Jipyong LLC

Financial Disputes; Investor Disputes; Commercial Disputes; Constitutional & Administrative Litigation; Inheritance Disputes; Criminal Defense; Criminal Defense (Trial)

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Mr. Donga Kim, a former chief judge at Seoul Southern District Court, joined Jipyong after 21 years of service at the courts. He served as a judge from 1998 until February 2019. He was admitted to the bar in 1995 and then served as a judge advocate officer at the Korean Air Force.

As a judicial researcher at the Supreme Court and a judge at Seoul High Court, Gwangju High Court and Seoul Central District Court, etc., Mr. Kim handled a wide range of criminal cases (including arrest warrants), civil cases and administrative cases.

At Seoul Central District Court, he handled white color crime cases, capital markets act violation cases, and medical institution cases as a criminal presiding judge in charge of economic and health cases. He also handled securities damage cases, insurance cases and auction collusion damage cases, etc. as a civil presiding judge in charge of corporate cases.

Since 2021, he has served as a non-executive member of the KFTC. He has handled various types of cases, including abuse of dominant position, mergers, unfair support, unfair concerted practices, and unfair trade practices.

With more than 20 years of rich and in-depth practical experience, Mr. Kim is advising clients on criminal/corporate matters, capital markets act matters, and finances and insurance matters.

2019-Present / JIPYONG LLC

2025-Present / Member, Petition Review Committee, Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Development Corporation

2025-Present / Legal Counsel, Gyeonggi Housing & Urban Development Corporation

2024-Present / Member, Information Disclosure Review Committee, Seoul Jongno Police Station

2024-Present / Legal Advisor, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul

2020-Present / Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board

2021-2024 / Non-standing Commissioner, Korea Fair Trade Commission

2020-2022 / Director, SH Human Rights Center, Seoul Housing & Communities Corp.

2019-2022 / Member, Teachers’ Authority Protection Committee, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education

2019-2021 / Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University School of Law

2018-2019 / Chief Judge, Seoul Southern District Court

2015-2018 / Chief Judge, Seoul Central District Court

2012-2015 / Professor, Judicial Research and Training Institute

2010-2012 / Chief Judge, Daejeon District Court

2008-2010 / Judicial Researcher, the Supreme Court

2007 / Research Judge, Judicial Research and Training Institute

2006-2007 / Judge, Seoul High Court

2005 / Judge, Seoul Central District Court

2004 / Judge, Gwangju High Court

2002 / Chairperson, Jeollanam-do Hampyeong-gun Election Commission

2002-2004 / Judge, Gwangju District Court, mokpo Branch

2000-2002 / Judge, Seoul District Court, Eastern Branch

1998-2000 / Judge, Uijeongbu Branch Court under Seoul District Court

1995-1998 / Judge Advocate Officer, Korean Air Force

Korean / English

1995 / Admitted to bar, Korea

2007 / Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

1993 / Seoul National University (LL.B.)