we have grown as a local affiliate and that we are reaching for higher goals. As we have stated numerous times, we must have a successful Central Region Conference in order to get the national board to truly consider holding the NAPABA National Convention in Minnesota.
The Annual Gala has been and will be the best way to renew your NAPABA-MN membership. As in the past, the Annual Gala is the highlight event of the year for NAPABA-MN. We are fortunate to be able to hold our Annual Gala this year in conjunction with the Central Region Conference.
We have also secured a lower rate at the Hilton. The new rate is now $135 per night, if reserved on or before May 28, 2008. We ask that even if you are in Minnesota, the best (and perhaps the safest) way to enjoy the events of Friday night’s cocktail hour and/or Saturday night’s evening Gala may be to spend a night or two at the Hilton. NAPABA-MN had to secure a block of rooms at the Hilton for the Conference and NAPABA-MN will be responsible for a certain amount of minimum rooms being reserved. So we ask that you reserve at least one night at the Hilton at this great rate.
For example, for a private sector attorney from Minnesota, your conference fee ($165) plus one night at Hilton ($135) comes to a total of about $300. We believe this is a great deal. The $300 includes cocktail receptions, all access to the Saturday CLEs, a ticket to the Annual Gala, and NAPABA-MN and NAPABA membership dues for one year.
The Conference fees are:
• $165 conference fee for private sector attorneys• $125 conference fee for public sector attorneys, retired attorney and solo practitioners• $95 conference fee for law students and recent graduates not yet admitted to practice law• $30/$50 for guests to attend the lunch ($30) or the dinner ($50) (or both for $70)
We are also continuously seeking law firms and companies to sponsor the Conference. We ask that you contact the decision makers of your firm and/or company and ask be a sponsor.
We need your help and your continued support. As always, if you have any questions and/or comments, please contact me directly or Steven Reeves (sreeves@faegre.com). Thank you.
Best Regards,
Alexander J. Kim
President, NAPABA-MN (http://www.napaba-mn.org/)
Co-Chair, 2008 NAPABA Central Region Conference (http://www.napaba-crc.org/)
I am writing you to ask you for your support.
We need you to register for the 2008 NAPABA Central Region Conference.
If you have already registered, we thank you. To those who forgot or are still considering, we remind you how important this Conference is to both NAPABA-MN and Asian American/Pacific American attorneys of Minnesota.
The Conference will be a fantastic opportunity for Asian American and Pacific American attorneys in Minnesota to show everyone from the region and to the national board, that we have grown as a local affiliate and that we are reaching for higher goals. As we have stated numerous times, we must have a successful Central Region Conference in order to get the national board to truly consider holding the NAPABA National Convention in Minnesota.
The Annual Gala has been and will be the best way to renew your NAPABA-MN membership. As in the past, the Annual Gala is the highlight event of the year for NAPABA-MN. We are fortunate to be able to hold our Annual Gala this year in conjunction with the Central Region Conference.
We have also secured a lower rate at the Hilton. The new rate is now $135 per night, if reserved on or before May 28, 2008. We ask that even if you are in Minnesota, the best (and perhaps the safest) way to enjoy the events of Friday night’s cocktail hour and/or Saturday night’s evening Gala may be to spend a night or two at the Hilton. NAPABA-MN had to secure a block of rooms at the Hilton for the Conference and NAPABA-MN will be responsible for a certain amount of minimum rooms being reserved. So we ask that you reserve at least one night at the Hilton at this great rate.
For example, for a private sector attorney from Minnesota, your conference fee ($165) plus one night at Hilton ($135) comes to a total of about $300. We believe this is a great deal. The $300 includes cocktail receptions, all access to the Saturday CLEs, a ticket to the Annual Gala, and NAPABA-MN and NAPABA membership dues for one year.
The Conference fees are:
• $165 conference fee for private sector attorneys• $125 conference fee for public sector attorneys, retired attorney and solo practitioners• $95 conference fee for law students and recent graduates not yet admitted to practice law• $30/$50 for guests to attend the lunch ($30) or the dinner ($50) (or both for $70)
We are also continuously seeking law firms and companies to sponsor the Conference. We ask that you contact the decision makers of your firm and/or company and ask be a sponsor.
We need your help and your continued support. As always, if you have any questions and/or comments, please contact me directly or Steven Reeves (sreeves@faegre.com). Thank you.
Best Regards,
Alexander J. Kim
President, NAPABA-MN (http://www.napaba-mn.org/)
Co-Chair, 2008 NAPABA Central Region Conference (http://www.napaba-crc.org/)
Friday, May 2, 2008
NAPABA Central Region Conference Registration Form
Please fill out the information below and mail the completed form with a check (payable to “NAPABA-MN”) to:
ATTN: Steven Reeves
c/o Mary Kuehn
Faegre & Benson LLP
2200 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
(612) 766-8859
ATTN: Steven Reeves
c/o Mary Kuehn
Faegre & Benson LLP
2200 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402-3901
(612) 766-8859
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Uniting the Great Divide
Friends and Members of NAPABA-MN
As many of you know, NAPABA-MN will be hosting the first Central Region Conference. Our theme - Uniting the Great Divide - is aimed at bringing Central Region issues to the attention of the national NAPABA organization in Washington D.C.
The Central Region Conference will be on June 13-14, 2008 at Minneapolis Hilton Hotel and Convention Center
More information is on www.napaba-crc.org.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
2007 Annual Gala
The 2007 Annual Member Meeting of NAPABA-MN and 1st Annual Gala & Benefit for the NAPABA-MN Foundation was held at Spill the Wine restaurant in Minneapolis on October 11, 2007. Over 130 guests enjoyed cocktails and a formal dinner, while Rachel K. Paulose, the 40th US Attorney for the District of Minnesota, gave a powerful keynote address. Ms. Paulose is the first women, youngest and first APA US Attorney for Minnesota. We are pleased to announce that the NAPABA-MN Foundation raised over $13,000. These funds will, in part, go towards scholarships for APA students.
NAPABA-MN looks forward to hosting the first ever Central Region Convention to be held at the Minneapolis Hilton on June 13-14, 2008. Please save the dates.
NAPABA-MN looks forward to hosting the first ever Central Region Convention to be held at the Minneapolis Hilton on June 13-14, 2008. Please save the dates.
NAPABA-MN thank all of our generous sponsors:
JADE SPONSORS
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Faegre & Benson, LLP
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP
GOLD SPONSOR
General Mills
SILK SPONSORS
Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, PC
Leonard Street and Deinard
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, LLP
Stoel Rives, LLP
JADE SPONSORS
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Faegre & Benson, LLP
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP
GOLD SPONSOR
General Mills
SILK SPONSORS
Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, PC
Leonard Street and Deinard
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, LLP
Stoel Rives, LLP
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