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Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2021, Dajoo Jung sat as a Judge or Presiding Judge in the Korean Judiciary for 16 years. During his term on the bench, he has presided over numerous cases at the Seoul Central District Court, Suwon District Court, Uijeongbu District Court, Busan District Court, and Ulsan District Court. Besides having litigation experience, Mr. Jung gained extensive experience and perspective in the judicial administration of a wide variety of high-profiled cases, parliamentary related affairs, and international affairs while working as the Director of Planning and Coordination at the National Court Administration, Supreme Court of Korea.

He has deep understanding of and great expertise in cases such as corporate-criminal cases, construction real-estate cases, bank, securities and finance related litigation, administrative related litigation, and family inheritance law cases.

Recently, in particular, Mr. Jung achieved full acquittals in the cases involving violations of the Specific Economic Crimes Act (embezzlement) by the heads of major food-related corporations. He also obtained excellent results in numerous criminal lawsuits, including cases of stock price manipulation during management disputes and manipulation of cryptocurrency prices.

Additionally, he successfully defended against various large civil lawsuits against companies, including injunctions related to management disputes and shareholder class actions following embezzlement and accounting fraud, as well as consumer class actions.
Education
2012 George Washington University Law School - LL.M.
2009 Seoul National University - Completed the course of Master's degree of Tax Law
2002 Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2000 Seoul National University, College of Law - LL.B.
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Work Experience
2021-Present Lee & Ko
2019-2021 Presiding Judge, Uijeongbu District Court
2017-2019 Presiding Judge, Ulsan District Court
2015-2017 Judge, Seoul Central District Court
2013-2015 Director of Planning and Coordination at Planning and Coordination Office, National Court Administration, Supreme Court of Korea / Judge, Suwon District Court
2009-2013 Judge, Busan District Court
2007-2009 Judge, Seoul Central District Court
2005-2007 Judge, Suwon District Court
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Admissions
2002 Admitted to bar, Korea
Academy of Private Case Law Studies
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Languages
Korean and English
Awards and Recognitions
2025 Selected as a 'Ranked Lawyer' by Chambers Global (Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Eminent Practitioners)
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Publications / Presentations / ETC
Practice for Compensation for Damages [Transportation and Industrial Accidents] (2017)
Desirable Sentencing for Criminal Cases (2016)
Trial Notes by Criminal Cases (2011)
The Inseparability and Interrelationship between the Right to Use a Site and the Ownership of the Sectional Part of a Building (2009)
Expansion of Criminal Law through the Special Criminal Law (2015)
Whether the Animation is Pornography for Children and Youth (2015)
The Meaning of 'Exercise of Tangible Power' and Degree of Harassment in the Sexual Harassment (2015)
Introduction of Supreme Court Judgment of the United States on GPS Location Tracking Without Writ (2012)
Perjury or Sentence of Innocence (2010)
Estimation of Inheritance of Disposition Property before the Start Date of Inheritance (2008)
Issues in the Tax Law related to the Misappropriation of Corporate Property by Corporate Employees (2007)
Problems regarding the Application of the Zero Value-added Tax rate to Anomalous Transactions of Prohibited Money (2007)
History of Corporate Tax Laws related to Debt Conversion (2007)
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