WookSun Hong

Top rated Business & Corporate attorney in Oakland, California

Law Office of WookSun Hong/Bay Area Legal Incubator
WookSun Hong
Law Office of WookSun Hong/Bay Area Legal Incubator

Practice Areas: Business & Corporate, Civil Rights, Real Estate view more

Licensed in California since: 2015

Education: University of San Francisco School of Law

Languages Spoken: English, Korean

Selected to Rising Stars: 2021 - 2023
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Law Office of WookSun Hong/Bay Area Legal Incubator

125 12th St
Suite 100-BALI
Oakland, CA 94607 Phone: 510-368-8538 Email: WookSun Hong

Details

WookSun Hong is part of the Bay Area Legal Incubator, a group of attorneys that provide legal services for mid to low income communities. Their practice areas cover employment, immigration, estate planning, real estate, business/corporate law, prisoners’ rights, elder law, education and more.  He graduated from Seoul National University with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. He pursued Ph.D. degree in biochemistry before switching to law. He is the recipient of the ACBA’s 2019 Distinguished Service Award for Barrister.  He is a 2019 and 2020 extraordinary VLSC volunteer and a member of ACBA LRS Governing Committee.  He enjoys cycling and wants to travel as many countries as possible in the future. 

He personally handle housing/landlord-tenant cases, residential or commercial; housing discrimination including section 8/income discrimination, race/national origin discriminiation, service/support animal issues.  However, he handles many other aspects of related real estate issues.  His areas of practice includes Business law (Business contact and entity formation) and estate planning (Trust, Will, Power of attorney).

Practice areas

Business/Corporate, Civil Rights, Real Estate: Consumer, Estate Planning & Probate, Real Estate: Business

First Admitted: 2015, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.bayarealegalincubator.org/p/3072/wooksun-phil-ho...

Pro bono/Community Service:
  • 2016-current.  Community Legal Assistance Saturday Clinic by Alameda County Bar Association, first Saturday of every month - 
  • Commercial Eviction Defense, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, San Francisco, CA                            , 2020
  • 2020-current.  Property Transfer Clinic, Alameda county
Representative Clients:
  • residential tenants and small business commercial tenants
  • racial minority clients for housing discrimination
  • small business owners in need of contract or contract dispute
  • Transgender or nonbinary clients for housing discrimination 
Educational Background:
  • Seoul National University,  Seoul,  South Korea, 1989
Honors/Awards:
  • , Extraordinary Volunteer, Alameda County Bar Association, Legal Access Alameda, 2022
  • , 2015 Pro Bono Publico Award, Gold Level, University of San Francisco, School of Law, 2015
  • , Outstanding Volunteer, Volunteer Legal Services Corp. of Alameda County Bar Association, 2019
  • , ACBA Distinguished Service Award for a Barrister, Alameda County Bar Assoc, 2019
  • , Outstanding Volunteer, Volunteer Legal Services Corp. of Alameda County Bar Association, 2018
Verdicts/Settlements:
  • Settlement - harassment, 2022
  • Settlement - Wrongful Eviction, 2023
  • Commercial Building purchase/contract negotiation, 2023
  • real estate purchase dispute, 2022
  • Settlement - breach of contract for business purchase, 2022
  • Settlement - Housing Discrimination, 2022
  • Ellis Act eviction settlement, 2022
  • Constructive eviction, 2021
  • Housing discrimination based on disability, familial status, source of income., 2021
  • Retaliatory Eviction, 2017
  • Wrongful Eviction, 2020
  • wrongful eviction, 2016
  • Housing discrimination based on source of  income (section  8), 2021
  • Housing discrimination based on race, income source or disability, 2021
  • Housing defects/habitability violations, 2021
  • Quite title, 2020
  • Housing discrimination based on gender identity, 2020
  • Housing discrimination based on race and disability for a couple - settlement for $200,000, 2020
Transactions:
  • Commercial Lease negotiation, 2022
  • partnership agreement, 2022
  • purchase contract for small business owners lease preparation and/or negotiation for business owners Lease renegotiation for small business owners, 2020
  • Lease/Purchase negotiation/agreement, 2021
  • conversion of small business from self-employment  to corporation, 2021
  • Commercial Lease assignment, 2021
  • Buyout agreement, corporation, 2021
Bar/Professional Activity:
  • Alameda County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service Governing Committee, vice chair, 2023
  • Alameda County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service Governing Committee

Office location for WookSun Hong

125 12th St
Suite 100-BALI
Oakland, CA 94607

Selections

3 Years Rising Stars
  • Rising Stars: 2021 - 2023

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