As a regional affiliate of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), APABA Silicon Valley is proud to be a part of the 2020 NAPABA elections process, and we encourage our membership to participate in the upcoming elections. If you previously registered as a NAPABA member (either using the APABA Silicon Valley affiliate code or by becoming a direct member of NAPABA), you are eligible to vote in this year’s election.

In order to provide guidance to our membership, and in response to requests for endorsements from a number of the candidates, APABA Silicon Valley formed a special committee of current and past leaders to interview each of the candidates for both contested and non-contested positions. In order to present a complete slate of endorsements, this committee also conducted due diligence regarding all of the candidates for officer positions. All candidates were found to have significant bar leadership experience.

The candidates whom APABA Silicon Valley has chosen to endorse all have outstanding leadership experience, clear goals and a strategy, and a strong sense of professionalism and collaboration. APABA Silicon Valley is proud to announce its endorsement of the following NAPABA election candidates:

Candidate for President-Elect: Sid Kanazawa
Candidate for Treasurer: Hogene Choi
Candidate for Secretary: Judy Lam
Candidates for Director: Marty Lorenzo, Philip Nulud, and Brendan Wong

APABA Silicon Valley thanks all of the candidates for participating in our evaluation process, as well as for their service to the APA legal community.