February, 2010

Januar 28, 2010
The Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego (PALSD) and the Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego (FALSD) will be hosting their joint annual dinner on January 28, 2010 at the DoubleTree Hotel, 7450 Hazard Center Drive in San Diego. 
 
The dinner will feature keynote speaker Jeff Adachi, the Public Defender of the City and County of San Francisco.  Mr. Adachi is past president of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area and the San Francisco Japanese American Citizen's League.  In addition, Mr. Adachi is a past recipient of the California State Bar Association's Hufstedler Award for public service, the Asian American Bar Association's Joe Morozumi Award for exceptional legal advocacy, and in 2003, was honored by the Asian American Bar Association of the Silicon Valley.  A well-known advocate for people of color, Mr. Adachi has also directed two documentaries about media portrayals of Asian Americans: “The Slanted Screen” and “You Don’t Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story.”
 
Ticket prices are $100 ($75 for law students).  To RSVP please make checks payable to the Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego and send checks to Jae Park at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, 750 B Street, Suite 3300, San Diego, CA 92101.
 
February 19, 2009
JABA's Annual Installation and Awards Gala will take place on Friday, February 19, 2010, at the Center at Cathedral Plaza, 555 West Temple Street, Los Angeles.  This year's Gala promises to be a very special one, as it will include a tribute to Japanese American WWII veterans.  There will be hundreds of guests, including judges, elected officials, law firm and public sector attorneys, and corporate executives from throughout Southern California.  Individual tickets are available for $110.  In addition, JABA is offering four levels of sponsorship: 

Platinum ($3,500):  full-page ad in the program brochure; 10 seats to the dinner; special verbal acknowledgement at the dinner; and sponsorship of a veterans' table, which will be acknowledged both in the program brochure and at the sponsored table.

Gold ($2,000):  full-page ad in the program brochure, 10 seats to the dinner, and special verbal acknowledgment at the dinner.

Silver ($1,500): half-page ad in the program brochure and 10 seats to the dinner.

Table ($1,100): recognition in the program brochure and 10 seats to the dinner.

Ad space in the program brochure is also available: $1,000 for a full page and $500 for a half page.  Ads are due by February 1, 2009.  Please make checks payable to JABA, and send them to JABA at P.O. Box 86812, Los Angeles, CA 90086, by February 8, 2009.

FOR INDIVIDUAL TICKETS PLEASE RSVP TO:
jabarsvp@gmail.com and mail your check to Michelle Furukawa c/o Milberg LLP, 300 S. Grand Ave. Suite 3900, Los Angeles, CA 90017. $110 per person. Non-profit Charitable Corp. rates available. Special rates/menu for children 2-12 available.

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