Dentons Lee

Administrative Litigation, Capital Markets, Criminal, Litigation, Energy, Fair Trade, Finance, Intellectual Property and Technology, Labor and Employment, Litigation and Dispute Resolutions, Real Estate, Tax

Chief Managing Attorney

Chief Managing Attorney, Dentons Lee, 2024-present

Partner, Class Hankyul LLC, 2022-2024

Presiding Judge, Seoul Southern District Court, 2021-2022

Presiding Judge, Seoul Central District Court, 2018-2021

Constitutional Rapporteur Judge(Head of Property Rights Division), dispatched to the Constitutional Court, 2015-2018

Presiding Judge, Daegu and Suwon District Courts, 2014-2018

Trial Researcher, Supreme Court (Exclusive, Cold Case Investigations), 2012-2014

Judge, Seoul High Court (Construction Division, Commerce Division), 2010-2012

Judge, Seoul Central District Court, 2009-2010

Long-term training, University of Vienna, Austria, 2006-2007

Judge, Suwon District Court, 2005-2009

Judge, Cheongju District Court, 2002-2005

Judicial Officer, (ROKA 20th and 39th Divisions), 1999-2002

English, Korean

Federation of Korean Industries, 2023, Advanced Management Program (86th class)

Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, 1999

Seoul National University, 1996, LLB

Heejun Choi is a Chief Managing Attorney at Dentons Lee. He is a litigation expert who has handled numerous civil, criminal and public law cases during his 20 years of service as a judge at various levels of courts, including the Supreme Court, Seoul High Court, and various District Courts.

After retiring from the Seoul Southern District Court as a presiding judge in 2022, Mr. Choi devoted himself to private practice as an attorney. He joined Dentons Lee in May 2024. Mr. Choi is committed to defending the rights and interests of clients based on his legal knowledge and in-depth experience accumulated as both judge and advocate at all court levels.