MAABA Torchbearer Award
What is a Torchbearer?
The MAABA Torchbearer Award recognizes attorneys for dedicated leadership and service as a guiding light to the Missouri Asian American Bar Association and the Asian Community.
History of the Award
In 2007 then MAABA President, Angela Yee, formed a committee and charged it with the task of creating an award to recognize a Missouri attorney as a Trail Blazer. The result was the MAABA Torchbearer Award. The committee chose the Wisdom Dragon, a venerated symbol in the Asian community, as the seal for the Torchbearer Award. Leadership is the most important criteria for this award. The guiding light not only leads the way, but he or she is also innovative, creative, and inspires us with dedication and service.
MAABA TORCHBEARER AWARD RECIPIENTS
2026 Omar Malik
2025 Keith Cheung
2024 Gilbert C. Sison
2023 Frances Barbieri
2022 Sreenivasa Rao Dandamundi
2019 Alex Lee
2018 Johnny Wang
2017 J Danielle Carr
2016 Angela Lee Maldonado
2015 Daniel Sakaguchi
2014 Tony Gao
2013 Honorable Richard Teitelman
2012 Honorable Judy Draper
2011 Ari Bai
2010 James Robinson
2009 Edgar Lim
2008 Ignatius Yuan
2007 Maylin Wong Mahoney