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2018-present Yoon & Yang LLC 2025-present Member, Industrial Property Rights Legislation Advisory Committee, Ministry of Intellectual Property 2025-present Member, Judicial Administration Advisory Committee, Intellectual Property High Court 2025-present President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association 2025-present Director, Intellectual Property Training Institute, Seoul Bar Association 2023-present Member, Researcher Rights Protection Committee under the Ministry of Science and ICT 2020-present Mediator, Patent Court 2019-present Arbitrator, Korea Commercial Arbitration Board 2019-present Head, Technology Infringement Investigation Advisory Group, Ministry of SMEs and Startups 2018-present Member, Special Committee of Judiciary Assessment, Seoul Bar Association 2018-present Member, International/SME/Venture Sub-Advisory Committee, KOSDAQ Association 2017-present Lecturer, Course for technical investigators/technical examiners at the Judicial Research and Training Institute 2017-present Lecturer, Courses on litigations regarding intellectual property rights at the Judicial Research and Training Institute 2009-present Member, Civil Law Research Society, Special Law Research Society, Patent Law Society and Information Law Society of the Supreme Court 2023-25 Senior Vice President, Korean Intellectual Property Lawyers Association 2021-25 Member, Industrial Property Rights Legislation Advisory Committee, Korean Intellectual Property Office 2021-23 Director, Korean Arbitrators Association, Inc. 2018 Member, Editorial Board of the Collection of Papers Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Patent Court 2017-21 Commissioner, Personal Information Protection Commission under the Presidential Office (vice minister level) 2017-18 Member, Task force for International Trial Division of the Supreme Court 2017 Government delegate, 27th meeting of WIPO SCP at Geneva 2016-17 Advanced Intellectual Property Strategy Program of KAIST Graduate School of Future Strategy (1st -4th classes) 2016-18 Head of Intellectual Property Team (consisting of 25 judges specialized in intellectual property), International Rules Society of the Supreme Court 2016-18 Judge, Patent Court (collegiate court dedicated to invalidation and infringement of patent, etc.) 2016 Member, Task Force for Research on Justification of Patent Lawsuit under the Office of Court Administration 2015 Member of steering committee, Judges’ Council of Seoul High Court (Representative of 26th class of Judicial Research and Training Institute) 2012-14 Judge, Seoul High Court [collegiate court dedicated to international transactions (insurance, marine affairs)] 2010-12 Chairman, Chungju Election Commission 2010-12 Chief Judge, Chungju Branch of Cheongju District Office (Presiding Judge) 2009-10 Judicial Researcher, Supreme Court (Intellectual Property Right Team) 2008-09 Judge, Seoul High Court 2007-08 Judge, Seoul Southern District Court 2006 Government delegate, Vienna Conference of the UNCITRAL Working Group 2 2006-09 International Litigation and Arbitration Team, International Rules Society of the Supreme Court 2004-07 Judge, Jinju Branch of Changwon District Court 2002-04 Judge, Seoul Central District Court 2000-02 Judge, Incheon District Court 1997-00 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Air Force

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2024 Yonsei University Graduate School of Public Health (Advanced Program, The Future of Bio Health and Regulatory Science) 2015 Seoul National University College of Engineering (Advanced Construction Project Management Program) 2014 Seoul National University College of Engineering (Advanced Industrial Strategy Program) 2013 Seoul National University (Professional Legal Research Program, Fair Trade) 2008 University of Virginia School of Law (LL.M.) 1997 Judicial Research and Training Institute 1992 Korea University College of Law (LL.B.)