Treasurer: David Yin is a counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP. David represents leading technology, life sciences, and medical device companies in high stakes litigation matters. His practice focuses on complex patent and trade secret litigation in federal district courts, before administrative agencies, and at the appellate level. Previously, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Timothy B. Dyk on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He served on the board of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (AEF) as the treasurer (2017-2018) and as a director (2018-2019). David received his B.A. from Columbia University and his J.D. from NYU School of Law.

Vice President for Communications: Alicia Loh is an attorney at the Federal Trade Commission in the Technology Enforcement Division. She was formerly an associate at Steptoe & Johnson LLP in the Internet, Telecom & Media group. Alicia earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.A. in Sociology and B.S. in Information Systems from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has previously served on APABA-DC’s Board of Directors as Assistant Vice President of Community Affairs. Alicia is serving in her personal capacity.

Vice President for Community Affairs: Serena Tang is an associate at Husch Blackwell LLP, where she practices in the areas of maritime law, transportation, and international trade. She advises clients on regulatory and litigation matters involving cargo movement, supply chain logistics, and ocean transportation. Prior to joining Husch Blackwell, Serena previously served as a trial attorney at the Federal Maritime Commission and clerked for the U.S. Court of International Trade and the Alaska Court System. Serena earned her J.D. from Vermont Law and Graduate School and her B.A. from American University. She serves as Community Affairs Vice President of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association–DC and previously served as a board member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (AEF).

Vice President for Education: Andrew Guiang is an associate at Williams & Connolly LLP.  His practice involves a broad range of litigation in trial courts, appellate courts, and federal agencies.  Before joining the firm, Andrew clerked for the Honorable James B. Loken of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the Honorable Brian M. Cogan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.  Andrew earned his J.D. from Cornell Law School and his B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.  Before attending law school, Andrew worked as a teacher through Teach for America and Minneapolis Public Schools.

Vice President for Membership: Jessica Lee Young is an Associate General Counsel at Capgemini, a global leading partner in business transformation and technology. Jessica advises on immigration and compliance for Capgemini in the U.S. and Canada, including government audits, mergers & acquisitions, corporate compliance programs and immigration benefits policies. She has been a speaker for the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) at the national and local levels. Jessica is the immediate past Chair of AILA’s In-House Counsel group and is currently Co-Lead of ACC National Capital Region's Diversity Equity & Inclusion Advocates & Allies Sub-committee and Co-Lead of the ACC NCR AAPI Affinity Group.

Vice President for Programs: Chrysalis Borja is a Senior Associate Counsel at the UMWA Health and Retirement Funds (the “Funds”) where she advises on plan governance, ERISA, healthcare, tax, and employment law matters. Prior to joining the Funds, Chrysalis served as in-house benefits counsel at GEICO and the IAM National Pension Fund. She holds a B.S. in Physiology and Neurobiology and MBA from the University of Maryland, and a J.D. from the David A. Clarke School of Law. She served on the Board of Directors of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (“AEF”) from 2022-2024. Chrysalis is serving in her personal capacity.

Assistant Vice President for Communications: Phoebe Yu is a partner in the white-collar defense and investigations practice group at Covington & Burling. She represents companies and Boards of Directors in criminal and civil investigations into allegations of fraud, export controls and sanctions violations, corruption and bribery, financial accounting and disclosure irregularities, and other sensitive compliance issues. Before becoming a lawyer, Phoebe was an investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.S. from Cornell University. She has been involved with APABA-DC in various capacities since 2019.

Assistant Vice President for Community Affairs

Assistant Vice President for Education: James Tam is a Senior Counsel in the health care and life sciences practice of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. James represents a broad group of health care providers, pharmacies, life science manufacturers, and investors. James provides strategic counsel on various health care regulatory, transactional, and enforcement matters. James received a J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, and B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and B.A. in Economics from University of California San Diego.

