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2009
Brian Nomi - Practicing Law in Iraq
November 13, 2009, Ventura County Bar Association
Brian Nomi, Army Reservist and member of VCAABA completed a year of deployment in Iraq. He talked about his experience, describing what life in Iraq for one soldier was like.
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VCAABA Scholarship Golf Tournament
September 18, 2009 - Sterling Hills Golf Club, Camarillo
FORE!!! VCAABA's 2007 golf tournament to benefit the VCAABA Scholarship fund.
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VCAABA Attends 2nd Annual State Bar Diversity Stakeholder Forum
June 5, 2009 - San Francisco
"Plugging the Leaks in the Diversity Pipeline in Today’s Economic Times" Presented by the State Bar Council on Access & Fairness
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VCAABA Fourth Annual Installation and Scholarship Awards Banquet
April 27, 2009 - Sterling Hills Golf Club, Camarillo
VCAABA Installation Dinner, Scholarship Presentation and Fundraiser. Featured speaker: Holly Fujie, President of the State Bar of California
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VCAABA Honors Founding Board Member Tina Rasnow
January 30, 2009 - Wedgewood Banquet Facility, Ventura
VCAABA Honors Founding Board Member Tina Rasnow at Her Retirement Party and Roast
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2008
VCAABA 3rd Tennis Open
October 19, 2008 - Pacific Tennis Club, Westlake Village
To benefit VCAABA’s Scholarship Fund
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Identifying And Preventing Substance Abuse In The Asian American Community
June 10, 2008 - Greenhouse Cafe, Thousand Oaks
VCAABA's lunchtime presentation by Sam H. Joo, CAS, National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse – Technical Assistance Project of California
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VCAABA Attends Ventura County Chinese American Association Picnic
May 26, 2008 - Pleasant Valley Park, Camarillo
VCAABA attended the VCCAA Memorial Day Picinic in Camarillo and staffed a VCAABA table.
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VCAABA Third Annual Installation and Scholarship Awards Banquet
April 23, 2008 - Spanish Hills Country Club, Camarillo
VCAABA Installation Dinner, Scholarship Presentation and Fundraiser. Featured speaker: Stewart Kwoh, president and executive director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California.
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2008 Vietnamese Tet Festival - VCAABA Booth
January 27, 2008 - Performing Arts Center, Oxnard
Booth, staffed in cooperation with the Ventura County Superior Court Self-Help Legal Access Center.
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2007
VCAABA Attends 19th Annual NAPABA Convention
November 16-17, 2007 - JW Marriott Resort & Spa, Las Vegas, NV
VCAABA President Mark Fang attended the 19th Annual NAPABA Convention in exciting Las Vegas.
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2007 VCAABA Classic Golf Tournament
October 29, 2007 – Las Posas Country Club, Camarillo
VCAABA's 2007 golf tournament to benefit the VCAABA Scholarship fund was a great success. A fun time was had by all!
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2nd National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys
October 27, 2007 – Chapman University School of Law
VCAABA member Kathy Luong attended the 2nd National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys.
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Dinner with Alameda County Superior Court Judge (and former Ventura County Deputy D.A.) Delbert Gee
October 22, 2007 – Cafe D'etoile, West Hollywood
VCAABA founder and immediate past president Dien Le met with Alameda County Superior Court Judge Delbert Gee, who was down in Southern California attending a judicial conference in the City of Industry.
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Ventura County Judicial Diversity Luncheon
August 4, 2007 – Boccaccio's Restaurant, Westlake Village
VCAABA hosted the first ever Ventura County Judicial Diversity Luncheon featuring distinguished jurists from the Los Angeles County Superior Court: Hon. Michael Hoff, Hon. Susan Speer, and Hon. Cynthia Loo.
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2007 Japanese Obon Festival
July 14, 2007 – Oxnard Buddhist Temple, Oxnard
VCAABA staffed a booth, in cooperation with the Ventura County Superior Court Self-Help Legal Access Center at the Japanese Obon Festival.
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VCAABA Article in the Los Angeles Daily Journal
July 9, 2007 - Los Angeles Daily Journal
The Los Angeles Daily Journal wrote an article about VCAABA's origins, and its goals of promoting Asian-Americans for judicial positions.
