Prior to Hopkins & Carley, Cary, who is fluent in Mandarin, worked with a global law firm where he represented high technology companies in both offensive and defensive patent litigation in U.S. Federal Courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission.
Cary has extensive experience in municipal and state politics. He served as Chief of Staff to a San Jose Councilmember, where he was the principal staff-liaison for land-use policy and development entitlements in the North San Jose Redevelopment Area. Cary also served as an aide to a member of the California State Assembly representing San Francisco.
Before law school, Cary was a test engineer for NetIQ, an enterprise systems management software company in San Jose.