Assistant Vice President for Membership: Lois Ahn is a litigation associate at Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, D.C., where her practice focuses on complex commercial disputes and government investigations.  Her practice spans multiple industries, including financial services, consumer products, and technology, and she has experience across all stages of litigation, including pre-complaint investigations, discovery, motions practice, trial, appeal, and judgment enforcement.  Lois previously practiced at MoloLamken LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Kiyo A. Matsumoto of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.  She received her J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and her B.A. in International Studies from Boston College.

Assistant Vice President for Programs: Usman Khan

Assistant Treasurer: April Song

Awards Committee Co-Chair: Hugham Chan is Of Counsel at Rothwell, Figg, Ernst, & Manbeck, P.C., an intellectual property litigation boutique in Washington, DC. He's a general trial and appellate litigator with expertise in, among other areas, patent law. He has previously served on the APABA-DC board, as well as the board of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (AEF). Hugham received his B.S. from Rice University and his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.

Awards Committee Co-Chair: Tina Liu

Awards Committee Co-Chair: Vivian Tian

Awards Committee Co-Chair: Jay Prabhu is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Reversal Therapeutics, Inc. Serving as a federal prosecutor for more than 20 years, Jay previously served as a Senior Trial Counsel in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, Virginia and for more than a decade as the Chief of EDVA’s Cybercrime Unit. He received DOJ’s highest award for lawyers, the John Marshall Award, in 2018. Prior to government service, he was an associate in the D.C. office of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. Mr. Prabhu has been admitted to the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia bars. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a B.A. from Boston College. Mr. Prabhu was named a Trailblazer in 2021 by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.

Government Attorneys Forum Co-Chair: Victoria Liu is an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.  She was previously a Lieutenant in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps.  Prior to commissioning into the Navy, Victoria clerked for a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and was a litigation associate at a major law firm in New York. Victoria earned her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and her B.S. from the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor.  She is currently a Co-Chair of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Military and Veterans Network.  Victoria is serving APABA- DC in her personal capacity.

Government Attorneys Forum Co-Chair: Sanjeev Bhasker is a partner in K&L Gates’ Public Policy and Law practice in Washington, DC, where he advises clients on artificial intelligence, digital assets, cybersecurity, quantum technology, financial regulation, and government investigations. Prior to joining K&L Gates, Sanjeev served as Acting General Counsel of the White House Office of the National Cyber Director, advising senior officials during both the Trump and Biden administrations on cybersecurity and emerging technology policy. He also served on the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets and the Chief AI Officer Council. Previously, Sanjeev was a U.S. Digital Currency Counsel and subject-matter expert at the Department of Justice and an Assistant U.S. Attorney. He has served in leadership roles with NAPABA and SABA and was recognized as a Public Sector Trailblazer.

In House Counsel Committee

In House Counsel Committee Co-Chair: Anjum Unwala is an Assistant General Counsel at Capital One, advising on technology, enterprise data management, and AI usage. She was previously a product counsel at TD Bank after having worked as a Senior Associate in the white collar, fraud, and investigations group at Hogan Lovells. Anjum earned her J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.S. in Finance and International Business from NYU. She previously served on the APABA-DC Board as the Vice President for Community Affairs.

Nominations Committee Co-Chair: Rukku Singla

Nominations Committee Co-Chair: Yaya Wu

Partners & Senior Counsel Committee

Partners & Senior Counsel Committee Co-Chair: Tony Chan is Global Co-Leader of the Life Sciences & HealthTech Sector and a partner in the M&A group at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP where he advises clients in the life science, healthcare, investment management and technology sectors on public and private company mergers and acquisitions, private equity, growth equity and complex international and cross-border transactions, as well as on corporate governance and corporate finance. Tony serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School where he has taught Takeovers, Mergers and Acquisitions since 2015. He is also involved in the community, serving as the vice-chair of the board of directors of the Museum on Contemporary Art and on the Executive Committee of the Harvard Law School Association. Tony earned his JD from Harvard Law School and his BA in English from Tulane University.

