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VABANC recently held our Annual Scholarship Dinner on April 29,
2005, at Dynasty Seafood Restaurant in San Jose, California. Approximately
150 attorneys, judges, law students, and community leaders and members
attended as our keynote speaker, Professor Wendy N. Duong of the University
of Denver Sturm College of Law, challenged the community to consider
forming a national Vietnamese American bar association and discussed
the relationship between law, leadership, and art. We were also inspired by our
scholarship recipients: Doan Trang T. Nguyen (Boalt), Oanh Kim
Tran (Santa Clara), and Thao Ngoc Tran (Boalt).
Honorable Thang Barrett and Honorable Dolores Carr, Santa Clara
County Superior Court; Nhatran Tran, visiting attorney from Denver;
keynote speaker Professor Wendy Duong, University of Denver Sturm
College of Law; Honorable Tue Phan-Quang, United States Immigration
Judge.
Santa Cruz assistant district attorney and VABANC member Thanh Ngo
with Honorable Carrie Zepeda-Madrid, Santa Clara County Superior
Court.
(Above three pictures) Scholarship recipients Doan Trang T. Nguyen (Boalt), Oanh Kim
Tran (Santa Clara), and Thao Ngoc Tran (Boalt), each appearing with
VABANC Communications Chair and dinner emcee Candice Nguyen.
Ann Nguyen, Robinson & Wood partner and VABANC Community Service
Chair; Holly Duong, Asian Law Alliance; Jacqueline Duong, Office of
the Santa Clara County Counsel and founding VABANC president.
Richard Konda, executive director of Asian Law Alliance; Nhung T. Hoang, VABANC Dinner
Committee; Kathy Asada, president of Asian-American Bar Association;
Hien Nguyen, Boalt law student.
We would also like to express once again our gratitude to the
following sponsors, donors, and silent auction donors:
Sponsors
Anonymous; Santa Clara County Bar Association; McManis Faulkner &
Morgan; Clapp, Moroney, Bellagamba and Vucinich; Heller, Ehrman, White
& McAuliffe; Lincoln Law School; Margie T. To, Esq.; Nguyen & Phan Law
Firm; Casper, Meadows & Schwartz; Asian Pacific Bar Association of the
Silicon Valley; Ngai X. Nguyen, M.D. and Madison Nguyen.
Donors
Hien D. Doan, Esq.; Robinson & Wood; Asian Law Alliance; Asian
American Bar Association; Santa Clara County Counsel’s Office.
Silent Auction Donors
Tran & Associates; Tiep D. Nguyen, Esq.; The Slanted Door; Three
Seasons; Nha Magazine; Bamboo Ladder; Straits Cafe; Sonoma Chicken;
Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion; Plantronics, Inc.; 19 Market Restaurant;
Crustacean
Our special thanks go to the staff and management of Dynasty Seafood
Restaurant for serving a gracious and outstanding dinner.
Photos by Mai Tran Buell and Le Nguyen.
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