Lawyers of Color has named 100 minority attorneys from the Western Region to its Second Annual Hot List, which recognizes early- to mid-career minority attorneys excelling in the legal profession. These distinguished attorneys will be feted at a reception at the San Francisco office of Morgan Lewis on July 23rd. The honorees, who are in-house counsel, government attorneys, and law firm associates and partners, were chosen through a two-pronged process. Theselection committee spent months reviewing nominations and researching bar association publications and legal blogs in order to identify promising candidates. Nominations from mentors, peers, and colleagues were accepted. The selection committee also made editorial picks of attorneys who had noteworthy accomplishments, especially those active in legal pipeline initiatives. Honorees will also be profiled in the Hot List 2014 Issue. The digital version will be released on July 28, 2014. The names of this year’s Western Region honorees are listed below:
Special Guest & Honoree
The Honorable Jay C. Gandhi, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California
Hot List Honorees
| Abbye | Atkinson | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher | San Francisco, CA |
| Allina M. | Hightower | Rutan & Tucker | Costa Mesa, CA |
| Amanda | Hairston | Farella Braun + Martel | San Francisco, CA |
| Andrea | Douglas | Gordon & Rees | Los Angeles, CA |
| Andy | Nguyen | Farella Braun + Martel | San Francisco, CA |
| Andy | Mar | Microsoft | Seattle, WA |
| Angelo L. | Primas | K & L Gates | Los Angeles, CA |
| Annie | Jhun | Bullivant | Portland, OR |
| Audrey | Jing Faber | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP | Los Angeles, CA |
| Brian | Fong | Gordon & Rees LLP | San Diego, CA |
| Carlton | Davis | District Attorney | Sacramento, CA |
| Carmen-Nicole | Cox | Downey Brand | Sacramento, CA |
| Carrie | Zhang | Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear | Irvine CA |
| Cassandra | Seto | O’Melveny & Myers LLP | Los Angeles, CA |
| Chris | Young | Keker & Van Nest | San Francisco, CA |
| Christina | Anh Ho | Smith Freed | Portland, OR |
| Ché C. | Dawson | Karr Tuttle | Seattle, WA |
| Cometria | Cooper | University of San Francisco School Of Law | Oakland, CA |
| Corban | Porter | Wood Smith Henning & Berman | Concord, CA |
| D’Lonra | Ellis | Gap | San Francisco, CA |
| Daniel | Chan | Fish & Richardson | San Diego, CA |
| Danielle | Moore Burton | Davis Polk | San Francisco, CA |
| Denny | Kwon | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati | San Francisco, CA |
| Douglas J. | Kim | Klarquist Sparkman, LLP | Portland, OR |
| Duane | Beasley | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | Los Angeles, CA |
| Edward J. | Loya | Venable LLP | Los Angeles, CA |
| Elliot | Hinds | Akin Gump | Los Angeles, CA |
| Eric S. | Casher | Meyers Nave | Oakland, CA |
| Ernest | Huang | Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch | Menlo Park, CA |
| Gabriel | Reynoso | Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP | San Francisco, CA |
| Greg | Gautam | Snell & Wilmer | Phoenix, AZ |
| Justin | Griffin | Quinn Emanuel | Los Angeles, CA |
| H. Vicky | Chen | Perkins Coie | Seattle, WA |
| Harvey | Jang | McAfee/Intel | Santa Clara, CA |
| Hee | Sung Yoon | Selman Breitman LLP | Los Angeles, CA |
| Helen | Hwang | O’Melveny & Myers LLP | Los Angeles CA |
| HongDao | Nguyen | Best Best & Krieger | Irvine CA |
| Hung | Chang | Adobe Systems | San Francisco, CA |
| Ian | Warner | Dorsey | Seattle, WA |
| Iman | Wilson | Dickstein Shapiro LLP | Los Angeles, CA |
