Los Angeles accomplice Helen B. Kim has been honored with the 2024 Asian Management Award by Profiles in Diversity Journal.
This annual award celebrates those that have led the way in which to advance range, fairness and inclusion within the office and the group by mentorship, advocacy and repair.
Amongst 18 honorees, Kim was chosen for her longtime advocacy within the authorized business. A pacesetter within the American Bar Affiliation, Kim served as Chair of the ABA Fee on Racial & Ethnic Range within the Career. She was the primary Asian to function President of the Ladies Legal professionals Affiliation of Los Angeles and first Korean-American girl to function President of the Nationwide Asian American Bar Affiliation, the voice of the Asian-American authorized group.
Kim additionally served as Board Chair of the Korean American Coalition (KAC), a bi-partisan group advocacy group in Koreatown. Underneath her management, KAC efficiently led a multi-year effort to ascertain the primary Los Angeles Police station devoted to Koreatown.
In her observe, Kim is a trial lawyer with greater than 30 years of expertise in securities and different complicated industrial litigation, representing firms and their administrators, officers and principal shareholders earlier than the courts and in arbitration proceedings.
The Asian Management Award recipients will seem within the upcoming Profiles in Range second quarter difficulty, sharing private {and professional} experiences which have contributed to their success.
Printed since 1999, Profiles in Range Journal is a quarterly publication devoted to the popularity of people and organizations supporting range, fairness and inclusion within the company, authorities, nonprofit, STEM and better schooling sectors.