WookSun Hong
Top rated Business & Corporate attorney in Oakland, California
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 
Free Consultation Law Office of WookSun Hong/Bay Area Legal Incubator
125 12th StSuite 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.Â
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. Â However, he handles many other aspects of related real estate issues. Â 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: BusinessFirst Admitted: 2015, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.bayarealegalincubator.org/p/3072/wooksun-phil-ho...
- 2016-current. Â Community Legal Assistance Saturday Clinic by Alameda County Bar Association, first Saturday of every month -Â
- Commercial Eviction Defense, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, San Francisco, CA Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â , 2020
- 2020-current. Â Property Transfer Clinic, Alameda county
- 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 discriminationÂ
- Seoul National University, Â Seoul, Â South Korea, 1989
- , 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Rising Stars: 2021 - 2023