• Pioneer Award Recipient:  John C. Yang, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
• Community Appreciation Award Recipient:  Sunu P. Chandy, National Women's Law Center
• Membership Appreciation Award Recipient:  Scott Lee, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

• Rising Star Award Recipients:

  • Christine Berger, Office of U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono
  • Jayna M. Rust, Thompson Coburn LLP

2017 APABA-DC Award Recipients

• Pioneer Award Recipient: Esther H. Lim, President-Elect of the District of Columbia Bar and Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP
• Community Appreciation Award Recipient: Professor Cynthia Lee, Research Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School
• Membership Appreciation Award Recipient: John C. Truong, Assistant United States Attorney, Civil Section, Washington D.C.

• Rising Star Award Recipients:

  •  Jeffrey Sun, Assistant General Counsel, Oath Inc.
  • Candice C. Wong, Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Section, Washington D.C.

2016 APABA-DC Award Recipients

• Pioneer Award Recipient: Michelle K. Lee, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• Community Appreciation Award Recipient: Jose "Joe" Monge Montano, Jr. (Posthumous), former Executive Director, National Federation of Filipino American Associations
• Membership Appreciation Award Recipient: Sun E. Choi, founding member, DC Metro Law LLC

• Rising Star Award Recipients:

  • Shuchi Batra, Assistant General Counsel, U.S. General Services Administration
    
  • Lei Mei, co-founder and managing partner, Mei & Mark LLP

2015 APABA-DC Award Recipients

• Pioneer Award Recipient: Javade Chaudhri, Partner, Jones Day
• Community Appreciation Award Recipient: Annamaria Steward, Associate Dean of Students at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
• Membership Appreciation Award Recipient: Elina Hum, Partner, Hum Law Firm PLLC

• Rising Star Award Recipients:

  • Eden Forsythe, Legislative Counsel for Representative Sander Levin
    
  • Maya Song, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Cybercrime Unit, Eastern District of Virginia

2014 APABA-DC Award Recipients

• Pioneer Award Recipient: Norman Y. Mineta, Former Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation
• Community Appreciation Award Recipient: The Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee, United States District Judge in the Eastern District of Virginia
• Membership Appreciation Award Recipient: Tacie H. Yoon, Associate, Crowell & Moring LLP

• Rising Star Award Recipients:

  • Helen Y. Lee, Associate, Paul Hastings LLP.
  • Taron K. Murakami, Senior Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP

2013 APABA-DC Award Recipients

• Pioneer Award: The Honorable John Tran, Virginia Circuit Court
• Community Appreciation Award: The late Laura Rinaldi of the DC Bar Pro Bono Immigration Legal Advice Clinic
• Member Appreciation Award: The 2012 NAPABA Convention Planning Committee
• Rising Star Awards: 
• • Elbert Lin, Solicitor General of West Virginia
  • Thomas Lue, former Acting General Counsel of the White House Office of Management and Budget

2012 APABA-DC Award Recipients

• Pioneer Award: Stuart J. Ishimaru, Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
• Community Appreciation Award: Darrell G. Mottley, Principal shareholder of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd
• Member Appreciation Award: Tina Matsuoka, Executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
• Rising Star Awards: 
• • Christopher D. Kang, Special Assistant to President Obama and Senior Counsel to the President, in charge of the selection, vetting, and confirmation of President Obama’s judicial nominees
  • Vasu Muthyala, Counsel at O'Melveny & Myers LLP