Associates

Meet the associates of our law firm in Pleasanton, helping and assisting in all of our areas or practice.

• Sean Gentry
• Jenny K. Hong

Sean Gentry

Sean Gentry is a member of Garcia & Gurney’s General Civil Litigation practice group. His practice centers around commercial and business disputes, including employment, unfair business practices, trade secret misappropriation, business torts, real estate, leasing, collections, business ownership disputes, and trust and probate disputes. His trial practice covers the Bay Area counties and the Tri-Valley area, including Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Santa Clara County, San Francisco County, and San Mateo County. Mr. Gentry is a Pleasanton native returning to his roots to build a career in litigation in the East Bay Area.

Mr. Gentry earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics from the University of California San Diego and his law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law. While in law school, Mr. Gentry represented the U.C. Hastings’ Negotiation and Mediation Team, which took Second Place in the 2010 State Bar of California Environmental Negotiations Competition and also Second Place in the 2010 Liberty University School of Law’s National Government Contracts and Programs Negotiation Tournament. He also represented the U.C. Hastings’ Moot Court Team at the 2009 Brown Admiralty Moot Court Competition. Mr. Gentry now maintains this dedication to legal and civics competition and education by volunteering with students in both U.C. Hastings’ Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution and its Moot Court Program, as well as with Foothill High School’s We The People competition civics team.

Education:

• J.D., University of California Hastings College of the Law (2010)
• B.A., University of California San Diego (2006)

Admissions:

• California State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• Alameda County Bar Association
• California Young Lawyers Association

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Jenny K. Hong

Over the past ten years of her practice, business litigation associate Jenny K. Hong has represented high-technology companies, start-ups, insurance companies, professional business entities, and retail clients in a wide range of litigation matters. While she currently focuses her practice on business formation and corporate transactions, as well as intellectual property matters, she also works on resolving business disputes including real estate, leasing, construction, collections, employment, unfair business practices, business ownership, and claims of banks and financial institutions.

In addition to her attorney license, Ms. Hong currently holds a California Real Estate Broker's License and a California Property and Casualty Broker's License.  She is also a certified Arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau.

Ms. Hong earned her Bachelor's of Science degree from University of California at Davis and her law degree from the University of San Francisco, School of Law, where she served as Admissions Committee Chair and as Vice President of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. Her recent works in community involvement include serving on the Legislative Committee for the San Ramon Valley Council, as well as serving as Vice President of Legislative Advocacy on the executive board of the PTA. Currently, she is serving as Vice President of the Education Fund for a local school in San Ramon, and is also the chair of Board Members for the Okhland Korean School, a non-profit organization.

Education:

• J.D., University of San Francisco School of Law (1988)
• B.A., University of California, Davis (1993)

Admissions:

• California State Courts
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

Professional Associations/Memberships:

• California Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Asian American Bar Association

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