Events

Opening Reception, Fifth Annual NASABA Convention

North American South Asian Bar Association

June 26, 2008

On Thursday, June 26, Schiff Hardin will host the opening reception for the North American South Asian Bar Association's (NASABA) Fifth Annual Convention, aptly themed "Reaching New Heights," at the Metropolitan Club in Chicago. The event will feature guest speaker Jay Lazar, U.S. General Counsel for Arecelor Mittal Steel, which is the largest steel company in the world. A number of awards will be presented, including the Enterprise Award to the General Electric Company, Public Service Achievement Award to Hate Free Zone and Cornerstone Awards to Judges Rena Van Tine and Sanjay Tailor.

The Fifth Annual NASABA Convention will be held from June 26-29.

Sailesh K. Patel, a partner in Schiff Hardin's Intellectual Property Group, is a member of NASABA's Board of Directors and is Chairman of NASABA's Intellectual Property Section.

NASABA is the national association of South Asian attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students, providing a national network for its members and affiliates. NASABA advocates for the legal needs and interests of the South Asian community and represents the interests of over 24 local South Asian bar associations, including local South Asian bar chapters in Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto, with a variety of attorneys practicing in solo practices to large firms, corporations, legal services organizations, non-profit organizations, law schools, and governmental agencies.