Practice Areas

Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Corporate Securities Litigation and Construction Litigation.

Mr. Kuo's practice focuses on complex commercial matters involving securities fraud, derivative actions, intellectual property litigation, construction litigation and unfair business practice claims. He advises his clients on measures and business practices to minimize litigation risk. If circumstances warrant, however, he will defend and prosecute claims in state and federal courts.

During his career, Mr. Kuo has handled a wide variety of cases, but focuses primarily upon business litigation, including patent cases, trademark cases, trade secret cases, copyright cases, securities cases, real estate cases, and contract cases. He is intimately involved in intellectual property actions filed in federal courts both inside and outside the State of California (including Washington and Texas). Mr. Kuo’s areas of concentration also include employment law, including conducting internal investigations, advising employers on terminations, discipline, training and formulation of policy. He also defends employers in litigation involving wrongful termination, retaliation, harassment, employment discrimination, wage and hour claims and related tort actions. Mr. Kuo also counsels employers and their employees in the prevention of harassment and discrimination in the workplace and related employment topics.

Formerly an associate at one of California’s largest law firm (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith), Mr. Kuo handled litigation matters in the construction defect practice group where he defended companies against claims for breach of contract, breach of express and implied warranties, strict liability and negligence. Mr. Kuo has represented and continues to represent community associations, developers, general and subcontractors, residential and commercial landowners in construction defect litigation.

Mr. Kuo has diligently fought for his clients, both obtaining substantial awards and judgments for them and successfully defending them in high-stakes lawsuits. He speaks fluent Mandarin, Chinese and performs pro bono work for the Chinese community. In 2009, Hubert Kuo was recognized as a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers magazine, an honor reserved for the top 2.5% of lawyers in Southern California under the age of 40.

Education	University of California, Davis (B.A., 1995), University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 1999).
Admissions	Mr. Kuo is admitted to practice before all California Courts and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Memberships	Orange County Asian American Bar Association, Southern California Chinese Lawyer’s Association, and Orange County American Bar Association.
Additional Languages	Mandarin, Chinese.