KIM, Min hoo Partner

Professional Experience

  • Partner Attorney, Suhn Law Group (2024–Present)
  • Associate Attorney, One Law Partners LLC (2019–2024)
  • Public-Service Advocate Attorney, Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea (2016–2019)
  • Passed the 5th Korean Bar Examination (2016)
  • Congressional Internship, Office of U.S. Representative Nita M. Lowey, U.S. House of Representatives

Qualifications

  • Licensed Attorney, Republic of Korea (since 2016)

Education

  • Rye Neck High School, New York, U.S.A. (3 years)
  • Daewon Foreign Language High School 
  • Yonsei University, College of Law (LLB) (Class of 2005)
  • UC Berkeley School of Law (IELE Program with Scholarship)
  • Yonsei Law School (JD) 
  • Certificate in Public Interest and Human Rights Law, Seoul National University School of Law
   (Awarded for Outstanding Research)
  • Certificate in Serious Accidents Punishment Act(SAPA) Expert Program, Yonsei Graduate School of Law

Key Practice Areas

  • Grand Prize Winner, Litigation Division, (2021)
   (Hosted by the Korea In-House Counsel Association)
  • Outstanding Researcher Award, Public Interest & Human Rights Law Program, SNU Law School (2020)
  • Member, Committee for Work-Life Balance, Korean Bar Association (2024–Present)
  • Former Secretary, Committee on International Human Rights, Korean Bar Association (2020–2023)
  • Head, Police & Fire Services Subcommittee, Itaewon Disaster Fact-Finding Task Force, KBA (2022)
  • Member, Human-Centered Society Research Institute (Director: Kim Young-Choon, former Minister of Oceans and Fisheries)

Publications

  • JoongAng Ilbo: "What It Takes to Uncover the Truth About the Itaewon Disaster"
  • JoongAng Ilbo: "Why Fact-Finding Investigations into Social Disasters Keep Failing"
  • Law Times Korea: "How 1.3 Trillion Won in Damages Became Legally Viable"
  • Law Times Korea: "The Trump Legal Team’s Remarkable Use of Social Media"