As a senior partner in the Labor & Employment Practice Group, Mr. Chang Soo Jin’s practice focuses on a broad range of civil, criminal and constitutional law issues. Prior to joining Lee & Ko, Mr. Jin served with distinction as a judge for about 21 years in various courts, including 2 years as a Research Officer for the Constitutional Court. Mr. Jin’s most recent judicial posts before joining Lee & Ko included the Seoul Administrative Court and the Seoul Southern District Court, where he presided over the adjudication of various cases relating to labor & employment law, administrative rulings and tax matters, among other things. Mr. Jin took the lead in issuing a number of rulings on labor & employment cases that have had an enormous impact on the labor/employment sector. Such cases included, among others, a decision on wage standards for pilots and a decision on dismissals of underperforming employees. Other influential rulings by him have included a decision in a high-profile case concerning the validity of legal limits on giant retailers’ operating hours and a decision on taxation of real-estate holdings.