– Celebrating SABA’s 21th Anniversary –
Annual Gala Information

Keynote Speaker Amandeep Sidhu

Amandeep Sidhu, a partner at Winston & Strawn, is a nationally recognized litigator and is a co-founder of the Sikh Coalition, the largest civil and human rights non-profit organization in the United States dedicated to protecting the interests of the Sikh community. He has led lobbying efforts in the U.S. Congress regarding hate crimes, profiling, workplace, and public accommodation discrimination, and also serves as lead counsel in an ongoing effort to end the U.S. military’s presumptive ban on the service of observant Sikhs and other religious minorities.
Most recently, Mr. Sidhu represented a Sikh marine who sued the Marine Corps to be able to serve with his articles of faith, including his turban and facial hair. While litigation is ongoing, Ms. Singh was able to complete boot camp and graduated from the program in August 2023 with his articles of faith. Mr. Sidhu’s work, in partnership with the Sikh Coalition and other organizational partners, has led to historic policy changes in various branches of the military, including the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, that has opened the door to over 60 observant Sikhs serving in the U.S. military.
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Our 2023 Sponsors
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Royal India
Lakeya Cherry
Hon. Marsha Amin
San Diego County Bar Association
Lawyers Club of San Diego
San Diego Asian American Legal Education Fund (SDAALEF)
Filipino American Lawyers of San Diego (FALSD)
Korean American Bar Association of San Diego (KABA-SD)
Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego (PALSD)
Tom Homann LGBTQ+ Law Association
Shireen Matthews
San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association
Winston Strawn LLP

Past Annual Gala Programs
List of Past Speakers
Year | Speaker |
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2022 | Hon. Najla Ayoubi of Afghanistan, Chief of Global Programs at Every Woman Treaty |
2021 | Honorable Bernadette D’Souza, Chief Judge of the Orleans Civil District Court. |
2019 | Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of New Jersey |
2018 | Ahilan T. Arulanantham, Senior Counsel at the ACLU of Southern California. |
2017 | Paul Grewal, former Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Facebook, and former Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. |
2016 | Deepa Iyer, Author of We Too Sing America |
2015 | Honorable Sri Srinivasan, Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia |
2014 | Hon. Rupa Goswami, Judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California. |
2013 | Justin S. Anand, U.S. magistrate judge for the Northern District of Georgia |
2012 | Anjali Chaturvedi, Assistant General Counsel, BP America, Inc |