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Young Jin KIM
Labor & Employment
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A seasoned expert in employment/labor law and practice, Mr. Young Jin Kim served as a judge for 14 years at all levels of the country’s judiciary system, including Seoul High Court before joining Lee & Ko’s Labor & Employment Practice Group as a Partner in 2023. Mr. Kim honed his skills as an employment/labor law practitioner during his years at the Research Division of the Korean Supreme Court where he focused his research on labor disputes. He is also well versed in employment/labor law trial practice, having served as a judge at Seoul High Court where he was primarily assigned to adjudicate labor/employment disputes. Mr. Kim boasts experience in the administrative function of the Korean court system as he served as a director at National Court Administration where he worked closely with the National Assembly of Korea.
Education
| 2022 | Seoul National University, School of Law - Ph.D in Labor Law |
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| 2016 | Columbia Law School - LL.M. |
| 2012 | Seoul National University, School of Law - M.A. in Civil Law |
| 2006 | Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 2004 | Seoul National University - B.A. in Law |
Work Experience
| 2023-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 2022-2023 | High Court Judge, Seoul High Court (Labor) |
| 2019-2022 | Research Judge, Supreme Court of Korea (Labor) |
| 2018-2019 | Judge, Daejeon District Court |
| 2017-2018 | Director of Planning 2 at Planning and Coordination Office, National Court Administration |
| 2013-2017 | Judge, Daejeon District Court |
| 2011-2013 | Judge, Seoul Eastern District Court |
| 2009-2011 | Judge, Seoul Central District Court |
| 2006-2009 | Military Judicial Officer |
Languages
| Korean and English |
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- Annotation on Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (2nd Edition), Labor Law Practice Research Committee (2023)
- The Issues on the Effectiveness of the Wage Peak System (No. 62), Judicial Devleopment Foundation (2022)
- Research on Serious Accident Punishment Act (Vol. 1) (2022)
- Procedural Duty of Fair Representation of Bargaining Representative Union in the Process of Collective Bargaining (No. 55), Judicial Devleopment Foundation (2021)
- Annotation on Registration of Real Estate Act, LAWnB-ONJU (2019)
- Whether the condition under Article 11 of the Provisional Registration Security Act is applicable to the primary registration that is based on a provisional registration of collateral that was created in violation of the liquidation procedure, Discussions on Civil Law: Principles and Practice, Dissertation Publication Committee in Celebration of Professor Jin Soo Yoon’s Retirement (2020)
- Calculating Appropriate Amount of Compensation per Type of Unlawful Activities, National Court Administration (2017)
- Recent Trends in Preliminary Injunction for Non-Compete Covenant, Gyeryong Law (2014)
- On a Garnishee's Ability to Use its Monetary Claim against the Debtor to Set off a Garnishment, Journal of Private Case Law Studies No. 35 (2013)
- Issues and Projections re: Bankruptcy under the Jurisdiction of the Daejeon High Court, Report on National Rehabilitation/Bankruptcy Judge Forum,Suwon District Court (2013)
- Study on the Legal Issues of the Advertisement on Lotting-out, Seoul National University (2012)
- (Former) Coordinator at Labor Law Practice Research Committee, Supreme Court
- (Former) Member of Military Personnel Appeals Commission, Republic of Korea Army Headquarters
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