On April 30, 2012, JABA past President Patty Kinaga received the University of California, Berkeley’s Peter E. Haas Public Service Award, an honor given annually to an alumnus who has made a significant voluntary public contribution within the United States. The university-wide award is bestowed to one alumnus per year, and comes with a generous [...]
JABA Educational Foundation Raises Funds and Awards Scholarships to Outstanding Law Students
In connection with the JABA Installation Dinner and Gala, the Japanese American Bar Association Educational Foundation (“JEF”) held a silent auction and raffle fundraiser, which featured limited edition toy collections from Bandai America, a one-of-a kind gaming packing from Naughty Dog Studios that included limited edition Eric Scarecrow and Uncharted Comic-Con and autographed merchandise, Dodgers [...]
JABA Installation and Awards Gala Honors the Past, Celebrates the Future
JABA honored its past and celebrated its future at its Installation and Awards Gala on March 9, 2012 at the Omni Hotel in Los Angeles. The sold-out event – featuring Justice Sabrina McKenna from the Hawaii Supreme Court, Congressman Adam Schiff of Los Angeles, and celebrity Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto – was attended by nearly [...]
JABA Gala to Feature Hawaii Justice McKenna, Congressman Schiff, Iron Chef Morimoto
The Japanese American Bar Association (JABA) announced that its annual Installation and Awards Gala will feature Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Sabrina Shizue McKenna as keynote speaker and Congressman Adam Schiff and Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto as award recipients. The Gala will be held on March 9, 2012 at the Omni hotel in downtown Los Angeles. [...]
JABA Welcomes Japan Consul General Jun Niimi to Los Angeles
On December 14, JABA welcomed Japanese Consul General Jun Niimi to the United States at a welcome reception at the Los Angeles County Hall of Administration in downtown Los Angeles. He recently arrived in October to begin his position as the new Consul General in Los Angeles. The Consul General, a graduate of the University [...]
JABA Sponsors Holiday Toy Drive in Little Tokyo
On December 1, 2011, JABA and other bar and community organizations, organized the 12th annual APA Community Holiday Toy Drive & Reception at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles. JABA members Anne Inoue and Diane Tan again were lead organizers of the event to provide toys to needy children. “It’s important to [...]
