WookSun Hong
Top rated Civil Rights attorney in Oakland, California
Practice Areas:
Civil rights,
Real estate,
Estate planning & probate
Education Qualification:
University of San Francisco School of Law
Practice Areas:
Civil rights,
Real estate,
Estate planning & probate
125 12th St Suite 100-BALIOakland, California, 94612
First Admitted: 2015, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.bayarealegalincubator.org/p/3072/wooksun-phil-ho...
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Chair, Alameda County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service Governing Committe, 2024
- Alameda County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service Governing Committee, vice chair, 2023
- Alameda County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service Governing Committee
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- CA Supreme Court - Judgment Upheld, 2025
- Appeal: Affirmed in full, 2024
- Settlement: Housing Discrimination., 2024
- verdict, jury trial, 2024
- Defense: Dismissal with prejudice - Breach of Contract, 2023
- Writ of Mandamus - Granted, 2024
- Settlement - Business contract, 2024
- Judgment - Wrongful eviction, housing discrimination, 2024
- settlement - housing discrimination/retaliation, 2023
- settlement - Section 8 housing discrimination, 2023
- Verdict - gender identity discrimination/misgendering including punitive damages, 2023
- 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
Videos:
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
Transactions:
- Commercial Lease negotiation, 2022
- Commercial Building Purchase Negotiation, 2023
- Commercial Lease Negotiation, 2023
- 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 negotiatiogreement, 2021
- conversion of small business from self-employment to corporation, 2021
- Commercial Lease assignment, 2021
- Buyout agreement, corporation, 2021
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
Honors/Awards:
- Certificate of Appreciation, AIDS Legal Referral Panel, 2016
- Extraordinary Volunteer, Alameda County Bar Association, Legal Access Alameda, 2022
- For outstanding service providing pro bono services to those in need as a volunteer for Legal Service Alameda, Certificate of Appreciation, Legal Access Alameda, 2022
- Presenting an MCLE Training in 2022, Volunteer Appreciation Award, ALRP, 2023
- Accepting five or more referrals in 2022, Volunteer Appreciation Award, ALRP, 2023
- 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
Educational Background:
- Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 1989
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