After serving as judge for 14 years at the Seoul District Court, the Seoul High Court, etc., SONG, Bong Jun joined Barun Law LLC in 2010. During his tenure at the judicial system of Korea, he dealt with diverse civil, criminal and family (divorce) cases, including applications for provisional attachment and provisional disposition. Mr. Song is also recognized that he greatly contributed to the informatization of the conduct of judicial affairs when he participated in the projects launched by the Supreme Court of Korea to improve a general legislation service and to publish the Bupgoeul LX as the Director General for Investigative Research of Supreme Court of Korea. Since practicing law at Barun Law LLC, he has primarily represented clients in criminal matters, and has shown excellent capabilities of defending and representing clients. Mr. Song successfully defended the accused who had been sentenced with 3-year imprisonment in a district court to obtain a judgment of an acquittal at a high court and the Supreme Court of Korea. In addition, he successfully represented his client in a case filed to claim the payment of indemnity equivalent to KRW 300 billion. He also received attention when he successfully defended his client against Seoul Broadcasting System to obtain the payment of the highest amount of consolation money in the judicial history.

Criminal Matters

- Representing in a case involving the officers and employees of LIG Nexone concerning breach of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes – Mr. Song successfully defended the accused persons who alleged committed fraud in the amount of KRW 50 billion and relocated corporate assets equivalent to KRW 9.7 billion abroad, as the accused persons were found not guilty

- Representing a former police officer, who was found guilty by the district court on charges of receiving money from a club in the Burning Sun case, from the appellate court to obtain a ruling that found the accused person not guilty by making use of cutting-edge evidence methods, including Google Timeline

-Representing a money lender that was sentenced to three years of imprisonment by the district court for committing fraud in the amount of KRW 7.9 billion and embezzling KRW 2.1 billion from the appellate court and obtained a ruling that found the accused person not guilty on all charges

Civil Matters

- Representing in a litigation action filed against Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) seeking compensation for defamation and successfully obtained KRW 300 million of compensation money for the plaintiff, which was the highest consolation amount ever rendered in the judicial history

- Representing in a litigation action where a claim was filed for damages against the Republic of Korea for unfair investigative practices of the police and prevailed, ultimately awarded KRW 40 million as consolation money

- A litigation action filed by Pacific Investment Co., Ltd. against KT Corporation seeking for damages for unfair practices – Mr. Song successfully represented his client by signing settlement through mediation where the parties agreed on the payment of damages equivalent to KRW 2.5 billion

- A litigation action filed by Hynix Semiconductors Co., Ltd. against Hyundai Securities claiming for recourse amount – Mr. Song successfully represented his client by winning the case, where the cost of litigation amounted to KRW 300 billion

Administrative Matters

- A case on cancellation of a disposition approving the establishment of an association for the reconstruction of Bukahhyun Reconstruction Promotion District II

- A case on cancellation of a disposition imposing surtax in the amount of KRW 27 billion to the gift tax imposed against Booyoung Group Chairman Lee Joong-Keun

- A case through which the urban planning decision carried out by the Seoul Metropolitan Government was cancelled by demonstrating that the plan was a mere formality that prevented actual effects

Inheritance

- A case involving a claim for the return of legal reserve of KRW 7 billion out of total amount of inherited property amounting to KRW 60 billion among heirs – Mr. Song successfully represented his client and won the case under which the claim for the return of legal reserve was dismissed

Divorce

- A divorce case involving a woman who devoted herself to housework affairs as a full-time housewife during nine years of marriage – Mr. Song successfully represented his client by obtaining a total amount of KRW 2.7 billion by way of division of property (KRW 1.1 billion (existing amount belonging to the client) + KRW 1.6 billion (additional amount from division of property))

- Prevailed in a division of property case, which was initially fully lost before the district court, before the appellate court, where the debt of the client was recognized as joint property of the husband and the wife

- Represented the client from the appellate case, after the client’s claim for divorce was dismissed by the district court, and successfully proved before the appellate court that the client’s marriage was no longer feasible as the husband and wife have lived separately for a long period and won the case with the client’s claims accepted by the court, although the client was recognized as the spouse responsible for the breakdown of marriage by the district court

Obtained a qualification for a lawyer specialized in divorce matters from the Korean Bar Association