Taft Cleveland Partner Philip Bautista has been appointed to the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Board of Governors for the 2026-2027 term.

Established in 1988, NAPABA is the nation’s largest Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) membership organization representing the interests of over 80,000 legal professionals and over 90 national, state, and local bar associations.

Bautista is a partner in Taft’s Intellectual Property and Litigation practice groups and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is a trial lawyer who has extensive first-chair litigation and trial experience.