Abigail is proud to serve you as FLOW's President. She is an attorney for the U.S. Department of Labor enforcing federal labor laws including safety laws, reemployment rights for veterans, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and other labor laws. She was born in the Philippines and emigrated to the United States in 1985 as the first of six children. She attended Olympic Community College and transferred to the University of Washington where she earned her B.A. in Political Science. Abigail is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law. She volunteers with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Group (NWIRP), serving on their Board of Directors, and volunteers as an attorney for the Asian Bar Association/King County Bar Association Legal Clinic.
email abigail.daquiz@gmail.com phone 206-595-9380
phone 206-595-9380
Eric is corporate counsel for TrueBlue, Inc., where he manages an array of commercial liability and employment claims in 22 states and Puerto Rico. He also coordinates lobbying efforts in a few key states, including Texas, Florida, and Massachusetts. Prior to that, he practiced as a plaintiff's attorney for several years in SeaTac, Burien, and Seattle focusing on employment discrimination and personal injury law. Eric is a graduate of Brown University and received his law degree from the University of Washington School of Law. He is a Leadership Tomorrow graduate and served as past chair of WSTLA's Diversity and Outreach Committee. His current affiliations include the Association of Corporate Counsel, Pierce County AIDS Foundation, and Werlin Tutoring Program.
email edelossantos@trueblueinc.com phone 253-680-8483
Gail is an associate in Bullivant Houser Bailey PC's Seattle office, and focuses her practice on Corporate and Business matters. Gail has significant experience assisting both public and privately held companies with a range of corporate legal needs, including pre-formation planning, entity formation, corporate governance, and contractual issues, and cross-border transactions. She has also advised companies on a range of regulatory matters, including assisting an American subsidiary of a Japanese freight forwarder on compliance with Japan's Financial Instruments and Exchange Law (J-SOX). In addition, she has handled several multi-million dollar acquisition and reorganization transactions between companies on a regional, national and international scale.
email gail.manuguid@bullivant.com phone 206-292-8930
phone 206-292-8930
Jeri is an attorney in Miller Nash's business department. Before joining the firm, she served as a public defender on the Tulalip Indian Reservation through the University of Washington School of Law's Tribal Court Criminal Defense Clinic.
email jeri.gonzales@millernash.com phone 206-622-8484
phone 206-622-8484
Ace is an e-DAT Attorney at K&L Gates in Seattle, Wa. Prior to working at K&L Gates, he served the City of Seattle as an investigator for the Office of Civil Rights.
email ace.aldana@gmail.com phone 206-622-8484
Benes is a judge advocate in the rank of commander in the U.S. Coast Guard. He is currently in an out-of-specialty tour serving as the Executive Officer and Chief of Personnel Services Division at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Seattle, responsible for over 300 military and civilian personnel providing services to over 3800 Coast Guard members and families throughout the Thirteenth Coast Guard District. Also a military judge, he continues to serve in that capacity since his 2005 appointment, the first Asian Pacific American in the U.S. military judiciary. Prior to this assignment, Benes served as the Deputy District Legal Advisor to the Coast Guard’s Thirteenth District Commander and as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington, where he prosecuted environmental crimes. His other past assignments included service as Trial Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Section, U.S. Department of Justice, as Deputy Chief, Coast Guard Office of Environmental and Real Property Law, and Legal Advisor, Department of Defense Criminal Investigation Task Force, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He also previously served as a trial counsel, appellate counsel, and the program manager for the Coast Guard's Legal Assistance Program. Benes is a recipient of the American Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Military Lawyer Award, the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s “Best Lawyer Under 40” Award, and was named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He is active in the local and national bar, currently serving as President, Asian Bar Association of Washington and Vice Chair, Washington State Bar Association, Legal Assistance for Military Personnel Section. In the ABA, he serves on the Standing Committee on Judicial Independence and was a past member of the House of Delegates, the Commission on Racial & Ethnic Diversity in the Profession, the President’s Advisory Council on Diversity, and former Assembly Speaker of the Young Lawyers Division. Benes is a cum laude graduate of Seattle University with a B.A. in Political Science (Honors Program), where he served as student body president. He received his law degree from the University of Washington School of Law.
email benes.z.aldana@uscg.mil
phone 206-217-6401
Lisa's father is from Capiz, and her mother from Romblon, in the Visayan region of the Philippines. They immigrated to the U.S. and settled in Seattle, where she and her siblings were born and raised. At the age of 14, while sitting at the dinner table arguing with her father, Doty, he sarcastically suggested that she become a lawyer. Years later, after earning her bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington, Ms. Apsay decided to pursue her father’s suggestion by enrolling at Gonzaga University School of Law. As a law student, Ms. Apsay served as the secretary and treasurer of the school’s Asian and Pacific Islander Law Caucus and was Gonzaga’s student liaison to the Asian Bar Association of Washington. During her third year of law school, she had the fortune of working as a judicial extern at the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division III, under the guidance of the Honorable Kenneth Kato. Ms. Apsay is currently pursuing her passion for criminal law as a public defender in Bellingham, WA, for Bellingham Assigned Counsel, P.S., though she still travels to Seattle often for family parties and home-cooked food.
