PRACTICE AREAS

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Contract Disputes
• Unfair Competition/Trade Secrets
• Real Estate, Condemnation, Valuation
• Bankruptcy Adversary Actions
• Intellectual Property
• Consumer Fraud
• Construction Defect
• Securities Regulation
• Shareholder Derivative Actions
• Litigation Claims Analysis and Due Diligence
• Appellate

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Arbitration (including AAA, ICDR, NAASD, ARIAS, AIA, and ICC proceedings)
• Mediation (settled Civil and Family Law matters as Mediator and as Attorney)

HEALTH CARE

• Professional Licensing Board Regulation

IMMIGRATION

• Business Visas (including H-1B, TN, L, B, and R visas)
• Family-Based Petitions (including Adjustment of status, Fiancee, Naturalization, and Adoption)
• Business Immigration Compliance (including I-9 audits, SSN No-Match, and E-Verify Counseling)

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT

• Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation Enforcement and Defense
• Discrimination Claims

COURT ADMISSIONS

• Supreme Court of Arizona (2000)
• U.S. District Court, District of Arizona (2000)
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (2001)
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (2008)
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana (2009)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Judge Pro Tempore, Maricopa County Superior Court (appointed 2008)
• State Bar of Arizona Peer Review Committee (appointed 2005)
• State Bar of Arizona Task Force on Diversity in the Legal Profession (appointed 2006)
• Arizona Asian American Bar Association (Past President; current member)
• National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
• Arizona Women Lawyers Association
• American Immigration Lawyers Association

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• 2007 Woman in Business, Arizona Business Journal
• Director, Arizona Foundation for Women
• Member, SS. Simon and Jude School Board
• Class Agent, Xavier College Preparatory

EXPERIENCE

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP

• Practiced in the area of Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment, and Immigration

EDUCATION

University of Notre Dame
Bachelors of Arts in Government/International Studies and Russian

• Graduated cum laude
• Holy Cross Scholar

Notre Dame Law School
Juris Doctorate

• Managing Editor, Journal of Legislation
• Jessup International Moot Court Award
• Public Interest Forum Fellowship