Leaders Among Us

The Leaders Among Us dinner series is one of the most popular events for APABA-DC in-house members and sponsoring law firms and legal providers. This is a sponsored dinner at a DMV restaurant for the Committee to recognize the achievements of an AAPI attorney who has succeeded to the highest ranks of in-house, while fostering community amongst in-house counsel in the DMV. After an introduction of the sponsor attendees, the “Leader Among Us” honoree will then provide remarks regarding leadership, success, sponsorship or any other career advice or topic of interest to them.  This event is well-attended averaging 30-40 local in-house counsel in addition to sponsor attendees, and presents an excellent opportunity for a sponsor to meet in-house counsel at various local companies. In prior years, this event has featured some of the most prominent AANHPI general counsels in our community. 

Past honorees include:

Curtis Lu, GC of FTI Consulting
Parkin Lee, former GC of The Rockefeller Group
Patricia Y. Lee, CLO and GC of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Atul Saran, then-GC of Emergent Biosolutions
Sumeet Seam, then-GC of Save the Children
Angeline G. Chen, then-GC of Siemens Government Technologies
Jannie Lau, then-GC of Interdigital
Lakshmi Williams, former GC of North America Transurban
Weili Cheng, former GC of Ritz-Carlton
Javade Chaudhri, former EVP, GC and COO for Sempra Energy
Don Liu, then-GC of Xerox
Larry Tu, then-GC of Dell
Michael Wu, then-GC of Rosetta Stone
Simone Wu, GC of Choice Hotels International
AB Cruz, then-GC of Scripps Networks

The In-House Counsel Committee is also seeking sponsors for outdoor events this spring and summer at the Wolftrap (summer concert series lawn and picnic event) and a local winery.

Law firms, legal service providers and others interested in sponsorship opportunities should contact the APABA-DC President at president@apaba-dc.org.