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Minh-Tam Tran
Other namesTammy Tran
Education
  • B.A
  • Juris Doctor
OccupationLawyer
OrganizationThe Tammy Tran Law Firm
Website https://tammytranlaw.net/

Minh-Tam Tran also known as Tammy Tran is a Vietnamese-American lawyer. She is a founder of The Tammy Tran Law firm, located in Bellaire, Texas, United States. [1]

Early Life and education

Tran is graduated from St. Mary's University, Texas with Bachelor of Art degree in communication art, She then earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law. She was the first Vietnamese-American women to be admitted to the University of Texas School of Law. [2] [1] [3] [4]

Career

Tran worked as a law clerk for Melinda Harmon, a United States district judge, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Then she practiced litigation at an international law firm Fulbright & Jaworski for eight years. After that she founded a law firm named "The Tammy Tran Law Firm" [1] [2].

Cases

  • Lead Counsel representing laborers in International Human Trafficking Case in U.S.:

This case influenced revisions to labor laws concerning U.S. companies seeking to recruit Vietnamese laborers from Vietnam to the United States [5] [6].

Acted as legal counsel for multiple victims in litigating this mass torts case. Dioxin can cause cancer, birth defects and skin cancer. [7] [8]

  • BP Oil Spill Claims and Barratry Victims:

Currently representing for a significant number of Vietnamese-American clients impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Serving as legal counsel to both the Vietnamese American Fisherman Emergency Association and the Vietnamese American Fisherman And Oil Spill Victims Emergency Association, which are the largest associations of Vietnamese fishers nationwide. [9] [10] [11] [12]

  • Temple Inland:

Acting as legal counsel for individuals affected by the Pearl River Spill attributed to Temple-Inland, Inc. on August 7, 2011. Designated by the federal judge of the east. [9]

  • Dietary Supplement:

Currently representing for a diverse group of Vietnamese Americans who have experienced adverse effects from consuming dietary supplements manufactured by various companies. [9]

  • Texas Shrimp Litigation:

Represented thousands of Vietnamese-American shrimpers in the Gulf Coast who challenged proposed state regulations that would reduce shrimpers’ ability to shrimp along the Texas coast. [10]

  • Protect Buddhist church in Vietnam:

Represented Thich Huyen Viet and Members of Unified Buddhist Church of Viet Nam in conducting an investigation of the sale of Phat Quang Pagoda [13] [14] [15] [16].

Affiliations

Tran is a Life Fellow at Houston Bar Foundation (Present). [17] [18]

Appointed by Mayor Bill White to serve on the joint City/County Commission on children (2006) [19].

Host Weekly Radio Talk Show on KREH 900 AM (2001-Present) [19].

Monthly Contributor/Writer for Vietnamese Legal & Life Magazine [19].

Serve as Mistress of Ceremonies at the Mayoral Inauguration of Lee P. Brown (1997) [19].

Member of The Steering Committee for Mayor Lee P. Brown [19].

Member of The Texas Bar Association [19].

Appointed by Mayor Lee P. Brown to be one of the Seventh Board Members of the Houston Police Officers Pension System representing the Mayor's office to assist in managing 2 billion pension funds [19].

References

  1. ^ a b c "Minh-Tam Tran Lawyer". avvo.
  2. ^ a b Firm, The Tammy Tran Law. "The Tammy Tran Law Firm". The Tammy Tran Law Firm. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "Tammy Tran Taxas Bar". texasbar.com.
  4. ^ "Minh-tam Tran". www.lawyer.com. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Jr, James C. McKinley (May 13, 2011). "In Debt, Far From Home and Claiming Servitude". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "Asian American: Tammy Tran Files Federal Suit for 50 Exploited Viet Welders Goldsea". goldsea.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Vietnamese fishermen suing over alleged toxin in San Jacinto River, potentially contaminated fish that may have landed on dinner plates". abc7.com. ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  8. ^ LLP, The Tammy Tran Law Firm. "Local Fishermen Fear Toxic Waste in San Jacinto River, According to The Tammy Tran Law Firm LLP and Co-Counsel". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Legal Cases". www.avvo.com.
  10. ^ a b Mari, Francesca (April 16, 2020). "The Lawyer Whose Clients Didn't Exist". The Atlantic. ISSN  2151-9463. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  11. ^ "NGUYEN V. WATTS". caselaw.findlaw.com.
  12. ^ "BP Oil Spill Faollout". www.courthousenews.com.
  13. ^ "Vietnam: The Suppression of the Unified Buddhist Church". Refworld. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  14. ^ "Công bố văn bản tiếng Anh của Văn phòng Luật sư Tammy Tran Law Firm mở đầu thủ tục tố tụng, truy tố phía Sư Giác Đẳng – Steven Điêu — Hoà thượng Huyền Việt hội luận và trao đổi về hiện tình Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam Thống nhất tại thành phố Dallas". pttpgqt.org. October 16, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  15. ^ AsiaNews.it. "Police attack pagoda of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam". www.asianews.it. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  16. ^ "Tran Testimony" (PDF). www.uscirf.gov.
  17. ^ "Fellows List". www.hba.org. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  18. ^ "cornerstone.pdf" (PDF). hbawp-docs.s3.amazonaws.com.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g "Plaintiffs Designation of Expert Witnesses April 20, 2007". Trellis.Law. April 20, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Minh-Tam Tran)