| Jabari A. | Willis | Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo | Cerritos, CA |
| Jacob | Zuniga | Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young | Los Angeles, CA |
| James | Goodnow | Fennemore Craig, P.C. | Phoenix, AZ |
| James S. | Han | Paul Hastings | Los Angeles, CA |
| Jamie | Ogden | Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell | Los Angeles, CA |
| Jen | Jinxin Huang | Fenwick & West | Seattle, WA |
| Jessica | Valenzuela Santamaria | Cooley | Palo Alto, CA |
| Jessie L. | HARRIS | Williams Kastner | Seattle, WA |
| Jin | Han | Apple | San Francisco, CA |
| John T. | Anthony III | Seyfarth Shaw | Los Angeles, CA |
| Joseph | Yu | PG&E Corporation | San Francisco, CA |
| Josias | Flynn | Riddell Williams | Seattle, WA |
| Juan Pablo G. | Zaragoza | Porcopio | San Diego, CA |
| Juliet | Cho | Stoel Rives | Sacramento, CA |
| Karen | Henry | Davis Wright Tremaine | Los Angeles CA |
| Katina | Thornock | Starbucks Coffee Company | Seattle, WA |
| Kennedy | Luvai | Parsons Behle & Latimer | Boise, ID |
| Kim | Bui | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis | Los Angeles, CA |
| Kimberlei | Evans (Dixon) | Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard and Smith LLP | San Francisco, CA |
| Kimberly | Huangfu | Buchalter Nemer | San Francisco, CA |
| Kimvi | To | Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt | Portland, OR |
| Kristy Young | Coleman | Goodwin Procter LLP | San Francisco, CA |
| Xinlin | Li | Irell & Manella LLP | Los Angeles, CA |
| Liana | Prieto | Luther Burbank Savings | Los Angeles, CA |
| Lika | Miyake | Munger Tolles & Olson LLP | Los Angeles, CA |
| Maria E. | Jones | Reed Smith LLP | San Francisco, CA |
| Melissa | Sladden | Chevron Products Company | Bay Area |
| Michael-Bryant | Hicks | Providence Service Corporation | Tucson, AZ |
| Michele C. | Lee | Visa | San Francisco, CA |
| Miho | Kubota | Wells Fargo | San Francisco, CA |
| Miriam | Chung | Foster Pepper | Seattle, WA |
| Monica | Choi Arredondo | Reed Smith | Los Angeles, CA |
| Monique E. | Liburd | Google Inc. | Mountain View, CA |
| Nahla B. | Rajan | Mitchell Silberberg | Los Angeles, CA |
| Naomi | Levelle Haslitt | Miller Nash | Portland, OR |
| Nikki | Pope | Cooley | Palo Alto, CA |
| Paul | Choo | Qualcomm Atheros, Inc. | San Jose, CA |
| Philip | Person | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP | San Francisco, CA |
| Priya | Sreenivasan | Ross Stores | Dublin, CA |
| Puneet | Kakkar | Caldwell Leslie & Proctor | Los Angeles, CA |
| Rachel | Rossi | LA Public Defender | Los Angeles, CA |
| Rafik | Bawa | eBay | San Jose, CA |
| Rodney C. | Pratt | NIKE | Beaverton, OR |
| Roger | Yuen | Foley & Mansfield | Oakland, CA |
| Saidah | Grayson | Cisco | San Jose, CA |
| Samantha | Pak | The Boeing Company | Seattle, WA |
| Sarah | Perez | Buchalter Nemer | San Francisco, CA |
| Shahzad | Qadri | Wong Fleming | Washington, D.C. |
| Shanae | Buffington | Employment Development Department | Sacramento, CA |
| Stephen D. | Li | Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP | Los Angeles, CA |
| Suchi | Somasekar | Western Digital | Irvine, CA |
| Susanna | Poon | Hanson Bridgett | San Francisco, CA |
| Susanna | Lee | SYNNEX | San Francisco, CA |
| Tam | Nguyen | Adelson, Testan, Brundo & Jimenez | Los Angeles, CA |
| Tamara | Fountain | Lane Powell | Seattle, WA |
| Ted | Ting | Bank of America | San Francisco, CA |
| Theresa | Nguyen | Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto | Costa Mesa, CA |
| Tiffany | Woodie | PetSmart | Phoenix, AZ |
| Vanessa | Lee Gebbie | Tonkon | Portland, OR |
| Venus D. | Johnson | California Department of Justice | Sacramento, CA |