NAPABA Coffee House

by National Asian Pacific American Bar Association

Over the last three decades, Asian Americans have been the fastest-growing minority group in the legal profession. For example, Asians make up slightly over 10% of the students at Harvard Law School (ILRG Report, 2020) and at the top 30 law schools (Goodwin Liu, 2015). However, they continue to be significantly underrepresented in the profession’s top leadership positions. As of today, there are only about 25 Asian American  ... 

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  • Season 1

  • Episode 1. NAPABA Coffee House | Lola Lin: Chief Legal Officer of Howmet Aerospace

    Episode 1. NAPABA Coffee House | Lola Lin: Chief Legal Officer of Howmet Aerospace

    S01 E01
    42:52

    Lola Lin is the Chief Legal Officer of Howmet Aerospace, a leading global provider of advanced engineered solutions for the aerospace and transportation industries. Prior to her role at Howmet, Lola served as General Counsel at Airgas and held various in-house roles at Air Liquide and Dell. She is a graduate of University of Houston College of Law and the University of Texas at Austin. Fun Fact #1: Lola is fascinated by cultures and countries, and her dream is to travel to 100 countries. (She is currently at 47!) Fun Fact #2: Lola does not drink coffee!

  • Episode 2. NAPABA Coffee House | John Chou: Retiring EVP & Chief Legal Officer of AmerisourceBergen

    Episode 2. NAPABA Coffee House | John Chou: Retiring EVP & Chief Legal Officer of AmerisourceBergen

    S01 E02
    44:16

    John Chou is the retiring Chief Legal Officer at AmerisourceBergen, a Top 10 company on the Fortune 500 list and one of the largest global pharmaceutical sourcing and distribution services companies. John joined AmerisourceBergen in 2002. Prior to that, John served as Member at a law firm in Philadelphia, Senior Corporate Counsel at Cigna Corporation, Chief European Counsel at ARCO Chemical Europe, as well as Chief Corporate Counsel and Assistant General Counsel at ARCO Chemical Company. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Harvard College. Coffee Fun Fact: John and his wife love Hawaiian Kona coffee!

  • Episode 3. NAPABA Coffee House | Marie Oh Huber: Chief Legal Officer of eBay, Inc.

    Episode 3. NAPABA Coffee House | Marie Oh Huber: Chief Legal Officer of eBay, Inc.

    S01 E03
    54:12

    Marie Oh Huber is SVP, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary at eBay Inc., a global commerce leader which connects millions of buyers and sellers in more than 190 markets around the world. Marie has been at eBay since 2015. Prior to joining eBay, Marie served as General Counsel at Agilent Technologies, Inc. and corporate counsel at the Hewlett-Packard Company (former name). Marie is a graduate of the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and Yale University. Coffee Fun Fact: Marie’s favorite coffee drink is an almond milk cappuccino.

  • Episode 4. NAPABA Coffee House | Alan Tse: Global Chief Legal Officer of Jones Lang LaSalle

    Episode 4. NAPABA Coffee House | Alan Tse: Global Chief Legal Officer of Jones Lang LaSalle

    S01 E04
    47:52

    Alan Tse is Global Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary of Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc (JLL). JLL is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. As December 31, 2020, JLL had an annual revenue of $16.6 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of approximately 91,000. Prior to JLL, Alan was General Counsel at Petco, Churchill Downs, LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. and two startups. Alan graduated from Harvard Law School and the University of California at Berkeley. Coffee Fun Fact: Alan does not drink coffee. He stopped drinking coffee before law school!

  • Episode 5. NAPABA Coffee House | Don Liu: Chief Legal and Risk Officer at Target

    Episode 5. NAPABA Coffee House | Don Liu: Chief Legal and Risk Officer at Target

    S01 E05
    47:26

    Don Liu is the Chief Legal and Risk Officer for Target Corporation, where he oversees all legal, risk and compliance, corporate governance and governmental affairs matters for the company. Prior to joining Target in 2016, Don was General Counsel at Xerox Corporation. He also held in-house legal leadership roles at Toll Brothers, IKON Office Solutions, and Aetna U.S. Healthcare. Don graduated from Columbia University School of Law and Haverford College. Coffee Fun Fact: Don mostly drinks decaf with creamer!