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PROFILES ARAKAKI AKEMI


AKEMI ARAKAKI was appointed to the Los Angeles County Superior Court in December of 2010 at the age of 37. She is currently sitting in the Antelope Valley Delinquency Court. Prior to her appointment she served as a deputy public defender for the Los Angeles County


Public Defender’s Office. In 2003 she was appointed by Governor Gray Davis to sit on the statewide Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs. She also served in 2004 as the president of the Japanese American Bar Association. She earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College.


ETCUBAÑEZ MARITA


MARITA ETCUBAÑEZ is Director of Programs at the Asian American Justice Center. AAJC’s mission is to advance civil and human rights for Asian Americans, and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. Etcubañez coordinates the work of AAJC’s attorneys and program staff, including collaboration with the Advancing Justice affiliates. Etcubañez has over a decade of


experience providing legal assistance to low-income individu- als, working with the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center in Washington, D.C.; Homeless Persons Representation Project in Baltimore, Maryland; and Texas Rural Legal Aid in Plainview, Texas. Etcubañez received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan.


STEVE CHOI


STEVE CHOI is the Executive Director of the MinKwon Center for Community Action, which organizes, educates, and


serves the Korean and Asian communi- ties in New York. Choi was formerly at the Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund as Director of the Korean Workers Project, the only such effort providing free legal services to low-wage Korean immigrants. He also has experience with the Hale and Dorr Legal Services Center in Boston, Greater Boston Legal Services, and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Los Angeles. Choi received his B.A. from


Stanford University in History with Honors and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. He has received awards such as the Korean American Association’s “Man of the Year” Award, the Wasserstein Fellowship, the Skadden Fellowship, and the Harvard Law School Asian Pacific American Alumni Award.


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JAMES DERRY


JAMES DERRY is the Associate General Counsel & Chief IP Officer at Arbitron (NYSE: ARB), an interna-


tional media and marketing research firm. He is responsible for complex licensing, privacy, data security, litiga- tion, antitrust, IP, international, and advertising. Previously, he worked at the world’s largest consumer package goods company and at an interna- tional software company. Derry began his career in a large law firm’s D.C. office. He graduated from law school in 2001 and served as an editor for Law Review. Derry is a registered U.S. patent attorney and holds the CIPP - US/IT/C/E designations. He is a recipient of the 2012 ACC Inaugural Top 10—30 Something’s Award recognizing excellence in the in-house legal profession and is a finalist for the 2012 WMACCA’s Outstanding In-House Counsel Award.


GUERRERO RIO


RIO GUERRERO is a partner with the U.S. immigra- tion law firm Guerrero Yee LLP in New York City. For over a decade,


his firm has successfully represented corporate and individual clients with their immigration matters in all 50 United States and abroad. In 2012, the Filipino-American National Historical Society honored Rio with the Contributions to Excellence Award, recognizing his success as an attorney and pro bono service to the Filipino-American community. A respected member of AILA, he serves as one of eight appointed members on its National Committee on Health Care Professionals. In 2009, he formed and currently Co-Chairs the AABANY Immigration and Nationality Law Committee. Since 2007, he has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at the City University of New York - SPS. He is an Edward V. Sparer Fellow of Brooklyn Law School.


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