Professionals
Professionals
Partner
Yong Keun SOHN
Passed the 17th Korean Bar Exam (1975)
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TEL
+82 2-2046-0618
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FAX
+82 2-3482-1177
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E-MAIL
sohnyk@donginlaw.co.kr
Education
- Hanyang University, College of Law, LLB (1975)
- Hanyang University, School of Law, Master in Criminal Law (1980)
- Yonsei University, Law School, Ph.D in Civil Law (1993)
- Columbia University, School of Law, Visiting Scholar
- Seoul National Universi
Experience
- Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court
- President, Supreme Court Library (2003)
- Chief Judge, Chuncheon District Court (2005)
- Chief Judge, Seoul Administrative Court (2006)
- Chief Judge, Daegu High Court (2008)
- Chief Judge, Patent Court (2009)
- President, Judicial Research & Training Institute (2010)
- Chairman, Korea Association of the Law of Civil Procedure (Present)
- President, Korea Sehwa Art Association (Present)
- Chair Professor, Hanyang University, School of Law (Present)
- Vice President, Korean Arbitrators Association (Present)
- Legal Advisor, Korea Land & Housing Corporation (Present)
- 금융통화위원회 자문위원 (Present)
- 건설공제조합 법률고문 (Present)
- 송재성장학재단 이사 (Present)
- Managing Partner, Dongin Law Group (2011-Present)
Accomplishment
- 1. Representation in Civil Litigations
- Construction Mutual Aid Society (v. Agency for Defense Development), contract performance guarantee deposit claim (partly cited)
- Daeho IR Co., Ltd.’s objection to enforcement. etc. (settled and closed)
- Daeho Leports Co., Ltd., claim for return of deposit, etc. (won)
- Samdeayang Leisure, temporary injunction for suspension of the performance of duties, etc. (cited entirely)
- ** In, etc. (v. bankrupt, ** bank, bankruptcy administrator ***), exercise of right of denial
- ** Chung, etc. (v. Kookmin Bank), return of deposit (won in part in appellate court)
- ** Chung (v. **Chang), loan claim, etc. (won in appellate court)
- Taekwang Plant Co., Ltd., temporary injunction against export (entirely cited)
- Korea Land and Housing Corporation (v. Ssangyong E&C), purchase amount claim (cited by appellate court)
- SNCB (v. **Kang, etc.), wage claims, etc.
- 2. Criminal Defense
- CTS’s prosecution against **Choi in relation to defamation (trial court, not guilty)
- **Lee, Financial Electronic Transaction Act violation, etc. (trial court, suspension of execution)
- **Lee, violation of Act on the Aggravated Punishment etc. of Specific Economy Crimes (embezzlement), etc. (appellate court, dismissed, mitigation of punishment)
- **Lee, violation of Construction Industry Basic Act, etc. (appellate court, dismissal, suspension of execution)
- ***, murder (Supreme Court, dismissed and remanded)
- **Lee, etc., excavation of burial mound etc. (prosecution, acquitted)
- 3. Administrative Proceeding
- Hanyang Educational Foundation (v. Ministry of Education), revocation of administrative disposition prohibiting recruits, etc. (trial court, entirely won the case)
- Chungyeol Educational Foundation (v. Ministry of Education), suspension of order (trial and appellate court decisions citing injunction entirely)
- Chungyeol Educational Foundation (v. Ministry of Education), claim for revocation of shut down order
- Calvin Educational Foundation (v. Appeal Commission for Teachers)
- **Kim, etc., indemnification claim for losses
- 4. Family law cases
- **Kim, forfeiture of inheritance, etc. (trial court, entirely cited)
- **Cho, divorce, property division, etc.(trial, partly cited)
- **Hong, preliminary injunction prohibiting disposition of properties, etc.
- 5. Intellectual Property Rights
- Korea Container Pool Co., Ltd., patent court, confirmation of scope of rights
- 6. Consultation/Legal Advisor
- Financial Services Commission, Construction Guarantee Cooperative, Daeho Co., Ltd., Daeho Leports Co., Ltd., Incheon City Gas Co., Ltd., SNCB, Kangsan Construction Co., Ltd., Century 21 Korea Co., Ltd., Korea Land and Housing Corporation, Seohwa Art Association and others.