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Tai Han HA
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Tai Han Ha has dedicated more than two decades to judicial service across Korea’s major courts, including the Supreme Court, Seoul Central District Court, Daejeon District Court, and most recently, the Seoul High Court in 2025. During his distinguished tenure on the bench, he presided over a broad array of cases spanning civil, criminal, administrative, labor, and bankruptcy matters. Drawing on his deep judicial insight and extensive courtroom experience, Mr. Ha now represents corporate and individual clients in high stake white-collar matters, including capital market violations, occupational breach of trust and embezzlement. His practice also encompasses administrative litigation involving environmental regulations, public health, urban planning, and expropriation of land, as well as a broad range of civil disputes related to financial transactions, construction and real estate, and personal information protection.
Education
| 2015 | Pennsylvania State University Law School – Visiting Scholar |
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| 2004 | Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 1994 | Seoul National University – B.A. in Economics |
Work Experience
| 2025-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 2020-2025 | High Court Judge, Seoul High Court (Criminal [Election] / Administrative [Labor and Land Expropriation] Division) |
| 2017-2020 | Judicial Researcher, Supreme Court (Criminal Investigation Division) |
| 2014-2017 | Judge, Seoul Central District Court (Single Judge Criminal Division) |
| 2011-2014 | Judge, Uijeongbu District Court Goyang Branch (Warrant / Single Judge Criminal & Family Affairs Divisions) |
| 2008-2011 | Judge, Daejeon District Court (Corporate Rehabilitation & Bankruptcy / Application Settlement / Single Judge Civil Division) |
| 2006-2008 | Judge, Seoul Central District Court (Civil Settlement Division) |
| 2005-2006 | Judge, Seoul High Court (Civil Division) |
| 2004-2005 | Judge, Seoul Eastern District Court (Civil Appeal Division) |
Languages
| Korean and English |
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- Co-Author, Annotated Specific Provisions of Criminal Act (Editor-in-Chief: Chief Justice Tae Ak Roh) (Korean Institute of Judicial Administration, 2024)
- Co-Author, 100 Special Cases in Criminal Act (Pybook, 2022)
- Editor-in-Chief, Court Practice Manual: Criminal Cases (National Court Administration, 2023)
- Co-Author, Annotated Criminal Procedure Act (Editor-in-Chief: Chief Justice Tae Ak Roh), (Korean Institute of Judicial Administration, 2022)
- Co-Author, Annotated General Provisions of Criminal Act (Editor-in-Chief: Former Chief Justice Sang Ok Park), (Korean Institute of Judicial Administration, 2018)
- [Commentary on Court Decisions] Determination of Whether a Defendant May Appeal to the Supreme Court on Grounds Not Raised in the Appellate Court When the Sentence Is Enhanced Upon the Prosecutor’s Appeal for Improper Sentencing (Supreme Court Library of Korea, 2019)
- [Commentary on Court Decisions] Interpretation of “Infringement of Another Person’s Secrets Processed, Stored, or Transmitted Through an Information and Communications Network” under Article 49 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (Supreme Court Library of Korea, 2019)
- [Commentary on Court Decisions] Subject and Method of Calculating “Total Value of Supply” for Identical Fictitious Transactions or Issued Tax Invoices as a Requirement under Article 8-2(1) of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (Supreme Court Library of Korea, 2018)
- [Commentary on Court Decisions] Interpretation of “Due Process” and “Detection and Collection” under Article 11 of the Military Secret Protection Act (Supreme Court Library of Korea, 2018)
- [Commentary on Court Decisions] Determination of Whether Acts Constitute Deceit of Fraudulent Crimes When a Hospital, Established in Violation of the Medical Service Act, Receives Premiums for Claims for Automobile-Related Medical Expenses or Procures Patients to Obtain Actual Medical Expenses from an Insurance Company After Providing Medical Treatment (Supreme Court Library of Korea, 2018)
- Determination of Application or Permissibility of Analogical Application of Article 7 of the Criminal Act to the Pre-Trial Detention of a Person Acquitted and Released in a Foreign Country (Judicial Development Foundation, 2017)
- Faculty Member, New Judges Training Program, Judicial Research & Training Institute (2024)
- Instructor, Criminal Procedure Practice for Military Judges, Judicial Research & Training Institute (2019)
- Member, Court Administration Examination Committee (Criminal Act), National Court Administration (2018)
- Member, State Compensation Committee, Navy Headquarters (2009-2010)
