DAABA Awards Night

The 2026 DAABA Awards Night runs Friday, October 23, 2026 from 6:15 to 9:00 PM at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas. The Dallas Asian American Bar Association frames the evening as its annual awards franchise for Asian American lawyers and legal-community allies in North Texas. This year's listed speaker is Albert J. Li, General Counsel at Colossal Biosciences, with host copy highlighting his path from Big Law partner to in-house biotech leadership. Treat ticket tiers and table packages as live until the chapter posts final pricing on the awards page or sponsor materials.

DAABA has run Awards Nights as a named annual franchise with archived pages back through prior years, which is why the night clears Circuit for the DFW Asian American legal corridor. The Nasher venue puts the room in the Arts District rather than a suburban banquet hall, so plan museum-campus arrival and evening parking before cocktail hour. For sponsorship questions the live page points to President Alen Samuel at asamuel@fisherphillips.com. Bring one concrete referral, hiring, or community-service ask rather than collecting cards without a next step.

This is right for Asian American attorneys, in-house counsel, law students with a public-interest or private-practice path, and legal-market allies who already work North Texas. Skip it if you need a PE panel or a founder pitch day. Arts District Friday traffic and Nasher door timing both need a real buffer before 6:15 PM. Confirm attire and ticket path on daaba.org before you assume a walk-up seat.

If you are choosing between this Nasher awards night and ACG's Park City Club Dealmakers earlier in October, stay here for Asian American bar density and use ACG for middle-market deal flow. Start on the 2026 DAABA Awards Night page, email the listed sponsor contact if you need a table, and re-check speaker and timing notes closer to October 23.