법무법인바른 사이트는 IE11이상 혹은 타 브라우저에서
정상적으로 구동되도록 구현되었습니다.

익스플로러 10 이하버전에서는 브라우저 버전 업데이트 혹은
엣지, 크롬, 사파리등의 다른 브라우저로 접속을 부탁드립니다. 감사합니다.

Kim, Yong Kyun Attorney (Partner)

Professionals Introduction

After he was appointed as a judge in 1982, KIM, Yong Kyun served as Senior Judge at the Seoul High Court in 2002; Chief Judge at the Uijeongbu District Court in 2006, Chief Judge at the Seoul Northern District Court in 2008; and Chief Judge at the Seoul Administration Court (concurrently Chief Judge at the Seoul Family Court) in 2009. He joined Barun Law LLC in 2010. Since then, he has been retained as counsel for various civil and criminal cases as well as administrative and family cases, and has successfully represented his clients on the basis of expertise and experience. He has also provided legal advice and representation services for a number of corporate and individual clients, including redevelopment and reconstruction associations.

Education

  • 1979Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (9th)
  • 1977Passed the Bar Exam (19th), Korea
  • 1977College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B.)
  • 1972Namsung High School

Experience

  • 2022 ~ PresentPartner, Barun Law LLC
  • 2019 ~ 2021Managing Partner, Barun Law LLC
  • 2018 ~ PresentOutside Director Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
  • 2017 ~ 2020 President, “정(Jeong),” an incorporated association for public interest
  • 2017 ~ 2019 Chairman, Namsung Middle and High School Alumni Association
  • 2013 ~ 2017 Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University Law School
  • 2010 ~ 2018Partner, Barun Law LLC
  • 2010 ~ PresentHonorary Ambassador, National Yontan Bank (Bapsang Community Foundation)
  • 2009 ~ 2010Chief Judge, Seoul Administration Court (and Seoul Family Court)
  • 2008 ~ 2009Chief Judge, Seoul Northern District Court
  • 2006 ~ 2008Chief Judge, Uijeongbu District Court
  • 2002 ~ 2006Senior Judge, Seoul High Court

Practice Areas and Representative Matters

Corporate

- Representing Sungwon Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. and Sungwon Industrial Development Co., Ltd. in filing an application for corporate rehabilitation and advising them on the rehabilitation proceedings

- Representing and advising the redevelopment association of the Sogok district with regard to a lawsuit filed to confirm the nullification of the designation of the district to be redeveloped


Administration

- Representing the redevelopment association of Ungam District II with regard to an administrative lawsuit and provisional disposition application

- Representing a supervisor in a case filed to claim the cancellation of disposition to designate a supervisor and the stay of execution

- A litigation action concerning the cancellation of disposition to cancel the designation and publication of autonomous high school

- A litigation action concerning the cancellation of disposition to reject the classification of a game grade and the stay of execution


Civil Matter(s)

- Representing in a case filed to claim the return of unjust enrichment with regard to the purchase of an apartment site subject to reconstruction for consideration

- Diverse civil cases related to fire accidents (liability for damages)

Profile

02-3479-2328

yongkyun.kim@barunlaw.com

Recent Cases

[HR·Labor]A decision that ex-officio dismissal of an employee is illegal if there is no proved causal relationship between the improper solicitation and the employment of the employee and causes resulting in the ex-officio dismissal is beyond the scope prescribed in the relevant rules of employment (or labor management regulations) even though it is found that a person having a close relationship with the employee has made the improper solicitation for employment

[Civil] A case in which the meaning of an “act of foreclosure” that is prohibited by a decision on the initiation of rehabilitation proceedings is clearly declared (by the Supreme Court of Korea’s remand after quashing the lower court’s decision)

[Labor] We won the lawsuits before the district and the appeal courts for employees who had been dismissed ex officio due to the allegation of employment irregularities by proving that there was no causal relationship

[Civil] Barun Law resolves a dispute through an interim injunction, an indirect compulsory application and a suit to confirm the valid existence of an agreement, which are filed against a franchisor asserting the termination of a service agreement.

[Criminal] Barun Law obtains from the Supreme Court of Korea a decision to quash and remand the lower court’s decision, which has the effect of acquittal, on the basis of the Supreme Court’s finding that the lower court illegally misunderstood the legal principles of court-oriented trials, immediacy and evidence-based trials in determining that the client was guilty of violation of the Narcotics Control Act.

[Construction] A case in which we successfully defend the client against a dispute over the sale of rental housing in a redevelopment project

[Construction & Real Estate] A case in which we are granted damages for additional corporate income tax based on an oral agreement

[Intellectual Property] We Win a Trademark Non-Use Cancellation Dispute During a Trademark Infringement Lawsuit