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VCAABA Attends: The Multi-Cultural Bar Alliance of Southern California Presents "Achieving Diversity on the Bench" & Judicial Mentoring Program
June 16, 2007 – The Loo residence, Malibu
VCAABA's Treasurer Leah Gasendo, and VCAABA's past-president and founder Dien Le attended The Multi-Cultural Bar Alliance of Southern California presentation: "Achieving Diversity on the Bench" & Judicial Mentoring Program
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VCAABA Attends NAPABA Regional Conference on Diversity in Justice
June 9, 2007 – San Diego
VCAABA's Treasurer, Leah Gasendo attended the NAPABA Regional Conference on Diversity in Justice and has a report on her experience...
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VCAABA outgoing president Dien Le quoted in Ventura County Star article on minority appointees to the bench in Ventura County
April 1, 2007 – Ventura County Star
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2007 Annual Installation and Scholarship Banquet - Featuring speaker Senior U.S. District Court Judge S. W. Ronald Lew
March 13, 2007 – Las Posas Country Club, Camarillo
VCAABA Installation Dinner & Scholarship Fundraiser
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2007 Annual Vietnamese Lunar New Year "TET" Festival - VCAABA Booth
January 28, 2007 – Performing Arts Center, Oxnard
Booth, staffed in cooperation with the Ventura County Superior Court Self-Help Legal Access Center.
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2006
VCAABA Elections of new officers & board of directors for 2007.
November 15, 2006, Chester's Asia Chinese Restaurant, Camarillo
VCAABA's election of new officers for 2007. Please click on our Board page to meet our new officers and board.
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Commissioner Rachelle Chong of the California Public Utilities Commission
October 26, 2006 - Topa Tower club, Oxnard
VCAABA luncheon program featuring was please to host Rachelle Chong, commissioner of the California Public Utitlies Commission. VCAABA was also honored with a Special Resolution from the Ventura County Board of Supervisors.
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VCAABA Attends 1st National Conference of Vietnamese American Attorneys
September 30, 2006 - San Jose
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VCAABA Officers attend NAPABA California Regional Conference
July 29, 2006 - Marina Del Rey
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2006 Japanese Obon Festival
July 8, 2006 – Oxnard Buddhist Temple, Oxnard
VCAABA staffed a booth, in cooperation with the Ventura County Superior Court Self-Help Legal Access Center at the Japanese Obon Festival.
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Sam H. Joo, CAS
"Identifying And Preventing Substance Abuse In The Asian Pacific Islander Community"
June 20, 2006 – Ventura County Superior Court, Ventura
Presented in cooperation with National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse – Technical Assistance Project of California.
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2nd Annual Charity Tennis Open
May 21, 2006 – Pacific Tennis Club, Westlake Village
To benefit VCAABA’s Scholarship Fund
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Tina Rasnow
"My Journey Through Viet Nam"
March 23, 2006 – Ventura County Superior Court, Ventura
Brown bag lunch program presented by Tina Rasnow about her cross-cultural exchange trip to Viet Nam.
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U.S. District Court Judge Robert Takasugi
February 24, 2006 – Residence Inn by Marriott, Oxnard
VCAABA Installation Dinner & Scholarship Fundraiser
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2006 Vietnamese Tet Festival
January 8, 2006 – Performing Arts Center, Oxnard
Booth, staffed in cooperation with the Ventura County Superior Court Self-Help Legal Access Center.
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2005
VCAABA Fundraiser Mixer to benefit the Victims of the 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan
December 19, 2005 – JJ Brewsky's Restaurant & Bar, Camarillo
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California Supreme Court Associate Justice Ming W. Chin
"A View from Inside the Supreme Court"
October 22, 2005 - Embassy Suites Hotel Mandalay Beach Resort, Oxnard
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NFL Agent Don Yee
September 30, 2005 - The Pierpont Inn, Ventura
Joint Meeting with CPA/Law Society of Ventura County
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Senior Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima
"State of the Ninth Circuit"
September 20, 2005 - Hyatt Westlake Plaza, Westlake Village
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1st Annual Tennis Open
July 24, 2005 - Pacific Tennis Club, Westlake Village
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2005 Japanese Obon Festival
July 9, 2005 - Oxnard Buddhist Temple, Oxnard
Booth, staffed in cooperation with the Ventura County Superior Court Self-Help Legal Access Center.
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Judge Ken M. Kawaichi (Ret.)
"got bias?"
June 23, 2005 - Topa Tower Club, Oxnard
Elimination of Bias MCLE Presentation
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United States Magistrate Judge Jennifer T. Lum
May 11, 2005 - Paul’s Restaurant, Westlake Village
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VCAABA Inaugural Luncheon
February 11, 2005 - Peking Inn Restaurant, Camarillo
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