VABAW welcomed the Vietnamese delegates of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative to Seattle
(Thank you to our event photographer and VABAW member Hien Nguyen)
2009 Joint Minority Bar Picnic
From left to right: Judge Tam Bui, Thuy Nguyen-Leeper, Catherine Vuong, Jessica Nguyen, and Dainen Penta
From left to right: Catherine Vuong (with Princy Le Soriano), Dainen Penta, Thuy Nguyen-Leeper, Jeff Liang, and Helen Ling.
2009 Little Saigon Spring Clean-Up
VABAW participated in the Little Saigon Spring Clean-Up with the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) on May 16, 2009. VABAW members and friends painted the bottom of lightposts and collected trash this year. We hope you can join us next year for this event as VABAW continues its community service outreach and projects
(Pictured above: Amber Quintal, Rob Aldinger, Viet Nguyen, Peter Chu, Jessica Nguyen, Catherine Vuong, and Steven Masada)
(Pictured above: Nam Dao and Laureen Green)
TET 2009
Pictured above Social Commitee Chairs Ty Ho and Catherine Vuong
Pictured above and below Thomas O'Toole and Ted Prosise of Tsongas Litigation Consulting
Pictured above Koko Huang, Sinjin Dinh and Catherine Vuong
Pictured above Co-President Elect Tien Nguyen and Nguyen Do
Pictured above past VABAW President Thuy Nguyen-Leeper and Ted Prosise
Pictured above past VABAW President Alice Wong, Sinjin Dinh, and Koko Huang
Pictured above Ty Ho and Dan Harris
Pictured above Yen Banh and past VABAW President Peter Chu
Pictured above Lianne Caster, Tien Nguyen and Thuy Nguyen-Leeper
Pictured above Anthony Gipe and Judge Kimi Kondo
Pictured above Sinjin Dinh and Dan Harris
Pictured above Alice Wong and Co-President Elect Lam Nguyen-Bull
Guests were given lucky money envelopes in honor of the traditions of TET
Thank you as always to our VABAW member Hien Nguyen for the event photos.
NAPABA/VABAW Dim Sum
VABAW hosted a dim sum brunch for all the Vietnamese American attorneys and law students attending the 20th Annual NAPABA Conference in Seattle in November 2008.
Pictured below from left to right: Peter Chu of Seattle, Hamilton Tran of Los Angeles, Trinh Huynh of Atlanta, Lu Pham of Dallas/Fort Worth, Thi Huynh of Seattle, Andy Le of New York, and Minh-Duc Le of Washington DC.
2008 Legal Awareness Workshop
On September 13, 2008, VABAW held a Legal Awareness Workshop for the community. Topics included civil rights, small business ownership, employment discrimination, housing law, estate planning, landlord-tenant issues, and traffic infractions. Pictured below were some of the speakers: Judge Tam Bui, Kim Tran, Noah Davis, and Walter Impert.
2008 Tet Trung Thu
We held our annual Tet Trung Thu celebration on September 10 at Made in Kitchen. Every year, on the mid-autumn festival, children light lanterns and participate in a procession at dawn. Vietnamese families plan their activities around their children on this special day. Lanterns represent brightness while the procession symbolizes success in school. Other children’s activities include arts and crafts in which children make face masks and lanterns. To celebrate the Tet Trung Thu traditions, VABAW hung lanterns and the children attending the event were treated with lanterns as gifts. Pictured below are VABAW member Andrew Nguyen and his daughter Sophie.
NCVAA Conference 2008
VABAW was a co-organizer of the Third Annual National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys (NCVAA) held in San Francisco on August 15-16, 2008.
Pictured below: Duy Thai, Peter Chu, Sam Nguyen, and Phong Nguyen.
Pictured below: Kim Tran and Alice Wong.
2008 Seafair Torchlight Parade
VABAW was honored to join the Vietnamese Community in the Seafair Torchilight Parade. The "Land of Promises" float won the Most Outstanding Civic Pride and Involvement Award. VABAW hopes to participate with the community in the parade again next year.
Bolinao 52 Documentary
VABAW was a sponsor of ACRS’ Film Screening of Duc Nguyen's Documentary Film "Bolinao 52.” “Bolinao 52” captures the story of the boat refugees who escaped after the end of the Vietnam War. Pictured below are Angelo Locsin, ACRS President Kim Tran, and Duc Nguyen.
