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About
With an eye towards practical detail, I cut through the clutter to get deals…
Experience
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Education
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Emory University School of Law
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Activities and Societies: Emory International Law Review (EILR); ABA Negotiations Team; Law Meets Transactional Negotiations Team; Council of Presidents; ABA Law Student's Division; Technology & Innovation Generating Economic Results (TI:GER)
Graduated with honors; top 25% (out of 315); admitted with full merit scholarships
Published three law review articles & served as the Executive Symposium Editor of EILR Vol. 32.
Selected for technology & innovation law TI:GER program with Georgia Tech; presented at Georgia Bio 2017
Finalist and First Runner Up for ABA and LawMeets Transactional Negotiation Teams
Research/Teaching Assistant: Professors George Georgiev, Michael Giles, and Molly Epstein
Summers:…Graduated with honors; top 25% (out of 315); admitted with full merit scholarships
Published three law review articles & served as the Executive Symposium Editor of EILR Vol. 32.
Selected for technology & innovation law TI:GER program with Georgia Tech; presented at Georgia Bio 2017
Finalist and First Runner Up for ABA and LawMeets Transactional Negotiation Teams
Research/Teaching Assistant: Professors George Georgiev, Michael Giles, and Molly Epstein
Summers: Armstrong Teasdale LLP, St. Louis, MO (1L); Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Atlanta, GA (2L)
Other employment: Lexis Student Representative and House Coordinator; Seyfarth Shaw Law Clerk (3L)
Awards: Dean’s Service Award, Henry J. Ramsey, Jr. Diversity National Achievement Award, Trinh Huynh Scholarship Award, and Dean’s List -
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Activities and Societies: FACES (Forum for American Chinese Exchange at Stanford)
One Country Two Systems Research Center, Macao Polytechnic Institute
Bell ELTRC, Macao Polytechnic Institute
Hong Kong America Center, Chinese University of Hong Kong
FACES Fellow, Stanford University, Peking University, Zhejiang University, and Fudan University -
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Activities and Societies: Castle Scholars Honors Society, Touchstone College Student Newspaper, Dance & Theatre Department, Playback Theatre, Speech & Debate Honors Society
Graduated in three years, Cum Laude
Awarded Castle Scholar Honors, History Department Honors, Portfolio Honors and on the Dean's List
Awarded Manhattanville Board of Trustees Merit Scholarship Award, International School of Playback Theatre Scholarship Award, and Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts Scholarship Award
Selected to attend the national Hatton W. Sumners Undergraduate Student Leadership Conference at The Center for Ethical Leadership at the Lyndon B. Johnson School…Graduated in three years, Cum Laude
Awarded Castle Scholar Honors, History Department Honors, Portfolio Honors and on the Dean's List
Awarded Manhattanville Board of Trustees Merit Scholarship Award, International School of Playback Theatre Scholarship Award, and Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts Scholarship Award
Selected to attend the national Hatton W. Sumners Undergraduate Student Leadership Conference at The Center for Ethical Leadership at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.
Employed as Teaching Assistant, Student Instructor, Office Assistant, Orientation Advisor, and Resident Advisor
Performed in over ten main stage dance, theatre, and musical theatre productions, and choreographed two original pieces for dance concerts
Volunteer Experience
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Young Executives Board
Atlanta Fire Rescue Foundation, Inc.
- Present 2 years 2 months
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
Serve on the young professionals and executives board to support the brave women and men of the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department through fundraising and advocacy.
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Co-Chair, Alumni Programming
LEAD Atlanta
- 11 months
Lead alumni programming for the program year 2023-2024; supper club co-chair.
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Attorney (Pro Bono)
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
- 1 year 5 months
Poverty Alleviation
Represent low-income Atlantans in eviction defense proceedings and landlord-tenant disputes.
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Attorney (Pro Bono)
Georgia Justice Project
- 4 years 2 months
Civil Rights and Social Action
A Georgia based non-profit committed to help people accused of crimes to rebuild their lives.
