Congratulations to Commission Chair Charisse R. Lillie who is one of five Take the Lead 2002 Honorees by the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Congratulations to Jeff G. Adachi, who won the Democratic Primary Election for San Francisco Public Defender.

Emilio Fernandez is a new partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Holland & Knight. Congratulations!

Justice David Cerda and Justice William Cousins, both of the Illinois Appellate Court, were the recipients of the Illinois State Bar Association's Access to Justice Awards. The awards recognize individual efforts to ensure access to the justice system for all citizens.

Yan Xuan has joined Baker & Daniels in Indianapolis as the head of its China practice.

Baker & Hostetler's Denver office has two new partners: Fay Chu Fong and Stephanie S. Padilla. Congratulations to both!

Gery J. Chico of Altheimer & Gray in Chicago is the recipient of the MALDEFF Community Service Award. The award will be presented on April 9th.

Reginald M. Turner has been appointed to the City of Detroit Ethics Commission.

Congratulations to Dan Hurtado, who was elected to the partnership of Jenner & Block in Chicago.

Rosalind Parker has been selected to serve as a member of the Minority Business Resource Advisory Committee for NASA.

Yukyong Choi has joined Pugh Jones & Johnson in Chicago as an associate.

Joji Kagei is the new managing partner of the Los Angeles office of Masud Funai Eifert & Mitchell.

Congratulations to Tania Shah Narang, the executive director of the California Minority Counsel Program on her recent marriage.

Safal K. Joshi and Mimi M. Lee are new partners at Thelen Reid & Priest. Congratulations!

Audrey Tillman is the new Senior Vice President and Director of Human Reosurces at AFLAC Inc.

Sharon K. Legenza is the new director of the Fair Housing Project for the Chicago Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Cleo Kung of Northwestern University Law School is one of eight Greenberg Traurig Fellows and as such will receice funding to create the Asian Immigrant Outreach Project at the Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago.

Ralph C. Martin II, the former Suffolk County (MA) District Attorney, has joined Bingham Dana as a partner in the Litigation/Business Regulation Group.

Devi S. Koya and Julie K. Kwon are new partners at McDermott Will & Emory in Chicago. Congratulations!

Jose Fernandez has been appointed head of the New York office of O'Melveny & Myers.

Congratulations to the Hon. Allan J. Webster, Jr. on his elevation to the Los Angeles Superior Court.

Martin R. Castro, who is running for Congress in Illinois' 4th Congressional District, and Hon. Sandra R. Otaka, who is running for the Circuit Court of Cook County judiciary, both received endorsements from the Chicago Tribune.

Congratulations to Susan Lee, the newest member of the Maryland House of Delegates and the first Asian American woman to serve in the Maryland State Legislature.

R. Anthony Prather has joined Barnes & Thornburg in Indianapolis.

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