Officers
President
Kara K. Ueda
Best Best & Krieger LLP
kara.ueda@bbklaw.com
President-Elect
Josh Kaizuka
Law Offices of Denis White
jkaizuka@sbcglobal.net
Vice President
Jeffrey Javinar
CA Department of Justice
jeffrey.javinar@doj.ca.gov
Secretary
Colleen Howard
Porter Scott
choward@porterscott.com
Treasurer
Sophia Kwan
Seyfarth Shaw
skwan@seyfarth.com
Directors at Large
Teresa Chan
teresa.w.chan@gmail.com
Steven Tsuyuki
CA Department of Social Services
sttsuyuki@yahoo.com
Stephen Lau
Mennemeier, Glassman & Stroud LLP
slau@mgslaw.com
Chris Lee
Department of Managed Health Care
clee@dmhc.ca.gov
Ex Officio Members
Karen Kim
Murphy Austin Adams Schoenfeld LLP
kkim@murphyaustin.com
Tam Ma
Office of Senator Mark Leno
tam.ma@sen.ca.gov
Immediate Past President
Angela Lai
Department of Managed Health Care
alai@dmhc.ca.gov
Committee Chairs
Advocacy & Issues
Joshua Kaizuka
Community Outreach
Tam Ma
Membership
Kara Ueda
Mentorship
Richard Uno
Public Appointments
Darrel Woo
Rebecca Westmore
Publications
Teresa Chan
Jeff Ogata
Website/Social Media
Kara Ueda
Representatives
ABAS Law Foundation
Josh Kaizuka
Asian/Pacific Bar of CA (ABC)
Kara Ueda
Asian Legal Services Outreach (ALSO)
Steven Tsuyuki
Barristers
Teresa Chan
Colleen Howard
Bench-Bar Council (BBC)
Kara Ueda
Coalition of Asian Pacific Islanders Together for Advocacy and Leadership (CAPITAL)
Kara Ueda
My Sister’s House
Angela Lai
Tam Ma
Steve Tsuyuki
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
Dee Brown
Operation Protect and Defend
Angela Lai
Sophia Kwan
Sacramento County Bar Association
Kara Ueda
Sacramento Law Foundation
Darrel Woo
Unity Bar Association
Jeffrey Javinar
Josh Kaizuka