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Friday, August 15, 2008 - Welcoming Reception (6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.)
 
 
• Hosted by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
• 50 Fremont Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2228
• Guest Speaker: California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno &
Dennis Herrera, San Francisco City Attorney
 
 
 
 
Saturday, August 16, 2008 - Conference (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
 
 
Location: Golden Gate University School of Law
536 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-2968

Please note that California attorneys will receive 6.5 MCLE credit hours and 1.5 credit hours for bias. Washington attorneys will receive 6 hours of general CLE and 1.5 credit hours of ethics.
 
 
 
 
Breakfast & Registration (8:00-9:30)
 
 
 
 
Intellectual Property Issues for US clients opening offices in Vietnam (9:30-11:00)
 
 
• Panelists: Peter Chu, Christensen O’Connor Johnson and Kindness (Seattle, WA); Phong Nguyen, Baker Hostelter (Washington, D.C.); Sam Nguyen, Foley Lardner (Palo Alto, CA)
• Moderator: Duy Thai, Law Office Of Duy Thai
 
 
 
 
Representing the Vietnamese/Asian-American Client in Family Law and Related Cases (9:30-11:00)
 
 
• Panelists: Judge Erica Yew, Santa Clara Superior Court; Nga Tang, Hoover & Bechtel (San Jose, CA); Tina D. Pham, Law Offices of Tina D. Pham
• Moderator: Catherine Nguyen, Dependency Legal Services (San Jose, CA)
 
 
 
 
Client Development to Vietnamese Clients in the U.S. and Abroad (11:00-12:30)
 
 
• Panelists: Fred Greguras, KL Gates (Palo Alto, CA); Ross Meador, Rogers & Meador (San Francisco, CA); Nhan Vu, General Counsel of Robinson Pharma, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA); and Quan Vu, Mayer Brown (Houston, TX)
• Moderator: Luan Tran, Lee & Tran (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
 
Surviving and Thriving in the Legal Profession: A Discussion on Retention, Attrition, and Success for the Minority Lawyer (11:00-12:30)
 
 
• Panelists: Catherine Than, Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta (Houston, TX); Kim Tran, Stafford Frey Cooper (Seattle, WA); Alice Wong, Nordstrom (Seattle, WA)
• Moderator: Quyen Ta, Keker & Van Nest (San Francisco, CA)
 
 
 
 
Lunch, Keynote Speaker: Judge Jacqueline Duong, Santa Clara County Superior Court
 
 
 
 
Judges Panel: What all Great Attorneys Should Know (2:00-3:30)
 
 
• Panelists: Judge Thang Nguyen Barrett, Santa Clara Superior Court; Judge Jacqueline Duong, Santa Clara Superior Court; Judge Jacqueline Nguyen, Los Angeles Superior Court; Judge Nho Nguyen, Superior Court of Orange County
• Moderator: Thanh Ngo, Office of the District Attorney (Santa Clara, CA)
 
 
 
 
Reverse Migration: Implications of the 2008 U.S./Vietnam Repatriation Agreement (3:30-5:00)
 
 
• Panelists: Victoria Duong (Los Angeles, CA); Sin Yen Ling (San Francisco, CA); Tuyet Duong (Washington, D.C.)
• Moderator: Duyen Nguyen (San Francisco, CA)
 
 
 
 
Saturday, August 16, 2008 - NCVAA's Closing Reception & VABANC's 10th Anniversary Dinner Gala (6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.)
 
 
Location: Yank Sing Restaurant
Rincon Center
101 Spear Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-1559
• Keynote Speaker: John W. Keker, Keker & Van Nest LLP
• Trailblazer Recipient: Judge Jacqueline Duong

 
 
Saturday, August 16, 2008 - NCVAA Afterparty (10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.)
 
 
Location: Redwood Room at the Clift Hotel
495 Geary Street (and Taylor Street)
San Francisco, California 94102
www.clifthotel.com/clift_hotel_redwood_room.asp
 
   
   
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