Asim REHMAN
Asim Rehman is president and co- founder of the Muslim Bar Association of New York. An advocate for the rights of American Muslims,
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Rehman has testifi ed before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, served as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and was recently invited by the U.S. State Department to lecture overseas about the American Muslim experience post-9/11. An experienced litigator, Rehman is corporate counsel with MetLife where he advises on domestic and international disputes. He previously worked with Debevoise & Plimpton and as a law clerk in the Southern District of New York. Rehman received the New York City Bar Association’s 2013 Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award and is a graduate of Haverford College and the University of Michigan Law School.
Betty SONG
Betty M. Song is the supervising attorney for the Legal Services Unit at Asian
Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles (formerly the Asian Pacifi c American Legal Center). Song joined Advancing Justice in 2004, and for the past nine years has been providing legal assis- tance to low income immigrant survivors of domestic violence. In addition to helping survivors obtain restraining orders, and child custody and support orders, she helps secure legal status for survivors and their children through domestic violence-related immigration remedies. Song received her B.A. in History from UCLA, and her J.D. from U.C. Berkeley. She was born in Ohio to Korean immigrant parents whose struggles inspired her to pursue a career in public interest law.
David TSAI
David Tsai is counsel in Perkins Coie’s San Francisco and Taipei offi ces and a member of Perkins’ commercial litigation practice group. Tsai’s practice focuses on trade secret and patent litigation involving the Internet, software, smartphones, semiconductors, LEDs, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices. He is fl uent in spoken Taiwanese and Chinese Mandarin, and has successfully represented numerous Taiwan-based companies. Tsai was recently recognized as one of the top 50 California Lawyers on the “Fast Track,” Super Lawyer in Northern California, Best Lawyer Under 40 by the National LGBT Bar Association, a “Top Five Associate To Watch” in California, and Santa Clara County Barrister of the Year. He is the president of the Silicon Valley IP Law Association and a graduate of Harvard, Stanford, and Santa Clara universities.
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