About Us

Formed in 1995, the Asian Pacific Interest Section (APIS) of the State Bar of Texas was created to be a state-wide umbrella organization to advocate and promote the common professional interests of lawyers of and interested in Asian Pacific American heritage, community, and culture.

Officers
Andrea E. Tran, Chair Pramudji Wendt &  Tran, LLP 1800 Bering Dr., Suite 540 Houston, TX 77057 Tel:  (713) 400-1190 Fax: (713) 980-9882 Andrea.Tran@pwtlaw.com	Lisa Tsai, Chair-Elect Diamond McCarthy, LLP 6504 Bridgepoint Parkway, Suite 400 Austin, Texas 78730 Tel: (512) 617-5202 Fax: (512) 617-5299 Ltsai@diamondmccarthy.com
Jason Luong, Vice-Chair Smyser Kaplan & Veselka, LLP 700 Louisiana Suite 2300 Houston, TX  77002 Tel: (713) 221-2306 Fax: (713) 221-2320 Jluong@skv.com	Albert Lin, Treasurer Brown McCarroll L.L.P. 111 Congress Avenue Suite 1400 Austin, Texas 78701-4093 Tel: (512) 472-5456 Fax: (512) 479-1101 Dir: (512) 703-5726 alin@mailbmc.com
Antony P. Ng, Secretary Dillon & Yudell, LLP Westech 360, Building II 8911 N. Capital of Texas Hwy, Suite 2110 Austin, Texas 78759 Tel: (512) 343-6116  Fax: (512) 343-6446 Ng@dillonyudell.com
Council
Daniel David Hu U.S. Attorney’s Office P.O. Box 61129 910 Travis Street Houston, Texas 77208 Tel: (713) 567-9000 Fax: (713) 718-3300 daniel.hu@usdoj.gov	Albert J. Li Abbott Spine 5301 Riata Park Court, Bldg. F Austin, Texas 78727 Tel: (512) 533-1917 Fax: (512) 233-5198 al.li@abbottspine.com
Lola Lin Air Liquide USA LLC 2700 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1800 Houston, Texas 77056-8229 Tel: (713) 624-8717 Fax: (713) 624-8794 lola.lin@airliquide.com	Toni Dinh Nguyen Belo Corp. 400 S. Record Street Dallas, Texas 75202-4841 Tel: (214) 977-7026 Fax: (214) 977-7116 toni.nguyen@belo.com
Charlene H. Tsang-Kao Solvay America, Inc. 3333 Richmond Avenue Houston, Texas 77098 Tel: (713) 525-6025 Fax: (713) 525-7887 charlene.tsang-kao@solvay.com	Russell Wong Wong Cabello Chasewood Bank Building 20333 SH 249 Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77070 Tel: (832) 446-2400 Fax: (832) 446-2424 RWong@CounselIP.com
Emily T. Kuo M. D. Anderson Services Corporation 7505 South Main, Suite 500 Houston, Texas  77030 (713) 745-9692 (office) (713) 794-5025 (fax) etkuo@mdanderson.org	Wesley K. Young Debt Settlement America 17304 Preston Road, Suite 1400 Dallas, Texas 75252 Tel: (214) 975-3328 Fax: (214) 231-7399 wyoung@debtsa.com
State Bar Board Liaison Michelle Cheng Whitehurst, Harkness, Ozmun & Brees, P.C. 1122 Colorado, 24th Floor Austin, Texas 78701 Tel: (512) 476-4346 Fax: (512) 476-4400 mcheng@whoblaw.com