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Attorney Qiang Bjornbak has practiced law for 23 years, consistently utilizing her professional expertise to protect the rights of Chinese Americans and promote diversity and inclusion. She is licensed to practice law in the State of California and is admitted to appear before several federal courts, including the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Attorney Qiang Bjornbak currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Immigration Law Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA) International Law Section and as a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Online Course Review Committee. From 2013 to 2015, she served as the California State Bar delegate to the ABA House of Delegates. Additionally, she serves as the Executive Vice Chair and the Legal Counsel for National Council of Chinese Americans (NCCA) and as the President of the Asian American Attorneys Association of California.

In her professional practice, Attorney Bjornbak has handled nearly a thousand immigration and civil cases. Her expertise spans cross-border inheritance, class action lawsuits, various non-immigrant and immigrant visa applications, student disciplinary cases, and criminal defense. She has been frequently invited to speak before prestigious professional organizations, including the ABA, the State Bar of California, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the Shanghai Bar Association, the Jiangsu Bar Association, the California Association of Realtors, and the U.S. Department of Commerce. Her scholarly articles on immigration law have been published in “the International Lawyers”.

In August 2016, during the ABA House of Delegates meeting in San Francisco, Attorney Bjornbak delivered a public speech urging delegates to support an anti-discrimination and anti-bullying resolution. The proposal was ultimately passed by more than 500 delegates, becoming Model Rule 8.4 of the ABA Rules of Professional Conduct. She has previously received an award from the American Bar Association.

Regarding community contribution, Attorney Bjornbak has been dedicated to defending the legal rights of the Chinese American community since February 2016. She participated in the "Peter Liang" movement and has actively spoken out on numerous social issues, including: writing to the CEO of Google to demand the removal of "Meet the Flockers," a song suspected of inciting violence against Chinese people; advising the Governor of California against ethnic disaggregation of Asian Americans; writing to the Chesapeake Police Chief to urge the prosecution of the perpetrator in the Jiansheng Chen’s case; exposing the unfair treatment of Chinese restaurant owners in Philadelphia; and writing to the CEO of United Airlines and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to formally protest the dragging of Asian passenger Dr. David Dao, while representing over 200 passengers in a collective advocacy action.

Attorney Qiang Bjornbak’s persistent pursuit of justice and fairness is woven throughout her influential legal practice and community service. Her dream is for Chinese Americans to live with dignity. She has not only changed the lives of her clients but has also brought about a profound impact on the communities she serves.

Elizabeth Yang (楊安立), CEO and Founder of Yang Law Offices, has been practicing law since 2007 and specializes in Family Law, including divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, asset division, prenups, and postnups; Intellectual Property Law, including patent, copyright, and trademark prosecution, and litigation; and Business Law, including corporate entity formation, contract drafting, contract disputes, and litigation. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

At the age of 19, Elizabeth earned her Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley in two and a half years. She was admitted to the United States Patent & Trademark Office in 2007 and with her five years of engineering experience working at both Raytheon on the B2 Bomber radar system as well as at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab on the Mars Exploration Rover, her legal career began in the field of intellectual property.

Elizabeth was married in 2008 and had her daughter in 2009 and her son in 2010. After only a short one-and-a-half-year-long marriage, she ended up in a four-year-long divorce between 2010 and 2014. During this challenging period of time, she learned all about California family law from her own case, including child custody and child support issues, alimony, asset division, and even domestic violence restraining order issues. Having personally experienced the complex divorce process in California, Elizabeth understands and can relate to clients who are also undergoing emotional divorces. She has represented family law clients both efficiently and compassionately at various stages of mediation, litigation, and trial.

From 2016 to 2023, Elizabeth was awarded the “Top 100 Civil Lawyers” award and the “Top 40 Lawyers Under 40” award by the National Trial Lawyers Association. From 2017 to 2021, Elizabeth was recognized by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” ranking her in the top 2.5% of lawyers in California, in 2022-2023, she was recognized as a “Super Lawyer”. She was also presented with the Lawyers of Distinction award, recognizing her as the top 10% of lawyers in the United States.

Elizabeth is a best-selling author and to date, has published a total of 6 books. In 2017, Elizabeth published her first best-selling book, “The Big Secret” alongside Jack Canfield, author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. In 2018, Elizabeth published her second book, “Stress-Free Divorce” to assist parties going through this very difficult time of their lives.