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Attorney (Pro Bono)
Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta
- 3 years
Economic Empowerment
An Atlanta based non-profit committed to providing nonprofits with business legal services.
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Class of 2018 Reunion Class Committee
Emory University School of Law
- Present 5 years 10 months
Education
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EPIC Inspiration Awards Co-Chair
Emory University School of Law
- 7 months
Civil Rights and Social Action
Served as a co-chair to the Inspiration Awards for the Emory Public Interest Committee, raising over $107,000 to fund summer public interest grants. See http://law.emory.edu/careers/public-interest/epic.html
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EPIC CLE Centennial Conference Chair "Justice for All? How the Law Handles Civil Disobedience”
Emory University School of Law
- 7 months
Politics
Chaired the centennial CLE conference for the Emory University School of Law Public Interest Committee's centennial year with over 120 registrants. See, http://justiceforallepic.weebly.com/
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Committee Chair & Historian, City of Alhambra Alhambra Community Coordinating Council
Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015
- 9 months
Arts and Culture
Chaired Language-Translation Services Committee and Co-Chaired Food Committee to support the City of Alhambra's effort to host over 100 German athletes for the 2015 Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles. Together, the Community Coordinating Council helped recruit over 100 volunteers and fundraise over $100,000.
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Director of Programming...
Learning Enterprises Organization
- 4 years 2 months
Education
- Director of Programming: improved operating procedures & led international programming team to lead over 200 teachers to teach in 14 countries across 4 continents; managed due diligence of staff and volunteers through the recruitment process
- China Program Director: nearly tripled the size program; inspected and negotiated with new host communities; trained, interviewed, and recruited volunteer staff from both the United States & China
- Teacher: taught over 60 primary school students…- Director of Programming: improved operating procedures & led international programming team to lead over 200 teachers to teach in 14 countries across 4 continents; managed due diligence of staff and volunteers through the recruitment process
- China Program Director: nearly tripled the size program; inspected and negotiated with new host communities; trained, interviewed, and recruited volunteer staff from both the United States & China
- Teacher: taught over 60 primary school students in an underserved school in Jiangxi Province -
Volunteer Coordinator
Duchesne Center for Religion and Social Justice
- 2 years 6 months
Education
- Provided consistent, high quality performing arts instruction classes serving adults with disabilities and at-risk youth
- Led Playback Theatre intergenerational community building projects to connect senior citizens, young adults, and teenagers through storytelling and improvisation
Publications
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Legal Issues to Consider for Projects that Utilize Virtual and Augmented Reality
Westlaw Journal of Government Contract
See publicationThis article discusses how parties to a construction contract should approach the use of virtual and augmented reality applications (published on Seyfarth Shaw's ConstructionSeyt blog and Westlaw).
Raymond Tran & Anthony LaPlaca, Legal Issues to Consider for Projects that Utilize Virtual and Augmented Reality, 33 Westlaw Journal, Government Contract 3 (2019)
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Virtual Reality and Real Estate
Westlaw Journal - Bank & Lender Liability
See publicationThis article discusses the application and potential pitfalls of the application of VR and AR technology in real estate (originally published on Seyfarth Shaw's Future Enterprise blog; republished on JDSupra, Mondaq, and Westlaw)
Raymond Tran & Theodore Woodward, Virtual Reality and Real Estate, 24 Westlaw Journal, Bank & Lender Liability 6 (2019) -
A Way Towards a Blockchain Agnostic World to Facilitate Cross-Border Real Estate Transactions
Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Journal
See publicationThis paper discusses implementing a portable reciprocity system as the first step towards a blockchain agnostic platform.
Raymond Tran, Portable Reciprocity: A Way Towards a Blockchain Agnostic World to Facilitate Cross-Border Real Estate Transactions, 53 Real Prop., Tr. & Est. L. J., (2019). -
Implementing a Portable Reciprocity Passport to Crowdfund Real Estate Across Borders
Pepperdine Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship, and the Law
See publicationThis paper discusses the impact of technology and crowdfunding on real estate transactions, and the potential application of a portable reciprocity passport to facilitate larger scale cross-border crowdfunded real estate transactions.
