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Song, Bong Jun Attorney (Partner)

Professionals Introduction

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.

Education

  • 1996Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (25th)
  • 1993Passed the Bar Exam (35th), Korea
  • 1994College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B.)
  • 1989Masan Jungang High School

Experience

  • 2010 ~ presentPartner, Barun Law LLC
  • 2021.07Senior Advisory Member, Korea Institute of Registered Architects
  • 2020Obtained a qualification for a lawyer specialized in divorce matters from the Korean Bar Association
  • 2019Advisory Member, Korea Institute of Registered Architects
  • 2009 ~ 2010Judge, Seoul High Court
  • 2007 ~ 2009Director General for Investigative Research, Supreme Court of Korea
  • 2005 ~ 2007Judge (Public Information Officer), Seoul Southern District Court
  • 2004 ~ 2005Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature, France Law Clerk, Paris District Court
  • 1996 ~ 2003Judge, Daejeon District Court, Seosan Branch of Daejeon District Court, Taean-gun/ Dangjin-gun Branch under Seosan Branch of Daejeon District Court, Suwon District Court, and Seoul Central District Court

Practice Areas and Representative Matters

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

Qualifications/License

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

Profile

02-3479-2398

bongjun.song@barunlaw.com

Recent Cases

[Family] Successfully representing a faulty husband in the marriage with a long period of seperation

[Criminal/Disclosure of Secrets] A case in which a judge of Seoul Central District Court in charge of the issuance of warrants were found innocent of making reports to a senior criminal judge on the ground that making the reports was a reasonable act as a matter of duty

[Goodwill of a Hospital] A case in which a significant amount of goodwill was recognized for a person who walked out of partnership of a hospital jointly run with two other investors

[Criminal Matter] Barun Law represented a former police officer who had been prosecuted for the receipt of bribes from a co-representative director of Burning Sun Club in return for covering up illegal entry of minors to the club and had been found guilty of bribery in the first instance, and helped him reverse the district court's deciscion and be found innocent of the change

[Criminal] A case in which we drew a decision on the exemption of punishment by applying the latter paragraph of Article 39(1) of the Criminal Act that becomes almost a dead letter as the provision is hardly utilized.

[Family] We helped a client, who filed for an appeal to the district court’ decision on the acceptance of the claim for divorce filed by a spouse at fault, to seek the cancellation of the district court’ decision and the dismissal of the claim for divorce filed by the spouse at fault by making our case through a parody to show the infidelity nature of the act of the spouse at fault and producing new evidence to the appeal court.

[Family] A case in which we represented a wife in a lawsuit for divorce and property division and obtained a decision that (i) the claim made by the husband against the wife to seek the return of shares in his company, of which ownership had been allegedly entrusted to the wife, should be dismissed for the reason that such a kind of claims could not be filed with a family court because they were to be dealt with as a civil claim and (ii) the wife contributed greater than the husband to the purchase of an apartment on the basis of the purchase price for the apartment excluding a loan received on security of the apartment even though the husband subsequently paid more money than the wife to repay the loan

[Intellectual Property] A case in which we obtained a decision that the combination of the sale & lease back clause and the repurchase commitment in the case of transfer of a trademark had the nature of fundraising but was not subject to the Interest Limitation Act

[Criminal] The defendants were found not guilty of the alleged crimes of fraud (a so-called “planned real estate sale”) and an unregistered network marketing business (through which they earned sales of KRW175 billion in total).

[Inheritance and Giving] We helped the clients to settle the dispute over inheritance property worth more than KRW80 billion through agreement without going to court.

[Family Matter] A divorce case in which a court recognized 65% of the contribution of a full-time housewife

[Family] Barun Law represents a husband in a divorce action brought by his wife, who is 17 years younger than him, alleging that the marital life is boring

[Personal Asset Management] Barun Law Successfully Invalidates a Gift Contract Misaligned with Deceased's Intentions, Leading to Dismissal of Ownership Transfer Claims in KRW 14 Billion Real Estate Dispute

[Family/Inheritance] Barun Law Obtains Court Recognition for the Right to Claim Reimbursement Based on Statutory Inheritance Shares Despite the Inheritance Distribution Not Being Finalized