Board Officers
Huy Nguyen President | Huy Nguyen is the Chief of Staff for State Representative Hoan Huynh (IL-13) and a Political Director for Neighbors for Hoan. He was previously a senior associate at Factor where he advises on corporate and commercial matters for clients in the life sciences, banking, and renewable energy industries, including mergers and acquisitions, project finance, technology transactions, and data protection. Huy also serves on the boards of the Vietnamese Association of Illinois and the National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys, as well as on the advisory board of the Chinese American Bar Association of Greater Chicago. He regularly volunteers with the Chinatown Pro Bono Legal Clinic, Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago, Erie Neighborhood House, and Celebrate Argyle. He received his BBAs in Marketing and International Business from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and his JD from Chicago-Kent College of Law. |
Stephen Lee First Vice President |
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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Belle Katubig Second Vice President | Belle Katubig is a Cook County Assistant State's Attorney where she focuses on defending physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals employed by John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital and its affilated institutions and clinics. Prior to joining the State's Attorney's Office, she was a trial attorney and partner at a mid-sized law firm speciailzing in complex civil litigation. Throughout her career, Belle has mentored associate attorneys and recently, law students involved with the Diversity Scholarship Foundation. She also volunteers and supports local schools and community organizations that promote the health and safety of the underserved population. She is an active member of the Filipino American Lawyer's Association, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Women's Bar Association of Illinois, North Suburban Bar Association, and Chicago Bar Association. Belle received her law degree from the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and her undergraduate degree from University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. |
Yan Zong Secretary | 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 Treasurer | 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 serves on the firm’s Security Committee and is an active member of the firm’s Asian & Middle Eastern Lawyers Group. Joseph earned his JD from the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and his BA from Calvin University. |
Sang Yup Lee Immediate Past President | Sang Yup Lee is the Director of Development for The Chicago Bar Foundation. 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 joining the CBF, Sang was the Development Manager at the Public Interest Law Initiative. Prior to his career in 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 on the Board of Directors of the National Conference of Bar Foundations and on the Development Committee of the Management Information Exchange for Legal Aid. 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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