2025-26 Executive Board of Directors
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Kylie Kim | President
Kylie is a partner at Massey & Gail LLP, a litigation boutique in Washington, D.C. She practices complex commercial litigation with a focus on antitrust law. She was previously a judicial law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Kylie earned her J.D. from Harvard Law School and B.A. from Ewha Womans University in South Korea.
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Adrian Lee | Vice President
Adrian is an antitrust associate at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He received his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley. During law school, Adrian served as President of NAPALSA and President of GW APALSA. He also served as a Student Liaison for AEF and a law clerk for NAPABA.
Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Adrian worked prior to law school as a paralegal at Credit Karma and Gunderson Dettmer.
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Jill Chien | Secretary
Jill is the very first Mental Health and Mitigation Attorney for the Arlington County Public Defender’s Office. In this pioneering role, she focuses on cases involving serious mental illness, diversion, alternatives to incarceration, competency, and restoration. A lifelong social worker, Jill is grateful for the opportunity to integrate both her legal and social work backgrounds in service of her clients.
She earned her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School, where she was a Public Interest Scholar and graduated with a concentration in Family Law. During her time there, she received the Equal Justice Works Regional Public Interest Award for the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Jill also holds a Master’s degree in Social Policy from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Social Work from New York University.
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Marissa Lee | Treasurer
Marissa is a tax attorney at Foley & Lardner LLP. She previously served as a law clerk at the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance and the U.S. Department of Justice, Tax Division. She also worked as a judicial intern at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Minnesota and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Marissa earned her LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. from University of Minnesota Law School, and B.A. from Wellesley College.
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Jason Yan | Communications Director
Jason earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.S. in Economics from Duke University. Upon graduation he joined O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where he is currently a Counsel in the Antitrust and Healthcare practice groups. Jason is a well-rounded litigator and trusted advisor with extensive experience guiding clients through complex and cutting-edge issues relating to competition, healthcare, and artificial intelligence. He has a wide range of experience across varying industries, with a focus on counseling healthcare payors and airlines. Jason is a first-generation attorney and an active member of APABA-DC.
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Nathan Bu | Director
Nathan J. Bu is a Trial Attorney at the United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, where he defends the United States in toxic tort litigation. He is a former law clerk to the Honorable Mary Beck Briscoe (United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit) and to the Honorable Robin M. Meriweather (United States District Court for the District of Columbia). He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School and his bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University. Prior to law school, he taught eighth grade English in Las Vegas, Nevada through Teach for America.
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Amy Lyons | Director
Amy is a judicial law clerk at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She previously worked at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP as a litigation associate. She received her JD/MA from American University Washington College of Law and continues to stay involved in her law school's APALSA.
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Raymond Ngu | Director
Raymond Ngu is the Legal Director at Open City Advocates, a youth defense and holistic advocacy organization. At OCA, he leads the direct representation practice and provides strategic direction on the organization's legal practice. Prior to his current role, Raymond served as a public policy and health care associate with Covington & Burling LLP. During his time at Covington, Raymond completed a rotation in the Family Law Unit at Neighborhood Legal Services Program where he represented clients on custody issues, child support matters, and civil protection order proceedings.
Raymond received his B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology from Carleton College and his J.D. from NYU School of Law. In law school, he was the Senior Articles Editor of the Law Review and an AnBryce Scholar, which is awarded to students who are among the first in their family to pursue a graduate or professional degree and have proven themselves to be leaders in the face of challenging social and economic circumstances.
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Benjamin Reyes | Director
Benjamin R. Reyes concentrates his practice on a wide range of general litigation and complex matters including White Collar Defense and Investigations, Insurance Recovery, IP Litigation, Securities Litigation, Government Contracts, and general Commercial Litigation.
Benjamin previously served as a summer associate at Blank Rome. Prior to joining the firm, Benjamin served as a judicial extern for the Hon. Judge Timothy J. Kelly at the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia and a student law clerk for the United States Agency for International Development, Office of the Inspector General in their Office of the General Counsel. And before he pursued his legal career, Benjamin served in the federal government as a senior policy and planning analyst at the agency and department level of the Department of Homeland Security where he worked in strategic planning and formulated multi-year appropriations for information technology initiatives.
During law school, Benjamin served as a student attorney for the AU WCL Defense Clinic, a note and comment editor for the American University Law Review, and a research assistant in the areas of criminal defense. He was member of AU WCL’s nationally-ranked mock trial team where he competed in multiple competitions throughout the country and was awarded with the AU WCL Professor Anthony Morella Professionalism Award in Trial Advocacy.