2006 AALAM Banquet - Thursday, April 6 at 6:00 p.m. (Langham Hotel - Boston, Massachusetts)

The annual banquet of the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts (AALAM) will be held Thursday, April 6 at the Langham Hotel. A networking cocktail hour will run from 6pm to 7pm, followed by a sit-down dinner.

The guests of honor are:

• U.S. District Court Judge Ronald S.W. Lew of the Central District of California — Judge Lew is the first Chinese American appointed as a United States District Judge in the continental United States. Judge Lew will deliver the dinner keynote address and will receive the AALAM Founders Award in honor of his trailblazing service.
  
  
• Glenn Magpantay, staff attorney at the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Cynthia Mark, an attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services, and Andrew Troop, partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges — Ms. Mark and Messrs. Magpantay and Troop will receive AALAM Community Service Awards for their efforts in securing a 2005 settlement under the Voting Rights Act.
  
  
• Sam Yoon, Boston City Councilor — Councilor Yoon is the first Asian American to run for (and win!) elected office in the city of Boston.

The members of AALAM are deeply grateful for the support of our sponsors and contributors. Should you have occasion to consider giving business, donations of time or money, or a simple "thank you on behalf of AALAM" to any of these generous organizations or individuals, we hope that you will recall their consideration and support of AALAM.

Sponsors and Contributors (as of March 30):
  Bingham McCutchen LLP
  Boston University School of Law
  Boston Bar Association
  Burns & Levinson LLP
  Chin & Curtis LLP
  Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
  Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
  Fidelity Investments
  Foley Hoag LLP
  Vivian Hsu
  Gesmer Updegrove LLP
  Goodwin Procter LLP
  Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
  Massachusetts Bar Association
  Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
  PlexCom Online Services
  Ropes & Gray LLP
  Suffolk University Law School
  Andrea Travers
  Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
  Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

If you are interested in sponsoring, would like to attend or have other inquiries, please contact:
  Brian D. Eng
  Goodwin Procter LLP
  Exchange Place
  Boston, MA 02109
  Tel: 617-570-1208
  Fax: 617-523-1231
  beng@goodwinprocter.com

Information on banquets from other years: 2005, 2007.