John Yang

John C. Yang is the president and executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. In 1997, he co-founded the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the direct legal needs of Asian Pacific Americans in the D.C. metropolitan area. He served as chair of the Asian American Justice Center after serving as treasurer of the organization and as a member of its National Advisory Council. Yang was president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association from 2003 to 2004 and has served as co-chair of NAPABA’s Judiciary and Executive Nominations and Appointments Committee. In that capacity, he worked extensively with the White House and the U.S. Senate to secure the nomination and confirmation of over 20 Asian American and Pacific Islander federal judges and numerous other Senate-confirmed presidential appointments. Previously, he was a partner with a major Washington, D.C., law firm and also worked in Shanghai, China, for several years as the legal director for the Asia-Pacific operations of a U.S. Fortune 200 company.