Pictured above is Thi Huynh, VABAW President-Elect at the documentary showing.
2008 Walk for Rice
Since 2006, VABAW has joined with other community groups in the annual Asian Counseling and Referral Service “Walk for Rice,” which is a yearly 2.5 mile fun run and walk-a-thon to help supply culturally appropriate foods to low-income families. Our own VABAW Board Member Kim Tran is currently President of the Asian Counseling and Referral Service.
(Pictured above from left to right, VABAW Board Member and ACRS President Kim Tran; QLaw President Dainen Penta; VABAW President Thuy Nguyen-Leeper; VABAW Member Walter Impert; VABAW friend Alex Khoi Tu; and VABAW Treasurer Catherine Vuong. Not pictured, Alice Wong, VABAW Board Member, who was donating money to ACRS when we snapped the group photo.)
(Pictured above from left to right, Kim, Dainen, Thuy and Alex)
(Pictured above and below, VABAW honorary members Edgar Martinez Truong Wong, on the left, and BJ Le Vuong, on the right.)
2008 Little Saigon Spring Clean-Up
VABAW participated in the Little Saigon Spring Clean-Up with the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda) on April 19, 2008. Nine VABAW members braved the cold, snow, sleet and rain to paint over graffiti in the Little Saigon area. In addition to painting various lightpoles, doors, and panels, VABAW painted three huge building walls marked with graffiti. Before and after photos of two of the buildings are below. We hope you can join us next year for this event as VABAW continues its community service outreach and projects.
(The Before Photo)
(The After Photos)
(Above, from left to right, Christie Wang, Stephanie Do, Thi Huynh, Chris Priddy, Jessica Nguyen, Thuy Nguyen-Leeper, Peter Chu and Alice Wong)
(Above, from left to right, Chris Priddy, Thuy Nguyen-Leeper, Stephanie Do, Peter Chu, Jessica Nguyen and Alice Wong)
(The Before Photo)
(The After Photo)
(Above, from left to right, Richard Lum, Jessica Nguyen, Thuy Nguyen-Leeper, and Alice Wong)
2008 TET Celebration
VABAW celebrated TET with its members, friends, and supporters on February 11, 2008. The TET Celebration was hosted at and sponsored by Christensen O'Connor Johnson and Kindness.
A traditional celebration for Tet is the presenting of fancy red envelopes filled with “lucky money” to children. To honor this tradition, VABAW presented “lucky money scratch tickets” to its guests. Above is Lan Le, wife of Ghi Dang,
Picture above are Anthony Broadman, Claire Hur, and VABAW member Huong Lam (all attorneys at Williams Kastner).
Pictured above, VABAW Board Member and 2006 President Alice Wong as she started the festivities.
Pictured above, Ghi Dang and VABAW Board Member Ty Ho.
Pictured above, Ryan Barnes and Grace Greenwich, both of Seattle University School of Law.
Pictured above, VABAW Board Member Tien Nguyen and Dr. Michael Tuong Nguyen.
Pictured above, VABAW Board Member Ty Ho and Dr. Michael Tuong Nguyen.
Pictured above Quang Nguyen and Curt Smelser of Schwabe Williamson and Wyatt.
Pictured above VABAW member Chris Priddy of Schwabe Williamson and Wyatt, and VABAW Board Member Kim Tran of Stafford Frey and Cooper.
Pictured above VABAW President-Elect Thi Huynh.
Pictured above former WSBA Young Lawyers Division President Noah Davis, Thuy Nguyen-Leeper and WSBA Young Lawyers Division current President Mark O'Halloran.
Pictured above Dr. Thomas O'Toole of Tsongas Litigation Consulting.
Pictured above Katy Lam and Steve Lam.
Pictured above Noah Davis, Mark O'Halloran, and Patrick McDonald of the Washington Secretary of State's Office.
Pictured above Casey Doyle and Minh Carrico.
Pictured above Nguyen Do, Thuy Nguyen-Leeper, Katy Lam, Thi Huynh, Minh Ngo, Peter Chu, Steve Lam, Ty Ho, and Minh Carrico. All photos of our 2008 TET Celebration were contributed by Hien Nguyen, a fellow attorney and 2005 VABAW Board Member who is now doing a splendid job of picking up photography as a hobby.