From left, Professor Rose Cuison-Villazor, Hon. Pamela K. Chen (U.S.D.J. for E.D.N.Y.), Linda S. Lin, Esq., Yasuhiro Saito, Esq., and Hon. Peggy Kuo (U.S.M.J. for E.D.N.Y.), at "AAPIs and the Fight For Marriage Equality," a program held on May 8 by the Asian American Bar Association of New York at Crowell & Moring's New York office. Credit: Gregory Beltre for Crowell & Moring Celebrating the AAPI Community's Unsung Role in Marriage Equality
AAPI members of the bench and bar recently breathed life back into a decades-old case with a re-enactment hosted by the Asian American Bar Association of New York at Crowell & Moring's recently opened office in Manhattan's Hudson Yards.
May 24, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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