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Jae Ok Kim Partner
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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.

Experience

  • 2020-present Yoon & Yang LLC
  • 2019-20 Head of Litigation Department, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2018 -19 Second Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2017-18 Chief Prosecutor, Wonju Branch of Chuncheon District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2016-17 Chief Prosecutor, Public Security Division 1, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2015-16 Head of Public Security Division 1, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2012-15 Deputy Chief Prosecutor (Legal Attaché dispatched from the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Japan), Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2011-12 Chief Prosecutor, Geochang Branch of Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2009-11 Deputy Chief Prosecutor (dispatched to the National Intelligence Service Korea), Seoul Western District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2008-09 Prosecutor (public security), Seobu Brach of Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2006-08 Prosecution Research Officer, Public Security Department, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2004-06 Prosecutor (Public Security Division), Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2000-04 Prosecutor (Public Security Division 1), Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 1998-00 Prosecutor, Tongyeong Branch of Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 1997-98 Prosecutor (Criminal Division, Special Investigation Division), Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office

Education

  • 2002 Visiting Scholar, Keio University, Japan
  • 1997 Judicial Research and Training Institute
  • 1989 Korea University College of Law, LL.B.

Representative Matters

  • Advised on application of the Serious Accident Punishment Act
  • Advised a foreign company on compliance in relation to embezzlement by an employee
  • Advised on application of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Serious Accident Punishment Act
  • Represented a client in a case involving breach of the Political Funds Act
  • Represented a food company in a case involving breach of the Food Sanitation Act
  • Represented a construction company in a case involving breach of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
  • Represented a manufacturer in a case involving unfair labor practices
  • Represented a member of the National Assembly and a governor, etc. in cases involving breach of the Public Official Election Act
  • Represented domestic companies in cases involving breach of the Serious Accident Punishment Act

Awards

  • 2016 Obtained the ‘Blue Belt’ Professional Prosecutor Certification
  • 2004 Received a Prosecutor General’s Citation