About Us: Leadership

Paul Sung Cha, APABA President
Asst. General Counsel, CoorsTek, Inc.
16000 Table Mountain Parkway
Golden, Colorado 80403
(303) 277-4650
pscha@coorstek.com

Franz Hardy, President-Elect
Gordon & Rees LLP
555 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3400
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 534-5160
fhardy@gordonrees.com

Mimi Hu, Secretary
Patton Boggs LLP
1801 California Street, Suite 4900
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 894-6157
mhu@pattonboggs.com

Fay Matsukage, Treasurer, APABA Foundation
Dill Dill Carr Stonbraker & Hutchings, P.C.
455 Sherman Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
fmm@dillanddill.com

Chuong M. Le, Esq.
The Le Law Group, P.C.
3900 East Mexico Avenue, Suite 700
Denver, Colorado 80210
(303) 481-6360
chuong.le@thelelawgroup.com

Past Presidents
Lucy Hojo Denson (1990-1991)
Paul H. Chan (1991-1992)
Andrew H. Hamano (1992-1993)
Jay Junekun Choi (1993-1994)
Kerry S. Hada (1994-1995)
Sunhee Juhon (1995-1996)
Rumi Engineer (1996-1997)
Linda S. Kato (1997-1998)
Fay Chu Fong (1998-1999)
Art M. Lee (1999-2000)
Ben Chin (2000-2001)
Kenzo S. Kawanabe (2001-2002)
Lusanna Ro (2002-2003)
Neeti Pawar (2003-2004)
Byeongsook Seo (2004-2005)
Kara Dawn Lae-Gae Veitch (2005-2006)
Cindy Ha Dang (2007-2008)
Nina Wang (2008-2009)
Dennis Kaw (2009-2010)
Mechelle Y. Faulk (2010-2011)

2011
Board Members:

Board Members:


Outreach Committee:

Chairs: Barry Burns & Lance Ream

  • DU & CU Law:
    Barry Burns & Siddhartha Rathod
  • CBA and DBA:
    Elisa Chen & Lance Ream
  • Specialty Bars:
    Neeti Pawar
    • CHBA: Dennis Kaw
    • GLBT: Mechelle Faulk
    • SABA: Neeti Pawar
    • CWBA: Nicoal Miller
  • Community Organizations:
    Lynn Hsu, Darlene Kondo, Moses Suh
    • CCIE: Paul Cha
    • Denver Mayors' Asian Roundtable: Chuong Le
    • NAAAP: Lynn Hsu & Darlene Kondo
    • OCA: Mimi Hu
    • At large organizations: Moses Suh

Nominating Committee:

Co-Chairs: Judge Hada, Franz Hardy, Judge Harrell & Andrea Wang

  • Judicial Nominations:
    Judge Hada, Franz Hardy, Andrea Wang & Sania Anwar
  • Political Appointments & Legislative Policy:
    Sania Anwar & Moses Suh
  • Awards:
    Lynn Hsu & Michi Tsuda

Marketing Committee:

Co-Chairs: Elisa Chen & Dan Sweetser

  • Membership: Elisa Chen
  • Media: Michi Tsuda & Justin Cruz
  • CLEs: Sania Anwar
  • Special Events: Larry Lee, Dan Sweetser & Moses Suh
  • Attorney Mentorship Program: Larry Lee & Sue Kim