Background
Fong, Kenneth Tom was born on February 9, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Tom and Bonnie Fong.
Fong, Kenneth Tom was born on February 9, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Tom and Bonnie Fong.
California State University at Los Angeles (Bachelor of Science, 1984). Loyola Marymount University (Juris Doctor, 1988). Staff Member, 1986- 1987 and Articles Editor, 1987-1988, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review.
Worked at Barbosa & Garcia (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Education, Municipal, Administrative, Land Use, Real Estate, Corporate, Banking and Commercial, Employment, Environmental, Public Finance, Public Sector Labor. General Business and Commercial Litigation, State and Federal Civil and Appellate Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1989, California.
Articles Editor, 1987-1988, Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review.
Articles Editor, California Real Property Journal, 1994-1996. Author: "Shell Oil Company v.
Santa Monica: The Sticky Business of Setting Oil Pipeline Franchise Fees Under the Dormant Commerce Clause," 21 Loy. Los Angeles L. Review 581, 1988.
"An Introduction to Drafting Redevelopment Agreements," 19 Public Lord Justice, Number.
1, Spring, 1995. Company-Author: "What"s Right With Redevelopment," 13 California Real. Propagation J., Number. 2, Spring, 1995.
Member: Board of Directors, Asian Youth Center, 1988-1996.
Member: State Bar of California (Executive Committee, Real Property Section). Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors). Barbosa Garcia & Barnes, a fifteen-attorney firm, has a sophisticated practice representing both private clients and public entities.
The firm has an established corporate clientele ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to small family businesses.
Foreign many years, the firm has represented governmental clients as city attorney to several cities and as general and special counsel to counties, school districts, and other public entities. The firm"s specialization and the expertise of its attorneys, balanced between litigation and transactional work, has allowed the firm to combine the resources of a large firm with the accessibility and responsiveness of a small firm.
Members of the firm actively participate in professional and civic affairs, including pro-bono representation.
Member: Board of Directors, Asian Youth Center, 1988-1996. Member: State Bar of California (Executive Committee, Real Property Section). Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors).