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Jae Ok Kim is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC and his main practice area is criminal law.
After completing legal training at the Judicial Research and Training Institute (26th class), Mr. Kim served as a prosecutor at the Special Investigation Department of the Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office, the Tongyeong Branch of the Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office, the Public Security Department 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, and the Public Security Department of the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office. Mr. Kim also was a prosecution research officer in the Public Security Department and the head of the Public Security Division 1 of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, the head of the Public Security Division 1 of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, the Chief Prosecutor of the Wonju Branch of the Chuncheon District Prosecutors’ Office, and the Second Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office. He retired from the public service as the head of the Litigation Department of the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office. Based on such experiences, he is recognized as a specialist in public investigation fields, e.g. serious accidents, occupational safety, labor and election, etc. Mr. Kim currently leads Yoon & Yang LLC’s serious accident response team which handles the matters related to the Serious Accident Punishment Act implemented in January 2022.