Minh-Tam Tran
Other namesTammy Tran
Education
  • B.A
  • Juris Doctor
OccupationLawyer
OrganizationThe Tammy Tran Law Firm
Website https://tammytranlaw.net/

Minh-Tam Tran also known as Tammy Tran is a Vietnamese-American lawyer. She is a founder of The Tammy Tran Law firm, located in Bellaire, Texas, United States. [1]

Early Life and education

Tran is graduated from St. Mary's University, Texas with Bachelor of Art degree in communication art, She then earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law. She was the first Vietnamese-American women to be admitted to the University of Texas School of Law. [2] [1] [3] [4]

Career

Tran worked as a law clerk for Melinda Harmon, a United States district judge, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Then she practiced litigation at an international law firm Fulbright & Jaworski for eight years. After that she founded a law firm named "The Tammy Tran Law Firm" [1] [2].

Cases

  • Lead Counsel representing laborers in International Human Trafficking Case in U.S.:

This case influenced revisions to labor laws concerning U.S. companies seeking to recruit Vietnamese laborers from Vietnam to the United States [5] [6].

Acted as legal counsel for multiple victims in litigating this mass torts case. Dioxin can cause cancer, birth defects and skin cancer. [7] [8]

  • BP Oil Spill Claims and Barratry Victims:

Currently representing for a significant number of Vietnamese-American clients impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Serving as legal counsel to both the Vietnamese American Fisherman Emergency Association and the Vietnamese American Fisherman And Oil Spill Victims Emergency Association, which are the largest associations of Vietnamese fishers nationwide. [9] [10] [11] [12]

  • Temple Inland:

Acting as legal counsel for individuals affected by the Pearl River Spill attributed to Temple-Inland, Inc. on August 7, 2011. Designated by the federal judge of the east. [9]

  • Dietary Supplement:

Currently representing for a diverse group of Vietnamese Americans who have experienced adverse effects from consuming dietary supplements manufactured by various companies. [9]

  • Texas Shrimp Litigation:

Represented thousands of Vietnamese-American shrimpers in the Gulf Coast who challenged proposed state regulations that would reduce shrimpers’ ability to shrimp along the Texas coast. [10]

  • Protect Buddhist church in Vietnam:

Represented Thich Huyen Viet and Members of Unified Buddhist Church of Viet Nam in conducting an investigation of the sale of Phat Quang Pagoda [13] [14] [15] [16].

Affiliations

Tran is a Life Fellow at Houston Bar Foundation (Present). [17] [18]

Appointed by Mayor Bill White to serve on the joint City/County Commission on children (2006) [19].

Host Weekly Radio Talk Show on KREH 900 AM (2001-Present) [19].

Monthly Contributor/Writer for Vietnamese Legal & Life Magazine [19].

Serve as Mistress of Ceremonies at the Mayoral Inauguration of Lee P. Brown (1997) [19].

Member of The Steering Committee for Mayor Lee P. Brown [19].

Member of The Texas Bar Association [19].

Appointed by Mayor Lee P. Brown to be one of the Seventh Board Members of the Houston Police Officers Pension System representing the Mayor's office to assist in managing 2 billion pension funds [19].

References

  1. ^ a b c "Minh-Tam Tran Lawyer". avvo.
  2. ^ a b Firm, The Tammy Tran Law. "The Tammy Tran Law Firm". The Tammy Tran Law Firm. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "Tammy Tran Taxas Bar". texasbar.com.
  4. ^ "Minh-tam Tran". www.lawyer.com. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Jr, James C. McKinley (May 13, 2011). "In Debt, Far From Home and Claiming Servitude". The New York Times. ISSN  0362-4331. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "Asian American: Tammy Tran Files Federal Suit for 50 Exploited Viet Welders Goldsea". goldsea.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Vietnamese fishermen suing over alleged toxin in San Jacinto River, potentially contaminated fish that may have landed on dinner plates". abc7.com. ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  8. ^ LLP, The Tammy Tran Law Firm. "Local Fishermen Fear Toxic Waste in San Jacinto River, According to The Tammy Tran Law Firm LLP and Co-Counsel". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Legal Cases". www.avvo.com.
  10. ^ a b Mari, Francesca (April 16, 2020). "The Lawyer Whose Clients Didn't Exist". The Atlantic. ISSN  2151-9463. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  11. ^ "NGUYEN V. WATTS". caselaw.findlaw.com.
  12. ^ "BP Oil Spill Faollout". www.courthousenews.com.
  13. ^ "Vietnam: The Suppression of the Unified Buddhist Church". Refworld. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  14. ^ "Công bố văn bản tiếng Anh của Văn phòng Luật sư Tammy Tran Law Firm mở đầu thủ tục tố tụng, truy tố phía Sư Giác Đẳng – Steven Điêu — Hoà thượng Huyền Việt hội luận và trao đổi về hiện tình Giáo hội Phật giáo Việt Nam Thống nhất tại thành phố Dallas". pttpgqt.org. October 16, 2015. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  15. ^ AsiaNews.it. "Police attack pagoda of the Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam". www.asianews.it. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  16. ^ "Tran Testimony" (PDF). www.uscirf.gov.
  17. ^ "Fellows List". www.hba.org. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  18. ^ "cornerstone.pdf" (PDF). hbawp-docs.s3.amazonaws.com.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g "Plaintiffs Designation of Expert Witnesses April 20, 2007". Trellis.Law. April 20, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2024.

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