Chair – Sang Shin
Sang Shin is an experienced immigration attorney with a demonstrated history of successfully representing clients in their immigration matters. He has experience representing companies and employers of all sizes, across industries (small, mid-size, and multi-national corporations), in their employment-based immigration matters. He also provides advice to his clients on strategies to ensure that they effectively implement a compliant immigration program that withstands the highest level of scrutiny during government audits.
Sang possesses in-depth experience working with new and emerging start-up companies, international companies investing in the U.S. for the first time, and individual investors to handle immigration-related issues at all stages of their business’ life cycle. Sang works with his corporate and individual clients to guide them through the complex investment process, to ensure the immigration process is efficient for their business and meets their personal needs. With a service-oriented and holistic approach, Sang acts not only as an immigration attorney, but also as a true business partner, working toward his clients’ overall success.
Vice Chair– Madhvi Patel
Madhvi Patel is a Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial Transactions and Real Estate at Equinix, a global datacenter REIT. Prior to joining Equinix, Madhvi practiced at various law firms in the Dallas area and represented owners, developers, investors, landlords, tenants, purchasers, and sellers in each facet of commercial real estate transactions, with an emphasis on development and commercial leasing transactions, acquisitions and dispositions. Madhvi received a BS in Business Administration and a BA in French from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a JD from the North Carolina Central University School of Law.
Madhvi's professional affiliations include APIS, the Podium, the Dallas Bar Association, the Dallas Asian American Bar Association, the Dallas Women Lawyers Association, and the South Asian Bar Association of DFW, where she was on the board as Vice President. Additionally, Madhvi serves as a mentor to young attorneys and law students through the DBA/DAYL STEER Program, DAYL/DWLA Women’s Mentoring Circles, and the DBA Minority Participation Committee. Additionally, Madhvi has been an active member of CREW Fort Worth since late 2020, where she is currently serving on the board as Treasurer, and was named the CREW Fort Worth Carla Higgins Future Leader of the Year for 2021.
Outside of Madhvi’s professional affiliations, Madhvi is a level two brown belt in MMA, enjoys traveling, undertaking home renovation projects, and exploring new restaurants with her husband and two boys.
Chair Elect - Joshua Lee
Josh Lee is a trial lawyer who represents plaintiffs in personal injury and wrongful death cases. He lives in Houston with his wife Julie and two children. Josh is one of the founding partners of Armstrong Lee & Baker LLP. He handles injury cases of all types, including oilfield, offshore, and industrial accidents, product defect claims, motor vehicle accidents, construction and workplace injuries, and premises liability claims. Before starting his firm, Josh was a trial attorney at Beck Redden LLP in Houston where he worked on complex commercial disputes on both sides of the docket. He started his career at the New York office of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in the Criminal Defense and Investigations Group.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Asian American Bar Association of Houston and on the Board of Trustees of the Asian American Bar Foundation of Houston. He is an active member of the Houston Bar Association, Houston Trial Lawyers Association, and Texas Trial Lawyers Association. Josh earned his Juris Doctor from NYU Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric & Writing from the University of Texas at Austin.
Treasurer - Hanna Kim
Hanna is Legal Counsel for Samsung C&T America, Inc., where she works exclusively on Samsung’s U.S. solar development. Prior to joining Samsung, Hanna was a litigation associate at Zelle LLP. Hanna serves as the treasurer on the Dallas Asian American Bar Association, coached the Thomas Tang National Moot Court Competition at SMU Dedman School of Law, an advocacy program sponsored by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Foundation, and served on Zelle’s Diversity, Equity & Including Subcommittee on Hiring and Dallas Recruiting Committee. Hanna is also a founding member and current VP of Finance of The Podium.
Hanna has been recognized by Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2023-2024 and Super Lawyers Ones to Watch in 2023. She received the APIS Best Lawyers Under 40 Award in 2023 and Texas Minority Council Program 2023 Rising Star Award.
Secretary - Myra Dioquino
Myra Dioquino is a Senior Attorney at Vela Wood Staley Young P.C. and based at the firm's Austin office. Myra primarily works with technology companies in a variety of corporate and commercial transactions, including seed and venture capital financings, commercial contract negotiations, and trademark and intellectual property portfolio matters. She serves as an external general counsel to co-founders, leaders, and executives of emerging and established technology companies with a particular focus on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers and managed service providers.
Myra's professional affiliations include serving on the leadership council of the Austin Asian American Bar Association (AAABA) and as the AAABA Liaison to the Austin Young Lawyers Association (AYLA) Board of Directors. Outside of her professional activities, Myra enjoys traveling the world, meeting entrepreneurs in other countries, exploring Central Texas trails, and searching for her next favorite restaurant.
Immediate Past Chair – Saba Syed
Saba Syed is a civil litigator at Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP, a premier full-service law firm based in Dallas, Texas. Saba is a determined and driven attorney who excels in the courtroom and defends courtroom victories on appeal. Saba litigates complex commercial litigation matters, ranging from securities litigation to patent litigation, across multiple industries, including real estate investment trusts, construction suppliers, construction subcontractors, interior construction designers, commercial landlords, and event industry planners.
In addition to her service to the Asian Pacific Interest Section for the State Bar of Texas, Saba has been recognized for her contributions to the Dallas legal community. Saba is an active member of the Dallas Bar Association (DBA), and was awarded the 2019 Outstanding Minority Attorney Award, which is bestowed annually and recognizes “outstanding commitment, participation, and dedication to the DBA by a minority lawyer during the year.” She currently serves as Co-Chair for the DBA CLE Committee, which was awarded the 2020 Jo Anna Moreland Outstanding Committee Chair Award. In addition to her service to DBA, Saba sits on a 10-person board for the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, which serves a diverse membership of approximately 3,000 young lawyers in Dallas, Texas. Saba is a 2017 Pathfinder for the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity and regularly mentors law students and young lawyers seeking to find their footing in the legal field.