Board Officers
Huy Nguyen is the Chief of Staff for State Representative Hoan Huynh (IL-13). He was previously a senior associate at Factor where he advised on commercial matters for clients in the life sciences, banking, and renewable energy industries, including technology transactions, licensing, and data protection. In addition to serving as the President of AABA Chicago, Huy also serves as a Board Member of both the Vietnamese Association of Illinois and the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys, and as an Advisory Board Member of the Chinese American Bar Association of Greater Chicago. Huy regularly volunteers with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago, Asian American Midwest Progressives, the Chinatown Pro Bono Legal Clinic, Celebrate Argyle, and HAIBAYÔ. He is also a run lead for Family Style RC. Huy received his BBAs in Marketing and International Business from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa and his JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law. |
Stephen Lee was a federal prosecutor in Chicago for 11 years, senior counsel for the Chicago US Attorney Office's health care fraud unit, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, and a partner at a mid-sized firm. He is now a solo practitioner focusing on health care fraud defense and data analytics in complex litigation. He is a graduate of Yale College and Columbia Law School. He has researched and written about cases involving Asian American legal history, created the website "Our APA Heritage," which provides resources for Asian Americans to interview their parents and relatives, and was featured on This American Life talking about a "coindence bombshell" involving his family.
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Yan Zong is an associate at Merz & Associates P.C., a boutique IP firm. She focuses her practice on trademark, copyright, and unfair competition. She develops strategy for protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights, and resolves disputes globally for clients. Prior to Merz & Associates, Ms. Zong worked at a law firm representing domestic and international clients in a wide range of matters. Ms. Zong is licensed to practice in Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She volunteers at the Chinatown Pro Bono Clinic. She also has participated in the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association lobby day in Washington D.C. |
Joseph Sung is an associate in the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins LLP. He represents financial institutions, private equity firms, and corporate borrowers in a broad range of leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, recapitalizations, working capital financings, and other domestic, cross-border, and multicurrency financings. Joseph earned his JD from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and his BA from Calvin University. |
Sang Yup Lee is the Director of Development for The Chicago Bar Foundation, a nonprofit organization that brings the legal community together to improve access to justice for people in need. In this role, Sang leads the CBF’s fundraising efforts and oversees all aspects of the CBF’s individual and corporate giving programs. Prior to his career in nonprofit development, Sang was an attorney for the Progressive Law Group LLC, where he worked on class action litigation and consumer rights cases. Besides his community work through AABA, Sang serves as President Elect of the National Conference of Bar Foundations. He earned both his undergraduate degree and J.D. from the University of Notre Dame. |
Asian American Bar Association of Greater Chicago 321 S Plymouth Court |
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