Raymond Tran, Implementing a Portable Reciprocity Passport to Crowdfund Real Estate Across Borders, 11 J. Bus. Entrepreneurship & L. 397 (2018) -
Comply at Your Own Risk: Reconciling the Tension Between Western Due Diligence Practices and Chinese State Secrets Law
California International Law Journal
See publicationThis paper discusses a potential solution to address the gap revealed during the 2011 Chinese reverse merger boom and bust, where privately-held Chinese companies went public in the United States by merging with U.S. publicly-traded shell companies.
Raymond Tran, Comply at Your Own Risk: Reconciling the Tension Between Western Due Diligence Practices and Chinese State Secrets Law, 25 Cal. Int'l L. J., 45 (2017)
Honors & Awards
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2023 One to Watch - State Bar of Georgia, Commitment to Equality Awards
State Bar of Georgia
Awarded by the State Bar of Georgia's Commitment to Promote Inclusion in the Profession for my work and achievements to advance inclusion in the legal profession.
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2023 Han. C. Choi Mentor Award
Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association
For excellence, leadership, and commitment to advancing the next generation of AAPI attorneys
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2022 On the Rise - Georgia Legal Awards
Daily Report, American Legal Media
The 2022 Georgia Legal Awards recognizes Georgia’s most promising lawyers under the age of 40, regarded as innovators, developing unique practice niches, amassing robust books of business, demonstrating strong leadership qualities, showing expertise in litigation or transactional work, and committing themselves to pro bono, charitable and professional volunteer work.
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Dean’s Service Award
Emory University School of Law
Selected by a committee of deans and faculty for exemplary leadership and service.
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Henry J. Ramsey, Jr. Diversity Award
American Bar Association, Law Student Division
National Achievement Award for Diversity, awarded by the Law Student Division of the ABA for the programs created and executed as a student engagement house coordinator and as the ABA Law Students Division Diversity Chair, in collaboration with the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Georgia and South Asian Bar Association of Georgia.
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VABA-GA Trinh Huynh Scholarship Award
VABA-GA
-Selected for a law student scholarship award amongst Georgia law students.
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First Runner Up
LawMeet
2017 Transactional LawMeet, Regional
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Fulbright U.S. Student Award
U.S. Department of State
- Fulbright U.S. Student Award, East Asia, for the 2011-2012 academic year
- Technical Research Assistant for the "One Country Two Systems" Research Center
- Speaker & Presenter for US Public Affairs Office & EducationUSA
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Gold Medalist - Contemporary Wushu
2011 Chinese Martial Arts Tournament at UC Berkeley & LA International Wushu Tournament
- Gold Medalist - 2011 LA International Wushu Tournament Adult Open Tai Qi
- Silver Medalist - 2011 LA International Wushu Tournament Adult Open Contemporary Long Fist
- Gold Medalist - 2011 CMAT Adult Open Tai Qi
- Silver Medalist - 2011 CMAT Adult Advanced Contemporary Long Fist
Languages
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Chinese (Putonghua, Mandarin)
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Chinese (Cantonese)
Native or bilingual proficiency
Organizations
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National Asian Pacific American Bar Association - Leadership Advancement Program (LAP)
Class of 2024
- Present2024 NAPABA-LAP
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Leadership Council on Legal Diversity
Pathfinder (2023-2024)
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Atlanta Fire Rescue Foundation
Young Executives Board
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Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Board of Directors and Law Foundation Board (2019-2023); Secretary (2019-2021)
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American Bar Association - Real Property, Trust and Estate Law (Fellow)
RPTE Fellow
-ABA Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law’s Fellows Program
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LEAD Atlanta
Class of 2022
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State Bar of Georgia - YLD Leadership Academy
Class of 2020; Representative Council (2020)
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