NAPABA’S BEST LAWYERS UNDER
40 KUBISTA NICOLE
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NICOLE KUBISTA is a litiga- tor for the Minnesota Offi ce of the Public Defender. She has litigated thousands of cases and secured acquittals for her clients on charges such as murder, criminal sexual conduct, drugs and weapons. Nicole is part of an elite public defender forensic science litigation unit specializing
in DNA evidence. Upon graduation from the University of Minnesota Law School, she was a law clerk for the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the country’s highest court of appeal. She has served as president of the NAPABA-Minnesota Chapter, vice chair of the Saint Paul Human Rights Commission, and coached the T omas Tang Moot Court Competition Team for Hamline Law School. She lives in Minnesota with her partner Jenny and their eight-year-old son.
30 LEW ED
EDWARD LEW is principal counsel at T e Walt Disney Company in Burbank, California, where he
advises Disney Interactive and Disney Technology Solutions and Services on transactions and issues related to new/connected media and technology. Lew is a past president of the Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association of Los Angeles County and serves on its Advisory Board. He also is the current president of OCA-Greater Los Angeles Chapter. He received his B.A. degrees in Economics and Ethnic Studies, with distinction, from UC Berkeley, and his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law. While at UCLA, Lew served as Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Pacifi c American Law Journal and co-chair of the Asian Pacifi c Islander Law Students Association and Southern California Asian Pacifi c American Law Students Association.
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JASON LEUNG
JASON LEUNG is an intellectual property lawyer and director at Ridout & Maybee LLP’s Toronto offi ce. His law practice is directed to the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in all areas of technology and trademark appli- cations. He also provides clients with patentability, infringement, validity, and trademark registration
opinions. He is the current author of the Canada chapter in the Kluwer Manual of Industrial Property and writes a bimonthly column for Canadian Lawyer Magazine. Leung is a founding member and a past president of the
Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers and currently serves on the board of governors of NAPABA as the Northeast regional governor. He also serves on the boards of the Toronto Lawyers Association and LibraryCo Inc.
ABE LOWE TIRZAH
TIRZAH ABE LOWE is a partner at Knobbe Martens and practices trademark, copyright and Internet law. Lowe has over
600 trademark fi lings to her name and has protected the brands of such clients as Carl’s Jr., Ruby’s Diner, Taco Bell, Shaquille O’Neal, and Oscar de la Hoya. She is currently NAPABA regional governor and president of the Orange County Asian American Bar Association, and co-chaired the 2012 NAPABA Western Regional Conference. She has received multiple awards and recognition for her work, including the “Rising Star” Award from ACC-Southern California, “40 Under 40” from OCMETRO Magazine, “10 Movers & Shakers” from Live Orange County Magazine and “Five Associates to Watch” from the Daily Journal. Lowe graduated from Yale University and UCLA School of Law.
SAM PARK
SAM PARK is a partner with Winston & Strawn, where he focuses on patent liti- gation and counseling.
As a registered patent attorney, Park has advised more than a dozen diff erent pharmaceutical compa- nies on over a hundred diff erent drug products. He routinely assists clients in determining patent and litigation strategies throughout a drug’s lifecycle, from soup to nuts. Park also is a skilled litigator and has obtained favorable outcomes on a broad range of high-stakes patent cases, including one of the “top ver- dicts of 2011.” He is the immediate past president of KABA Chicago and an honorary board member of AABA Chicago. Park received his B.A. from the University of Chicago and J.D., magna cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago Law School.
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