email lapsay@qwestoffice.net phone 360-676-7661
phone 360-676-7661
Bernadette is a shareholder at Graham & Dunn where she counsels clients on a variety of general corporate and tax issues, with an emphasis on corporate formation and governance, securities law compliance, private equity transactions, stock and asset sale and purchases, and business tax planning. In addition to her experience in private practice, Bernadette served as an assistant general counsel of a technology company is an attorney in Miller Nash's business department. Before joining the firm, she served as a public defender on the Tulalip Indian Reservation through the University of Washington School of Law's Tribal Court Criminal Defense Clinic.
email bbulacan@grahamdunn.com phone 206-340-8782
phone 206-340-8782
Mimi has over 20 years experience in Family Law, Probate and Estate Planning matters. She began her own practice in 1987 and has been active in the Asian community, providing legal, and mediation and arbitration services. Mimi graduated from the Seattle University School of Law in 1984.
email samiolaw@aol.com phone 206-517-8080
phone 206-517-8080
Meyrick focuses his practice on family law, employment law, and real estate. He received his Juris Doctor from Michigan State University College of Law and received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Washington. Meyrick received numerous awards and accolades while at Michigan State. Meyrick was born in Manila, Philippines. He immigrated to the United States in 1988 and lived in Jacksonville, Florida for one year. He moved to Seattle, Washington in 1989. Meyrick moved to East Lansing, Michigan to attend law school and moved back to Seattle thereafter. Over the years, Meyrick has traveled all over the United States and Southeast Asia. He has been to 42 states and five countries. Meyrick's miniature schnauzer, Rascal, has accompanied him through most of his travels within the United States.
email meyrick@cmattorneys.com
phone 206-464-7302
Elaine is a trial attorney with the Law Office of William J. O'Brien where her practice is in bodily injury and premises liability. Elaine is an Executive Board Member of the Filipino Alumni Chapter for Seattle University.
email elaine.edralin.pascua@zurichna.com phone 206-515-4800
phone 206-515-4800
Aurora currently serves as Deputy Director of Columbia Legal Services, a statewide legal aid program serving low-income people throughout Washington. Prior to serving as Deputy Director, Aurora served as a national public interest law fellow at Columbia Legal Services through Equal Justice Works. During her two-year fellowship, she established a pro bono homeless prevention program, the Housing Justice Project, which continues to operate in the Regional Justice Center in Kent, WA. Aurora also served as a post-graduate law clerk to Washington State Supreme Court Justice Barbara Madsen. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Washington, where served as Programs & Development Editor of the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal. Much of Aurora’s undergraduate and graduate work focused on the history of Philippine land reform, which served as an academic connection to her cultural roots. She speaks Tagalog fluently. Aurora also serves on the boards of various community organizations, including KCTS 9 and the Laurel Philip Farm Worker Justice Ludlow
email aurora.martin@columbialegal.com phone 206-464-1121 ext. 608
phone 206-464-1121 ext. 608
Phil counsels clients in commercial and real estate and property development transactions, as well as commercial leasing transactions. He also has extensive experience in business counseling, including business acquisitions, sales and entity formation.
email pnavarro@hansonbaker.com phone 425-454-3374
phone 425-454-3374
Tisha is a partner at K&L Gates, LLP and counsels and represents public and private clients regarding environmental litigation and regulatory issues. Her regulatory practice has primarily focused on negotiations with federal and state agencies' hazardous waste issues, brownfields redevelopment and insurance. She has served as President of the Washington Women Lawyers (2005-2006), serves on the editorial board of the WSBA Environmental and Land Use Section, and a past Committee Chair of the King County Bar Ethnic Diversity in the Legal Profession.
email tisha.pagalilauan@klgates.com phone 206-370-7612
phone 206-370-7612
Florian "Ian" practices exclusively in immigration and citizenship law. His practice encompasses all areas of immigration law, particularly adjustment of status, family petitions, waiver applications, and deportation defense. Florian also regularly handles employment based immigration matters including labor certifications and non-immigrant visas for foreign professionals. Ian is fluent in Tagalog and is very active in the Filipino community. He is currently the Youth Chair of the regional chapter of the National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NaFFAA).
email fpurganan@hiplawfirm.com phone 253-520-5000
phone 253-520-5000
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