Luis Lauredo, former U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States and U.S. Coordinator of the Summit of the Americas has joined Hunton & Williams in Washington, D.C.

Congratulations to John W. Daniels, Jr., the recipient of the 2001 Human Relations Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Ricardo J. Nunez has joined LeClair Ryan as a partner.

Congratulations to G. Perry Wu on his installation as president of the Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts. Other new members of the Executive Board are: Elaine Tung, Vice-President; Theodore D. Chaung, Secretary; Chinh D. Pham, Treasurer; and Board Members Eunice Kim Chapon, Stephen Y. Chow, Tricia F. Deraska, Myong J. Joun, Meerie M. Joung, Dongsup Samuel Kim, Sherry Yee Mulloy, and Cindy S. Oh.

Diane Womack has been appointed a director in FTI Consulting's Forensic and Litigation Advisory Practice in New York.

Gery Chico of Altheimer & Gray in Chicago has resigned as president of the Chicago School Reform Board.

Congratulations to Vida Gosrisirkul on her installation as president of the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Chicago Area. Congratulations also to new President-Elect Linda E. Lu; Secretary Thad Chaloemtiarana; Treasurer William Yu; and Board Members Michael Cho, Michael Chu, Arundathi P. Rao, Shobha Mahadev, and Neera Walsh.

Carol Rogers has left the California Minority Counsel Program to move to San Diego.

Congratulations to Javier Hernandez on becoming a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York.

Karina Ayala-Bermejo is the Chicago Bar Association's new Director of Community Services and will oversee pro bono activities for the bar and its foundation.

Former Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder has joined Covington & Burling as a partner.

Congratulations to Andre Grant on becoming the president of the Cook County Bar Association.

Naoko Fujii is taking a sabbatical from Pfizer, Inc. to serve as the Executive Director of an AIDS charity that will be building a state of the art AIDS hospital in Uganda to train doctors from all over Africa.

Rena Van Tine is a new associate judge for the Circuit Court of Cook County. Rena is believed to be the U.S.' first woman of South Asian descent to become a judge.

Elias J. Escobedo, Jr. is the new president of the Oakland County Bar Association.

Congratulations to Pedro A. Ramos on becoming a partner at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia.

Jennifer M. Long has been appointed to a second term on the District of Columbia Housing Commission.

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