JIPYONG LLC

Korean Attorney

Jeong Hoon LEE

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Mr. Jeong Hoon LEE, who graduated from the judicial research and training institute in 2000, is a former District Judge, former law clerk at the Supreme Court of Korea, and former Presiding Judge of the Gwangju District Court and the Seoul High Court. He joined Jipyong in March, 2021.

During his 20 years of tenure on the bench, he presided over a diverse range of matters, including civil, criminal, administrative, application, and family matters, at courts of various instances, such as the Seoul Central District Court, Seoul Administrative Court, and Seoul High Court, acquiring significant experience in complex litigation. He also served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Korea (Civil Division/Constitutional and Administrative Division).

Based on his experiences, he represents clients in various litigation and provides professional legal services across criminal, civil, labor, and administrative areas of law.

Education Close

2019Seoul National University, Institute of Economic Research, Advanced Strategy Program for Global Economy (Completion)
2013Chonnam National University, College of Law (M.A. in Administrative Law)
2010University of California Davis School of Law Visiting Scholar
1993Yonsei University (B.A. in Library & Information Science)

Experience Close

2021-PresentJIPYONG LLC (Partner)
2023-PresentLegal Advisor, Gyeonggi Research Institute
2022-PresentArbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
2022-PresentAdjunct Professor, Seoul National University School of Law
2021-PresentLegal Counsel, Han Yang Corporation
2021-PresentMember, Legislation Committee, Korean Library Association
2021-PresentLegal advisor, Crime Victim Protection Committee, National Police Agency
2018-2021Judge, Seoul High Court
2017-2018Presiding Judge, Gwangju District Court
2014-2017Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Korea
2012-2014Judge, Seoul Administrative Court
2009-2012Judge, Ansan Branch of Suwon District Court
2006-2009Judge, Gunsan Branch of Jeonju District Court
2004-2006Judge, Seoul Central District Court
2002-2004Apprentice Judge, Western branch of Seoul District Court
2002Judicial Research and Training Institute

Notable Achievements Close

Successfully represented the developer of the special private park development project in the defense of a claim for confirmation of the invalidity of a disposition of authorization of an implementation plan that omitted an environmental impact assessment, and won by obtaining a judgment of dismissal of the claim (affirming the validity of the disposition of authorization of the implementation p
Successfully represented Seoul Asan Medical Center Consortium as preferred bidder in a claim for suspension of execution of the designation of preferred bidder for the Incheon Chengna Medical Complex Town Project and obtained a dismissal
Successfully represented the defendant in an appeal against the Court of First Instance decision of 3-year imprisonment on the ground of defrauding the plaintiffs of funds by fraudulently claiming that it is for a real estate development project, etc. and obtained an acquittal

Honors and Recognitions Close

2023Leading Lawyer in Dispute Resolution & Litigation, Legal Times
2019Global Economic Leadership Award, Seoul National University

Speaking Engagements and Publications Close

2021Criminal Liability Arising from a Serious Accident that You Must Know, JoongAng Economy
2020How to Handle the Withholding Tax Upon Return of the Provisional Payment After Cancellation of the Pronouncement of Provisional Execution (Commentary on Judgment)
2016In the case where an employee hired by a subcontractor experienced an accident due to an act conducted by the subcontractor, whether he falls under the “Third Party” specified in Article 87 (1) of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Commentary on Supreme Court Decision, Supreme Court Library)
2016Study on whether the owner of land may file a claim for loss if the land became part of state-owned property by being incorporated in the river section after its acquisitive prescription of the government had been expired (Commentary on Supreme Court Decision, Supreme Court Library)
2014Theory and Practice of Administrative Litigation (Revised Edition) (Co-author)
2013Study on Expansion of the Scope of Application of the Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act (Master’s Thesis)
2013Study on Discriminatory Application of Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act in Commuting Accidents (Administrative Trial Practice Vol. 125, Supreme Court Library)
2007Guidelines on Environmental Trials (co-author)
2006Study on whether an act constitutes complex disturbance of sunshine and joint tort (Commentary on Judgment)
2006Environmental Infringement by Plural Causes (Including complex disturbance of sunshine) (Academic Paper)