SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA: Reel Fathers Rights, the fastest growing law firm on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies and California’s most recognized fathers’ rights law firm, today announced the addition of San Jose family law attorney Jonathan Tung as a Senior Trial Attorney. Tung joins the firm’s San Jose office, where he will represent fathers in Divorce, Child Custody, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, and Child Support cases across Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, and Stanislaus Counties.
Licensed by the State Bar of California since 2015, Tung brings a trial practice that spans three distinct areas of California law: family, criminal, and civil. Over the course of his career he has handled matters ranging from Title IX proceedings and paternity fraud to the defense of clients falsely accused of sexual offenses in both criminal and civil courts. That breadth is directly relevant to the fathers he now represents. A contested custody case is rarely confined to one courtroom, and an attorney who has litigated in all three arenas understands how a dispute can develop and where it is most likely to turn.
“Jonathan Tung is exactly the kind of attorney that makes Reel Fathers Rights an extraordinary resource for fathers in Northern California,” said Mark Reel Jr., Founder and CEO of Reel Fathers Rights. “When a father is facing a restraining order or a custody fight, he needs an attorney who has stood in every one of those courtrooms. Jonathan has spent his career separating what a person is accused of from what actually happened, and that is the experience fathers across the Bay Area will now have on their side. We are proud to have him as part of our team.”
A San Jose Family Law Attorney With Trial Experience in Every Courtroom a Father May Face
Fathers in family court often face pressure on several fronts at once. A request for a domestic violence restraining order under Family Code section 6300, a Child Protective Services referral, a criminal complaint, and a request to modify custody can all arise from the same contested set of facts and proceed simultaneously in different courtrooms. Tung’s experience across family, criminal, and civil practice allows him to see how those proceedings connect and to build a strategy that accounts for all of them.
His work defending clients against false accusations carries particular weight in family court, where allegations of abuse and misconduct often surface at the moment they can do the most damage. A father can lose access to his children through a temporary order entered before he has said a word in his own defense, and that order can remain in place for weeks while a hearing is set. Tung understands what a false allegation does to a person because he has represented people it happened to, and that experience is directly on point for fathers defending against a restraining order request, responding to a CPS investigation, or facing a custody move built on an unproven claim.
Tung’s work in dependency court has reinforced his conviction about the vital role fathers play in their children’s lives, particularly in a world shaped by relentless social media pressure, widespread drug use, and high conflict parenting disputes. He earned his J.D. from Rutgers Law School in 2014 and holds bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Philosophy from the University of California, Davis.
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Northern California Counties and Family Courthouses Served From the San Jose Office
From the firm’s San Jose office, Tung represents fathers in family court across seven Northern California counties:
- Santa Clara County: Family Justice Center, San Jose
- Santa Cruz County: Watsonville Courthouse, Watsonville
- San Mateo County: Hall of Justice and Records, Redwood City
- San Francisco County: Civic Center Courthouse, San Francisco
- Alameda County: Hayward Hall of Justice, Hayward
- Contra Costa County: Peter L. Spinetta Family Law Center, Martinez
- Stanislaus County: Stanislaus County Main Courthouse, Modesto
About Reel Fathers Rights
Reel Fathers Rights is a premier California family law firm handling Divorce, Child Custody, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, and Child Support. Our practice focuses on representing men and fathers in California Family Courts. Named the #1 Law Firm on the 2025 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies and ranked #9 on the 2026 Inc. Regionals: Pacific list, the firm serves fathers from 11 offices: ten across Southern California, in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties, and its San Jose office, which serves seven Bay Area and Central Valley counties. Its team of more than 20 attorneys carries a collective portfolio that includes California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars honorees, Certified Family Law Specialists, Best Lawyers in America honorees, National Mock Trial Competition winners, NITA Family Law Program graduates, and nationally published practitioners.
Founded by Mark Reel Jr., himself a California Rising Stars honoree (2026 and 2027), Best Lawyers Ones to Watch honoree (2026, 2027), Elite Lawyer (2022 to 2026), and President of the Board of the National Council for Equal and Shared Parenting (NCESP), the firm is built around a single mission: ensuring that every father who walks through its doors receives the most experienced, most credentialed, and most committed legal representation available anywhere in California.
Reel Fathers Rights holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest peer review designation in the legal profession, and is recognized by Elite Lawyers, Expertise.com, and Lawyers of Distinction as a top Southern California family law firm.
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