Partners & Senior Counsel Committee Co-Chair: Lloyd Liu is a partner with Bennett LoCicero & Liu LLP, a litigation boutique in DC. His practice focuses on white collar criminal defense, government investigations, and complex civil litigation. Lloyd received his J.D. from Georgetown Law and his B.A. from Boston College. Aside from serving on the Education Committee, he also has served on APABA-DC’s Community Affairs Committee. In addition to APABA-DC, Lloyd serves on the Board of the William B. Bryant Inn of Court.  He is also an adjunct professor at George Mason’s Antonin Scalia School of Law where he teaches white collar crime.

Partners & Senior Counsel Committee Co-Chair:  Clinton Yu is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Arnall Golden Gregory LLP. His practice focuses on international trade matters, including customs and import regulations, export controls (ITAR/EAR) and economic sanctions (OFAC), national security (CFIUS), and trade remedies. Clinton earned his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Clinton also serves as the Partners & Senior Counsel Committee liaison to the Practicing Attorney Resources Committee.

Practicing Attorneys Resource Committee Co-Chair: JiaZhen (Ivon) Guo is an associate at Morgan Lewis in its Telecommunication, Media and Technology group. Ivon frequently advises US and international technology companies  on a broad array of products encompassing diverse technologies, including computer software, electronics, integrated circuit, telecommunications, wireless communications, and semiconductor manufacturing. with regulatory matters before the Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. Department of Commerce, state public utility commissions, among many other government agencies.  Additionally, Ivon has experience in all phases of patent litigation. Ivon has a M.S. in Computer Science from the George Washington University and a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School.

Practicing Attorneys Resource Committee Co-Chair: Deborah Wei serves as Counsel in the international trade practice at Hogan Lovells. She helps clients comply with international trade laws, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the sanctions regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Deborah works with clients across various industries, with a special focus on the technology and telecommunications, management consulting, travel, and healthcare sectors. She regularly assists clients with submission of licensing, registration, and export classification filings to government agencies and has counseled clients on matters involving the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, anti-boycott, anti-money laundering, and immigration. Deborah is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Duke University.

Women's Forum

Women's Forum Co-Chair: Sharon S. Yang is a financial policy leader with over 25 years' legal, strategy and policy experience across a broad range of prudential, fintech, markets and ESG issues.  Sharon served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Financial Markets at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where she led Treasury's finreg policy engagement at the G20, G7 and Financial Stability Board, and was most recently the Global Head of Regulatory Affairs at JPMorgan Chase. Sharon started her legal career at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City.  She is a graduate of the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania and received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.

Women's Forum Co-Chair: Katie Cheng is a partner at Goodwin Procter LLC. She is an experienced trial lawyer and represents life sciences, healthcare, and technology clients in complex litigation and pre-dispute counseling.  Her work centers on antitrust and other high-stakes competitive disputes touching on a wide variety of areas such as complex commercial litigation, false advertising and Lanham Act claims, contract disputes, business torts, and unfair competition.  Katie also serves on the Leadership Advisory Committee for the National Women's Law Center.  Previously, Katie served as a law clerk to the late Hon. Alan C. Kay on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.  She received a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law and an A.B. from Princeton University. 

Working Parents Forum

Working Parents Forum Co-Chair: Anushka Stein counsels clients on domestic and international regulations related to privacy, cybersecurity, advertising and promotions, consumer product safety, customs tariffs, and environmental matters. Within these areas, she provides guidance to clients on compliance and risk management strategies. She also represents clients in regulatory enforcement matters before both federal and state agencies.

Working Parents Forum Co-Chair: Mark Villapando is a government contracts associate at King & Spalding’s Special Matters and Government Investigations group.  He represents a broad range of government contractors particularly those in the defense, consulting, and information technology space.  Mark counsels contractors on a broad range of investigations and supports transactional matters, such as mergers and acquisitions involving government contractors.  Prior to his current role, Mark was a government contracts attorney in the Office of General Counsel at the Department of Veterans Affairs where he counseled contracting officers with solicitation and pre-award reviews as well as assisted with bid protests before the Government Accountability Office and defended claims before the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.  Mark earned his J.D. from William & Mary School of Law.  He received his B.A. with a double major in Biology and Economics from University of Virginia. 

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