Uyen Nicole Duong was born in central Vietnam and came to America as a teenager after the fall of Saigon in 1975. Duong was graduated from Southern Illinois University, the University of Houston Law Center and Harvard Law School. Before becoming a corporate lawyer, Duong was trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and Pasadena, and was a writer for Houston public schools. She was later appointed district director of risk management, the first Asian woman appointed by Houston Independent Public School District to an executive position. She also served in Houston as Associate Municipal Judge and Magistrate for the State of Texas and in 1992 was honored by the ABA for being the first Vietnamese American judge in the U.S. She has worked in private practice in the oil industry and as a trial attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Duong is currently a professor of law at the University of Denver. Her website is here.
Books by Uyen Nicole Duong
