Justice David Wellington Chew Award
Established in 2002, the Justice David Wellington Chew Award honors those individuals whose selfless contributions benefit the Asian-Pacific American legal
community of Texas. The award was named after Justice Chew, who currently presides as Chief Justice of the Eighth Court of Appeals. APIS is proud to honor Justice Chew for his pioneering achievements as one of the first Asian-Pacific Americans in the Texas judiciary.
Each of the past recipients listed below epitomize Justice Chew's passion and commitment towards helping and advancing Asian-Pacific interests in Texas and throughout the nation.
The Justice David Wellington Chew Award was presented at the 2016 Annual Conference.
| Justice David Wellington Chew | Best Under 40 | Champion of Diversity | Outstanding Mentor | Affiliate of the Year | Pro Bono | |
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| 2017 | Kelly Chen Alison Chen Chris Kang | Chad Anson | Sean T. Hamada | SABA Dallas | Ketan Kharod |
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| 2016 | Albert Lin, Husch Blackwell LLP, Austin | Monika Sing Sanford Representative Gene Wu Jessica Vu | Anna Sankaran | Sakina Rasheed | Houston AABA | |
| 2015 | Albert Tan, Haynes and Boone, LLP Dallas, Texas | |||||
| 2014 | Toni Nguyen, Luminex Corp. Austin, Texas | |||||
| 2013 | Michele Wong Krause, The Wong Krause Law Firm Dallas, Texas | |||||
| 2012 | Gordon Quan, FosterQuan, LLP (now with Quan Law Group) Houston, Texas | |||||
| 2011 | Hon. Herbert Gee Houston, Texas | |||||
| 2010 | James Ho, Gibson Dunn Dallas, Texas | |||||
| 2009 | Albert Li, Associate Counsel Zimmer, Inc. Austin, Texas | |||||
| 2008 | Harry Gee, Harry Gee Principal, Harry Gee, Jr. & Associates Houston, Texas | |||||
| 2007 | Kathleen Wu, Partner, Andrews Kurth Dallas, Texas | |||||
| 2006 | Hon. Peter Sakai, Judge of the 225th District Court Bexar County, Texas | |||||
| 2005 | Hon. Karen Gren Johnson, Judge of the 95th District Court Dallas County, Texas | |||||
| 2004 | Daniel David Hu, Deputy Chief, Civil Division U.S. Attorney’s Office (Southern District of Texas) | |||||
| 2003 | Hon. Brenda Rhoades, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (Eastern District of Texas) |