EricTung

Eric Tung focuses on appeals and motions practice in commercial litigation. He has drafted briefs and motions in federal and state courts, before administrative agencies, and in arbitrations and mediations. He has argued on numerous occasions in federal and state courts around the country at the trial and appellate levels, including the California Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit, D.C. Circuit, Seventh Circuit, and Florida Supreme Court. His clients include telecommunications, energy, banking, real estate, construction, entertainment, and digital currency companies.

Before joining Jones Day, Eric served as a law clerk to Justice Neil M. Gorsuch and to Justice Antonin Scalia. He also served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California and held government positions with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. He briefed and argued for the United States in the D.C. Circuit, obtaining a favorable ruling on an issue of first impression addressing the retroactivity of the Fair Sentencing Act.

Eric has also represented clients in the U.S. Supreme Court in cases involving First Amendment retaliation claims, the Sixth Amendment's Speedy Trial Clause, and the Alien Tort Statute. He obtained dismissal of claims for a real estate developer under the California Brown Act, founders of an entertainment company facing fraud allegations, and internet companies in federal and state courts facing allegations of fraudulent marketing practices.

Eric also has experience litigating trade secrets matters, representing a publicly traded company building satellite communications devices and an aircraft company. In addition, he has represented public utilities before the California Public Utilities Commission and in arbitration.