Woo Hyeon KIM

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Mr. Woo Hyeon KIM is a managing partner at DR & AJU LLC. His practice primarily focused on Criminal Defense Litigation, Corporate, Commercial, Election & Regulation, Serious Accidents, and Immigration & Nationality.
Mr. Kim, a former Chief Prosecutor at the Suwon High Prosecutors’ Office, is widely recognized as a top-notch expert in investigations, with extensive expertise in both civil and commercial matters as well as experience in legal administration, having worked for the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutors’ Office for over 26 years. He served in various positions, including the Deputy Director General of the Office of Legal Counsel, the Director of the Commercial Legal Affairs Division, the Director of the Korea Immigration Service at the Ministry of Justice, and the Departmental Chief Prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption & Organized Crimes Department at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office. He also actively engages in the public sector as a civilian member of the Anti-Human Trafficking Policy Coordination Council and as legal counsel for the Korean Standards Association.

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      • DR & AJU LLC (2023-Present)
      • Managing Partner, Joong Bu Law (2020-2021)
      • Chief Prosecutor, Suwon High Prosecutors' Office (2019)
      • Chief Prosecutor, Incheon District Prosecutors' Office (2018)
      • Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Anti-Corruption & Organized Crimes Department, Supreme Prosecutors' Office (2017)
      • Director General, Korea Immigration Service, Ministry of Justice (2016)
      • Deputy Prosecutor, Daegu High Prosecutors' Office (2016)
      • Deputy Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors' Office (2015)
      • Chief Prosecutor, Gunsan Branch of Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office (2014)
      • Deputy Prosecutor, Seongnam Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office (2013)
      • Chief Prosecutor, Criminal Justice Policy Office, Supreme Prosecutors' Office (2012)
      • Chief Prosecutor, Criminal Department II (Medicine), Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2011)
      • Legal Counsel, Ministry of Justice (2010)
      • Director, Commercial Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice (2009)
      • Chief Prosecutor, Criminal Trial Department, Incheon District Prosecutors' Office (2008)
      • Chief Prosecutor, Jangheung Branch of Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office (2007)
      • Research Prosecutor, Supreme Prosecutors' Office (2006)
      • Training course, Duke University School of Law, USA (2005)
      • Prosecutor, Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office (2004)
      • Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office (2001)
      • Prosecutor, Office of Legal Counsel, Ministry of Justice (1999)
      • Prosecutor, Mokpo Branch of Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office (1998)
      • Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office (1996)
      • Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1993)
      • College of Law, Korea University (1989)
      • Gwangju Jeil High School (1985)
      • Admitted to Bar, Korea (1993)
      • Korean
      • English

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