Winifred KAO
Winifred Kao is Asian Americans Advancing Justice–Asian Law Caucus' litigation director and the head of its workers’ rights program. Under Kao’s leadership, the caucus re-launched its free workers’ rights legal counseling clinic and
direct legal services for low-income immigrant workers. Over the last two years, her program’s direct service work has won more than $1.5 million for Asian immigrant workers in back wages and settlements. She has also built a budding impact litigation docket which has included such recent victories as a $750,000 class settlement for nail salon workers who had not been properly paid the minimum wage and overtime owed, and who had been unlawfully barred from speaking Vietnamese while at work. Prior to joining Advancing Justice–ALC, Kao was a union- side labor and employment lawyer. She’s a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and Yale University.
Eugene KIM
Eugene Kim is a shareholder at Gresham Savage Nolan & Tilden. He is a preeminent business litigation attorney with a record of success in resolving high-profile cases. Because Kim is known for his courtroom mas- tery, he works in a wide range of practice areas, including real estate, intellectual property, environmental, tax, business, and public law. Kim represents businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, in protecting and enforcing their legal rights. He is the founder of the Asian Pacific American Lawyers of the Inland Empire and the president of the Orange County Korean American Bar Association. Additionally, he is currently the president of the Pick Group, a board member for the San Bernardino County Bar Association, and a NAPABA Alternate Regional Governor.
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Christopher JAVILLONAR
Christopher Javillonar is a partner in Bryan Cave’s Kansas City office. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and his experience encom- passes all aspects of the litigation process, including case strategy, pre-trial briefing, depositions, hearings, trial preparations, and trial. As such, he man- ages all stages of complex commercial litigation and class actions for numer- ous regional and national clients. In addition to these duties, Javillonar takes on many leadership roles within the firm, including serving as a member of the recruiting committee. Javillonar assisted in founding the Asian American Bar Association of Kansas City and served as its president in 2008. He graduated from the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Bar Leadership Academy and chaired the Heartland Diversity Legal Job Fair, which brings diverse law students from across the country to Kansas City.
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