Asian Americans Advancing Justice - LA

Building upon the legacy of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Staff Listing

Executive

Orange County Regional Office

  • Andrew Ji, Esq.
    Supervising Attorney, Project Director - OC Immigration & Citizenship Unit
  • Joseph Navales
    Staff Attorney
  • Nhien Tran, Esq.
    Citizenship Coordinator
  • Sabrena Tran
    Citizenship Legal Advocate

Administration

  • Ivona Holland
    Accounting Assistant
  • Elyse Izumi
    Executive Assistant
  • Angelique Jackson
    Office Administrator
  • Bryan Kim
    Senior Accountant
  • Charles Nguyen
    Accountant
  • Janet Park
    Receptionist II
  • Dan Suruki
    Senior Facilities/Office Manager
  • James Weng
    Information Technology Support Manager

Organizational Outreach

  • Christina Yang, Esq.
    General Counsel & Pro Bono Director
  • Liza Ameen
    Communications Director
  • Jeff DeGuia
    Digital Communications Strategist
  • Liza Chu
    California Policy Manager

Development

  • Janet Guan
    Director of Grants Management
  • Janelle Hu, Esq.
    Director of Individual Giving & Corporate Relations
  • Christine Lee
    Director Institutional Giving
  • Michi Lew
    Individual Giving Associate
  • Terry Park
    Grants Systems Manager
  • Huong Pham
    Institutional Giving Manager
  • Karina Trieu
    Network Manager, Immigration Program Administration (DOJ Accredited)
  • Leon Tsoi
    Corporate Relations Manager

Direct Services

  • Sze (Alice) Chan
    Community Legal Advocate - Chinese (DOJ Accredited)
  • Christine Chen, Esq.
    Project Director - Citizenship
  • Vincent Chou
    Citizenship Coordinator
  • Thuwadara Goldman
    Community Legal Advocate - Thai
  • Hannah (Lixian) Han
    Community Legal Advocate - Chinese
  • Kate Im
    Legal Assistant
  • Melissa Juan
    Project Coordinator - Citizenship Virtual Review Project
  • John Kim
    ALLIP Project Director
  • Jimmy Kim
    Community Legal Advocate - Korean
  • Christine Kim, Esq.
    Staff Attorney - Immigration
  • Sabrina Kwun, Esq.
    Staff Attorney
  • I-Hsuan Lin, Esq.
    Staff Attorney
  • Seda Norodom, Esq.
    Staff Attorney
  • Tiffany Panlilio
    Legal Advocate - Immigration Project (DOJ Accredited Representative)
  • Patricia Park, Esq.
    Staff Attorney
  • Matthew Promsunthorn
    Community Legal Advocate - Thai
  • Jeanette H. Sayno
    Community Legal Advocate - Tagalog
  • Dickran Sevlian, Esq.
    Staff Attorney
  • Sanae Shinotsuka, Esq.
    SAFE Project Director
  • Aman Thind, Esq.
    Project Director - Immigration
  • Matthew Toyama, Esq.
    Staff Attorney - Immigration Project
  • Mark Yoshida, Esq.
    Senior Staff Attorney
  • Jing Zhang
    Program Manager

Impact Litigation

  • Lindsee Bawahab
    Civil Rights Victim's Advocate
  • Charles Evans
    Supervising Attorney
  • Daniel Jeon, Esq.
    Staff Attorney - Voting Rights
  • Sara Rohani
    Staff Attorney

Policy

  • Shelly Chen
    Research Analyst
  • Victoria (Nikki) Dominguez
    Policy Director
  • Julie Le
    2020 Census Statewide Program Coordinator
  • Liana Liang
    2020 Census Project Assistant
  • June Lim
    Demographic Research Program Director
  • Andrew Nguyen
    Heath Access Project Director
  • Mia Nham
    Health Program Educator/Navigator
  • Angela Sou
    Program Coordinator - Health Access Project
  • Donna Tang
    Education Equity Coordinator
  • Benjamin Tran
    Policy Strategist

FOR LEGAL HELP

Advancing Justice-LA Advancing Justice-LA's helplines prioritize assistance to low-income persons in the following areas of law: discrimination, family, immigration, public benefits, employment, housing, and civil rights. 

English: 888.349.9695
需要協助嗎: 800.520.2356
도움이 필요하십니까: 800.867.3640
Tagalog: 855.300.2552
ต้องการความช่วยเหลือ: 800.914.9583
Tiếng Việt: 714.477.2958

 

Our mission is to advocate for civil rights, provide legal services and education, and build coalitions to positively influence and impact Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders and to create a more equitable and harmonious society.