Jia (Vivian) Li is an attorney licensed to practice in California and China, with extensive experience in cross-border commercial, real estate, and dispute resolution matters.

She currently serves as a Partner at Shanghai Boyun Law Firm and is also a Co-Founder and Bar Tutor at LightBar LLC, a U.S.-based legal education platform dedicated to legal training and professional development.

Previously, Vivian served as legal counsel for CBRE China, a Fortune 500 global real estate company, where she was deeply involved in landmark real estate transactions, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and complex commercial disputes, including high-value litigation before China's Supreme People's Court and international arbitration proceedings.

Vivian is committed to supporting the growth and empowerment of the Chinese American legal community and is honored to serve as a Founding Member in support of the Association's mission.

Dr. Chiu Chang is a renowned Chinese-American attorney who holds a PhD in Biochemistry and a Juris Doctor (JD) degree. She has practiced law for 35 years.

Dr. Chiu is dedicated to promoting the history of legal battles fought by Chinese-American women for civil rights and equality in the United States. To this end, she curated the touring exhibition and authored the book series titled "Herstory: The Legal History of Chinese American Women."

The "Herstory" exhibition premiered at the National Museum of History in Taiwan on June 19, 2015, and toured 23 museums and libraries across Taiwan and the United States between 2015 and 2019.

Edward C. Ip is a successful cross-disciplinary professional who holds multiple roles as an engineer, real estate developer, and attorney.

Specializing in California construction law and real estate litigation, he leverages his rigorous logic and engineering background to provide legal services to his clients. He enjoys a high reputation within the Chinese community and has been honored with the "California Chinese Distinguished Figure Award."

Graduated from New York University and holding a certificate from Harvard Law School, Mr. Adam Chen is licensed to practice in multiple federal appellate and district courts. Previously, he served as a court attorney in Queens and Manhattan Civil Courts in New York City, gaining invaluable courtroom experience and resources.

Mr. Chen is one of the few lawyers nationwide who can appear in courts across more than thirty states. He focuses on criminal defense for copyright infringement, trademark infringement litigation, unfair competition lawsuits, and more. His work has been featured several times in global media outlets like The New York Times and Reuters.

Paul P. Cheng, Esq. is a renowned trial attorney in Southern California and an attorney of the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the National Academy of Best-Selling Authors, the President-elect of the San Gabriel Valley Chamber of Commerce, and a Senior Partner at his firm.

For consecutive years, he has been honored by mainstream legal media with prestigious titles such as "Super Lawyer" and "Top Attorney in Pasadena." Currently, he also serves as the Chairman of the Asia Pacific Community Liaison and External Affairs Committee for California gubernatorial candidate John Chiang.

The powerful litigation and defense team at the Law Offices of Paul P. Cheng & Associates specializes in business law, real estate law, labor law, probate law, family law, and personal injury.

Ping Gu is a partner of Zhonglun Law Firm, splitting her time between Beijing and California offices. Ping is a seasoned IP law expert with 20 years of top US and China law firm experience and she has represented more than 40 patent litigations and 337 investigations before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and various federal courts.

She leads a team that works on the most cutting-edge patent and trade secret cases in China representing international companies. Many of her cases are awarded as "Exemplary Case" by the Supreme Court of China, "Case of the Year" by China Business Law Journal, "Top 10 Cases" by Beijing IP Court and the China Patent Office etc.

She has been recognized as a leading global lawyer in intellectual property by Chambers for several years. Her clients include TSMC, Google, Sony, Netgear, ExxonMobil, BASF, SABIC, etc.

As an estate planning expert among the English-Chinese bilingual attorneys, Yanfei Ran has experiences in many international metropolitan cities including London, Hong Kong and Mainland China besides her practice in the US. Her focus area is in family wealth inheritance, estate planning, and business immigration, and has successfully provided professional family wealth inheritance and estate planning services to hundreds of families.

Ms. Ran has been featured in the World Journal, NY China Ren, and other media outlets. She is the founder and host of the legal channel Hundred Q&As by Professional Lawyers. She has anchored hundreds of estate planning and trusts episodes and has invited a great deal of positive impact in the industry and community.

Ms. Ran has long been passionate about community services. She serves as an advising lawyer for Chinese Christian Herald Crusades ("CCHC") and sits on the Board of Directors of the Ambassadors for Christ ("AFC"). She also provides pro bono legal services to Harvest Church of New York, CCHC, and disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.