Harvard College

ADMISSIONS & BAR ASSOCIATIONS

EXPERIENCE

Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, LLP
Associate Attorney. Venice, California. 2004 - Present.

Law Offices of Michael F. Yamamoto
Associate Attorney. Los Angeles, California. 2004.

The Honorable Robert M. Takasugi
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Judicial Law Clerk. Los Angeles, California. 2002 - 2004.

The Honorable Robert M. Takasugi
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
Judicial Extern. Los Angeles, California. 2001.

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
Law Clerk. Los Angeles, California. 2000.

Korean Youth & Community Center
Founder & Director, Korean American Youth Leadership Program, Gang Awareness
Project. Los Angeles, California. 1993 - 1999.

PRESENTATIONS

Co-Producer and Panelist, Black and Asian Unity: Erasing the Color Lines 92.3 The BEAT "Street Science" Radio Talk Show, Los Angeles, California, September 15, 1997.

Guest Speaker, Present and Future Leadership in Koreatown First Annual National Korean American Studies Conference, Los Angeles, California, April 25, 1997.

Guest Lecturer, The State of Race Relations Five Years After the Los Angeles Riots U.C.L.A. Asian American Studies Department, Los Angeles, California, April 22, 1997.

Guest Speaker, Exemplary Programs for Minority Youth Annie E. Casey Foundation's National Conference on Juvenile Detention, Baltimore, Maryland, December 13, 1996.

Guest Speaker, Asian Gang Violence California Wellness Academic Fellows Forum, U.C.L.A. Graduate School of Public Health, May 16, 1996.

Guest Speaker, Training a New Generation of Servant Leaders: Building Multi-Racial Coalitions Children's Defense Fund's Annual National Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, February 8, 1996.

Guest Speaker, Black-Korean Tensions in Los Angeles U.S.C. 100 Black Men Association, Los Angeles, California, November 27, 1995.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

The K.W. Lee Center for Leadership Board President. September 2003 - Present.

Los Angeles Unified School District Instructor for Multicultural Specific Course Course Instructor. July 1999 - Present.

Korean American Democratic Committee President. January 1997 - April 1999.

City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Regional Arts Council Member. September 1997 - September 1999.

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles Member. April 1995 - September 1999.

Coalition to Support the Korean American Museum Chairperson. June 1998 - August 1998.

National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse Consultant. February 1996 & May 1997.

Los Angeles Riot Emergency Fund Founder. May 1992 - July 1992.

Black-Korean Alliance Member. June 1991 - November 1992.