ADMITTED

         California Bar in 2005                                      

EDUCATION

        Southwestern School of Law, Los Angeles, California

            Juris Doctorate, December 2004

<      Public Relations Officer, Asian Pacific American Law Students Assoc., 2003-2004

         University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

            Bachelor of Arts, German and Medieval & Renaissance Collegium,

            April 1997

<      Phillips Classical Prize, Fall 1994

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ms. Hong joined Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP as a litigation associate in August 2006.  Ms. Hong’s areas of practice include eminent domain, land use, environmental, real estate and business law.  She is experienced in all phases of the litigation process, including trials, appeals, and mediation.

While attending law school, Ms. Hong worked at the Torrance City Attorney’s Office as certified law clerk.  She gained litigation experience while attending and assisting at trials, hearings and mediations.  Ms. Hong also drafted pleadings, briefs, and settlement agreements and also conducted extensive legal research for the Torrance City Attorney’s Office.

After law school, Ms. Hong served as a judicial intern for the Honorable S. James Otero, Judge of the United States District Court where she researched and drafted orders and bench memoranda.  She also later served as a judicial law clerk for Judge Otero, for whom she performed extensive research and analysis of the State and federal laws and drafted decisions.