He received his B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers College and his J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law. Before returning to his home state of New Jersey, he served as a Deputy Corporation Counsel with the City and County of Honolulu, initially in the Counseling and Drafting Division and then subsequently in the Trials Division. Mr. Hung also served as a former Civil Division Law Clerk with the Circuit Court of the First Circuit for the State of Hawaii prior to his political appointment as a Deputy Corporation Counsel.