Annual Dinner


On Monday, June 11, 2012, FBANC will proudly host its 32nd Annual Installation Dinner at The Four Seas Restaurant, 731 Grant Avenue in San Francisco.  In a little over three decades, FBANC has grown into one of the most well-established Filipino-American bar associations in the country.  Through its members and affiliates, FBANC regularly reaches hundreds of members of the Bay Area’s legal community from a wide range of legal backgrounds.  Every year, FBANC’s Installation Dinner draws a diverse attendance that includes attorneys, judges, and leaders in the Filipino-American community.

Please join us for a night of joyous celebration.

Welcome Remarks and Meet and Greet:
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye,Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court

Jose Rizal Award Recipient:
Emil DeGuzman, San Francisco Human Rights Commission

Keynote Speaker:
William “Bill” Tamayo, Regional Attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

At the Installation Dinner, FBANC will also welcome its 2012-2013 board members:

  • President: David Mesa, Sedgwick LLP
  • Internal Vice President: Abigail Rivamonte, San Francisco Office of the Public Defender
  • External Vice President: Robert Uy, Law Office of Lien L. Uy and Kutrubes Law
  • Operations Director: Raymond Buenaventura, Vice Mayor, City of Daly City
  • Treasurer: Lorna Garcia, Laughlin Falbo Levy Moresi
  • Secretary: Vanessa Candelaria, The Viola Law Firm
  • Membership Director: Christine Start, Fresno County Public Defender’s Office
  • Legal Clinics Director: Joe Gacula, Murphy, Vu, Thongsamouth and Chatterjee LLP
  • Social Chair: Benjamin R. Uy, Jr., Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
  • Mentorship Coordinator: Laurie Rose Lubiano, Lewis and Roca LLP

Registration begins at 5:15 p.m. and the dinner program will begin promptly at 6:15 p.m.

We have a lot to celebrate. The 2011-2012 year has been especially productive for FBANC.  We held several free legal clinics in areas with large populations of Filipinos/Filipino-Americans, including Daly City, Union City, Alameda and the Mission District in San Francisco.  We also formed FBANC’s first ever Advisory Board comprised of FBANC Hall of Famers who will meet bi-annually to discuss issues facing the Filipino-American legal community and provide insight to the executive board.

With the help of Raymond L. Ocampo, Jr. and generous donations from our FBANC supporters, we doubled the total amount of our law student scholarships from $5,000 to $10,000.  In addition, we reached into the pipeline by (1) co-sponsoring events such as Legally Asian, a conference aimed at encouraging Asian American high school and college students to pursue a law degree and (2) actively involving Filipino-American college and law students at our events.

FBANC’s efforts towards professional development, networking, advocacy, diversity, and student scholarships are made possible by the support of its sponsors. FBANC invites you and your firm or company to take advantage of sponsorship opportunities for this year’s dinner.  Your generous sponsorship provides vital support to FBANC while also providing increased visibility to your firm or company to Northern California’s legal community.

This year, FBANC will be offering the following sponsorship levels:

Platinum ($2,000)

  • A full page advertisement on the inside front cover, inside back cover, or back cover of this year’s program;
  • A special acknowledgement in announcements sent through FBANC’s listserv until April 1, 2013;
  • A special acknowledgement in the dinner program and FBANC’s website;
  • Preferred seating for 10 persons at this year’s dinner;
  • A special gift for your table attendees.

Gold ($1,500)

  • A full page advertisement in this year’s program;
  • A special acknowledgement in announcements sent through FBANC’s listserv until April 1, 2013;
  • A special acknowledgement in the dinner program and FBANC’s website;
  • Preferred seating for 10 persons at this year’s dinner; and
  • A special gift for your table attendees.

Silver ($1,000)

  • A half-page advertisement in this year’s program;
  • A special acknowledgement in the dinner program and FBANC’s website; and
  • Seating for 5 persons at this year’s dinner.

Bronze ($500)

  • A quarter-page advertisement in this year’s program;
  • A special acknowledgement in the dinner program and FBANC’s website; and
  • Seating for 2 persons at this year’s dinner.

Your sponsorship allows FBANC to continue providing its services to the Filipino community.  Click here for the official sponsorship letter and form.  To take advantage of these sponsorship opportunities or for any other inquiries, please feel free to call me at 415-627-3651 or email me at david.mesa@sedgwicklaw.com. We sincerely appreciate your generosity and support and look forward to seeing you at our dinner.  Thank you very much.

David Mesa
FBANC Internal Vice-President/President-Elect