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Min Kul Lee
Managing Partner
- TEL 82 2 6003 7785
- FAX 82 2 6003 7847
- E-MAIL mkl@hwawoo.com
Biography
Min Kul Lee is a managing partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice area is litigation.
Min Kul Lee began his career as a judge at the Criminal Branch of the Seoul Central District Court, and thereafter served in various roles including a judge at the Seoul Civil District Court, Wonju Branch of the Chuncheon District Court, Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court, Seoul District Court, and Seoul High Court, a director at the Yeongwol Branch of the Chuncheon District Court, and a judicial researcher at the Supreme Court. Mr. Lee also served as a presiding judge at the Seoul Southern District Court, the Seoul Central District Court, Daegu District Court, Seoul High Court, and ended his career in public office as a president judge at the Daegu High Court.
Min Kul Lee began his career as a judge at the Criminal Branch of the Seoul Central District Court, and thereafter served in various roles including a judge at the Seoul Civil District Court, Wonju Branch of the Chuncheon District Court, Seongnam Branch of the Suwon District Court, Seoul District Court, and Seoul High Court, a director at the Yeongwol Branch of the Chuncheon District Court, and a judicial researcher at the Supreme Court. Mr. Lee also served as a presiding judge at the Seoul Southern District Court, the Seoul Central District Court, Daegu District Court, Seoul High Court, and ended his career in public office as a president judge at the Daegu High Court.
Experience
- 2021-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2020-21 Presiding Judge, Daegu High Court Presiding Judge, Daegu District Court
- 2015-17 Director, Office of Planning & Coordination, Ministry of Court Administration
- 2014-20 Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court
- 2011-14 Director, Judicial Policy Division, Ministry of Court Administration
- 2010-11 Chairperson, Steering Committee, 14th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific
- 2010 Presiding Judge, Daejeon High Court
- 2009 Director of the Registration Bureau, Ministry of Court Administration (concurrent position)
- 2008-10 Presiding Judge, Seoul Central District Court
- 2007-09 Director of Planning & Coordination, Office of Planning & Coordination, Ministry of Court Administration (concurrent position)
- 2006-08 Presiding Judge, Seoul Southern District Court
- 2004 Research Judge, Supreme Court
- 2003 Director, Yeongwol Branch, Chuncheon District Court
- 2002 Judge, Seoul High Court (Secondment to the National Assembly)
- 2000 Judge, Seoul Central District Court Director of Planning, Office of Planning & Coordination, Ministry of Court Administration
- 1999 Judge, Seoul Central District Court Director of Legal Affairs, Office of Planning & Coordination, Ministry of Court Administration
- 1998-99 Judge, Seongnam Branch, Suwon District Court
- 1995-98 Judge, Wonju Branch, Chuncheon District Court
- 1993-95 Judge, Civil Branch, Seoul Central District Court
- 1991-93 Judge, Criminal Branch, Seoul Central District Court
- 1988-91 Judge Advocate
Education
- 1988 17th Class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute
- 1985 Seoul National University, College of Law, Department of Public Law, LL.B.
Publications
[Scholarly Articles]
- “Permissible Scope of Partial Appeal in Concurrent Crimes,” Korean Journal of Criminal Case Studies [1]
- “Permissible Term of Imprisonment When Mitigating a Life Sentence,” Korean Journal of Criminal Case Studies [2]
- “Relationship in the Number of Criminal Acts of Robbery and Bodily Injury Resulting from Robbery,” Korean Journal of Criminal Case Studies [3]
- “Establishing Embezzlement or Breach of Trust Offense where a Nominative Claim Assignor Personally Spends Money Received as Reimbursement Prior to the Notice of Assignment,” Korean Journal of Criminal Case Studies [8]
- “Principal and Meaning of Abuse of Power,” Korean Journal of Criminal Case Studies [23]
- Right to Set-Off and Right of Denial in Winding-Up Procedure,” Korean Journal of Civil Case Studies [17]
- “Whether a Private University Professor has Benefit to Seek Affirmation pf Removal from Position and Dismissal Following Expiration of Employment Period,” Korean Journal of Civil Case Studies [23]
- “Whether Article 332(2) of the Commercial Act on Joint and Several Liability of Persons who Subscribe to Shares is Applicable to Cases Involving Fraudulent Payment of Shares,” Commentaries on Supreme Court Decisions in the First Quarter of 2004 (Vol. 49)
- “Whether the Validity of a Composition Creditor’s Reduction or Easing of Changed Obligations According to the Finalized Approval of Composition Extends to Guarantee Claims,” (Negative), Commentaries on Supreme Court Decisions in the Second Quarter of 2004 (Vol. 52)
- “Whether Application of the Statutory Provision on Cut-Off Period of Penalty Surcharge is Precluded Where the Constitutional Court Renders a Decision of Constitutional Nonconformity Regarding the Penalty Surcharge Provision and Ceases its Application Until Legislative Amendment,” Commentaries on Supreme Court Decisions in the Second Quarter of 2004 (Vol. 52)
- “Whether a Married Person Guilty of Adultery is Liable for Tort in the Relationship with the Married Person’s Children,” (Negative), Commentaries on Supreme Court Decisions in the First Quarter of 2005 (Vol. 54)
Insights
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Admitted to bar, Korea (1988)
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Korean and English
