AABA Officers 2010
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The Law Offices of Billy Chan
22 Battery Street, Suite 401
San Francisco, CA 94111
tel: (415) 986-1812
billy@chanlawoffices.com
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Billy Chan's solo practice covers a wide range of
corporate transactional counsel. His clients include
companies involved in the internet, technology,
restaurant, hospitality, beauty, real estate, and
entertainment industries, with a recent upswing in
start-ups and small businesses. Billy is proud to serve
as the first Filipino President of AABA. Billy is a past
President of FBANC and former board member of
NAPABA. His pro bono efforts include service as
general counsel to the Young Filipino Professionals
Association and the Filipino Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco.
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Malcolm Yeung, Vice President/President Elect
Chinatown Community Development Center
1525 Grant Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94133
(415) 984-1450
(415) 362-7992 (fax)
myeung@chinatowncdc.org
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Malcolm Yeung is the Public Policy Manager at the Chinatown Community Development Center where he advocates for regulatory reform aimed at building and strengthening low-income immigrant communities, particularly in the areas of tenants rights, land use and affordable housing, and transportation. Malcolm previously practiced as a community lawyer at the Asian Law Caucus at the Asian Law Caucus where he married legal advocacy with grassroots organizing. While at the Asian Law Caucus, Malcolm represented the residents the “Fong Building” in an anti-displacement fight, leading to the formation of San Francisco’s first Land Trust/Limited Equity Housing Cooperative – an innovative form of low-income home ownership. Malcolm also represented low-income immigrant tenants throughout San Francisco in eviction defense and fair housing actions, advocated and appeared before the California Public Utilities Commission, and advocated on behalf of low-income youth victims of hate crimes. Malcolm graduated from Berkeley Law in 2001 where he served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Asian American Law Journal (formerly Asian Law Journal). Malcolm dreams about racing mountain bikes and crashing into big trees.
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Emi Gusukuma’s practice at Haas & Najarian, LLP includes employment and general commercial litigation. In addition, she counsel clients on a variety of employment issues arising in the workplace, including discipline and termination, complaints of harassment and discrimination, employee classification, and obligations under wage and hour and leave of absence laws. Elected to AABA’s Board of Directors in early 2006, Emi has previously served as co-chair of the Judiciary/Public Appointments Committee and Secretary.
Emi is actively engaged in civil society, having been appointed to the San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission and the Ethics Commission by the Board of Supervisors and the Assessor-Recorder, respectively. In February 2005, she was elected Chair of the Ethics Commission—the youngest member to serve in that position—and served two years as Chair, followed by two years as Vice-Chair. Ms. Gusukuma has served as an adjunct professor at Hastings College of the Law, a guest lecturer at Chabot College, and has been a regular guest lecturer at the Hastings Civil Justice Clinic. She also volunteers as a panelist with the Destination Law School program of BASF, and is a long-time volunteer supervising attorney with the Workers’ Rights Clinic-Employment Law Center.
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David is the Principal Attorney at SOHN LEGAL GROUP, P.C. His practice, which spans both state and federal courts, is focused on prosecuting and defending socially just actions on behalf of individuals, small businesses, and non-profit organizations in a variety of substantive areas. These include: employment disputes involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination, and/or wage and hour claims; violations of consumer protection laws; commercial and/or contractual disputes; corporate governance disputes, and personal injury matters. Previously, he practiced at Sheppard Mullin, Skadden Arps, and Ogletree Deakins.
David enjoys volunteering his time at clinics throughout the Bay Area, including those hosted by El Centro Legal de la Raza, the Bar Association of San Francisco’s Volunteer Legal Services Program, the Legal Aid Society – Employment Law Center, the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California, and AABA, among others. He has been active in AABA since 2003, as a Co-Chair of the Mentorship Committee and the Employment Committee.
