Lawyers



	1980 - present	LIM, CHUNG & SUH, Founding partner and attorney-at-law. Counselling and representing Korean and non-Korean clients in international and domestic corporate litigations and arbitrations.
	1994 - present	THE KOREAN LAW JOURNAL, (Twice weekly law journal) Editorial Contributor.
	1977 - 1980	SEOUL CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, Judge, Presided predominantly over civil cases. Concentrated on claims arising from foreign trade disputes and corporate matters.
	1976 - 1977	LANDGERICHT FREIBURG (Freiburg District Court, West Germany), Visiting Judge, Examined the German legal system by observing daily trial proceedings. Conducted a study of comparative law through exhaustive research in documents and discussions with Freiburg judges.
	1972 - 1976	DAEJON DISTRICT COURT, Judge, Presided over both criminal and civil cases.
	1969 - 1972	NAVY, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, 1969, Naval Prosecutor and Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General; 1970, Chief Prosecutor and Staff Member for the Commander-in-Chief, 2nd Marine Division; 1971, Judge, Marine Corps Headquarters; Judge, Navy Headquarters.
	1967	Passed Korean National Bar Examination
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	1975 - 1976	FREIBURG UNIVERSITY, West Germany, School of Law, Visiting Fellow, Studied Conflict of Laws, International Law and Civil Procedures Law. Concentrated on analysis of role of domestic courts in international law cases, Including : expropriations, jurisdiction on foreign sovereignty, execution of foreign judgements. Published "Gerichtsbarkeit Fremde Staaten," The Korean Anthology of Justice, 1977.
	1970 - 1974	SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Graduate School. Completed all credit requirements for Ph. D. in law except dissertation, presentation of which was waived because of heavy workloads as then a judge. Major : Public and Private International Law.
	1967 - 1969	SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Graduate School of Justice, LL.M. Thesis: "The Act of State Doctrine in Anglo-American Law." Published in 1969.
	1962 - 1966	SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, College of Law, LL.B.
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	2000 - present	KOREA BROADCASTING COMMISSION, 2000-present; Member, Special Committe for Legal Affairs.
	1988 - present	SK GLOBAL, Outside Director.
	1989 - 2000	KOREAN BAR ASSOCIATION, Member, Committee for Professional Ethics; 1993-Director; 1989-91 Delegate.
	1987 - present	SEOUL BAR ASSOCIATION, 1991-Director; 1991-93 Chairman, Board of Education; 1989-91 Deputy Chairman, Planning Board; 1987-Lecturer, Board of Education; 1987-90 Secretary General.
	1984 - 1993	THE SUPREME COURT, 1987-93 Member, Committee for Procedural Improvements; 1984-89 Lecturer, Judicial Training and Research Institute.
	1993 - present	Delegate, Korean Legal Center.
	1992 - present	Director, Korean Society of Arbitration.
	1991 - 1993	Treasurer, Conference of Korean-Japanese Bar.
	1989 - present	Member, Advisory Committee, Office of Supply, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Korea Government.
	1989 - 1992	Member, Advisory Committee, National Council of Consumer Protection Organization.
	1983 - present	Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board.
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	Association for Civil Case Studies Korean Society of International Law American Society of International Law Korean-German Lawyers Society Korean Society of International Trade Law
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	Realities of Investment in China: Legal and Economic Backgrounds, Co-Author. Na Nam Publishing Co., 1989. "Reorganization of the Judiciary in the Former East Germany After Reunification." The Korean Law Journal, 1990. "Policies on Property Rights in The Former East Germany After Reunification." The Korean Law Journal, 1990. "The Legal Profession in West Germany." The Korean Law Monthly, 1977. "Gerichtsbarkeit Fremde Staaten", The Korean Anthology of Justice" 1977 "The Act of State Doctrine in Anglo-American Law." Published in 1969.
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	1992	Prize for Meritorious Service (as Chairman of the Board of Education), Seoul Bar Association
	1975	German DAAD (German Foreign Students Exchange Service) Fellow
	1969	Special Prize for Excellence in Foreign Language and in Foreign Law, Korean Legal Center
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	Korean, English, German, French (read only) Japanese, and Chinese (read only).