Mr. Suk Soo KIM is a legal counsel at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on General Civil Disputes and Criminal Defense Litigation.
Mr. Kim formerly served as a justice of the Supreme Court from 1991 to 1997 and as the 10th chairperson of the National Election Commission from 1993 to 1997. He served as the 34th prime minister of Korea from 2002 to 2003 and as chairperson of the sentencing commission of the Supreme Court from 2007 to 2009. He received an Honorary JSD from Yonsei University, College of Law in May 1997.
In addition, he served as chairperson of the Government Officials Ethics Committee, chairman of the Court Officials Ethics Committee, chairman of the Newspaper Ethics Committee, non-executive director of Samsung Electronics, auditor, and director of Yonsei University.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (1958)

Education

• College of Law, Yonsei University (Honorary PhD, 1997)
• College of Political Science and Law, Yonsei University (LLB, 1956)
• Paichai High School (1952)
• Chinju Normal School (1949)

Significant Accomplishments

• Head, Board of Trustees, Yonsei University (2013-2017)
• D&A LLC (2009-Present)
• Chairperson, Sentencing Commission, the Supreme Court of Korea (2007-2009)
• Director, Board of Directors, Yonsei University Foundation (2004-2006)
• Auditor, Board of Directors, Yonsei University Foundation (2003-2004)
• Prime Minister, the Republic of Korea (2002-2003)
• Director, Foundation for the Promotion of Yonsei Law School (2002-2002)
• Chairman, Government Public Ethic Committee (2002-2002)
• Chairman, Korea Press Ethics Commission (2000-2002)
• External Director, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (1999-2002)
• Chairman, Public Official Ethics Commission of the Supreme Court of Korea (1997-2001)
• Auditor, Board of Directors, Yonsei University Foundation (1997-2002)
• Chairman, the 10th National Election Commission (1993-1997)
• Supreme Court Justice, the Supreme Court of Korea (1991-1997)
• Deputy Head, the Office of Court Administration (1988-1991)
• Head, Busan District Court (1986-1988)
• Chief Judge, Seoul High Court (1983-1986)
• Head, South Branch, Seoul High Court (1981-1982)
• Head, Incheon Branch, Suwon District Court (1980-1981)
• Chief Judge, Seoul District Civil Court (1979-1980)
• Chief Judge, Seongbuk Branch, Seoul District Court (1977-1979)
• Chief Judge, Busan District Court (1974-1977)
• Judicial Research Judge, the Supreme Court of Korea (1973-1974)
• Judge, Seoul High Court (1971-1973)
• Judge, Seoul District Criminal Court (1970-1971)
• Judge, Incheon Branch, Seoul District Civil and Criminal Court (1969-1970)
• Judge, Busan District Court (1967-1969)
• Judge, Masan Branch, Busan District Court (1963-1967)
• Judge Advocate, Office of the Judge Advocate General, Republic of Korea Headquarters (1960-1963)

Professional Activities and Experience

• [Civil & Criminal Matters]
• |N|- Represented Aekyung Industrial Co., Ltd. in a wide range of litigation related to humidifier disinfectants, including civil damages claims, inter-company indemnity claims, criminal trials, administrative revocation actions, and constitutional petitions
• |N|- Secured a Supreme Court remand in the occupational negligence case involving humidifier disinfectant-related deaths (Case No. 2024Do1856)
• |N|- Won a KRW 3.1 billion indemnity claim lawsuit against major conglomerate S (Seoul High Court Case No. 2024Na2003129)
• |N|- Responded to investigations by regulatory and law enforcement authorities, including the Korea Fair Trade Commission, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and the prosecution and police, including corporate raids and suspect interrogations
• |N|- Represented clients in disputes arising from contract performance and construction defects, including hospital and gym interior construction projects
• |N|- Defended criminal cases involving violations of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, the Act on Labeling and Advertising of Foods, organized crime, and narcotics-related offenses
• |B|
• [Administrative & Antitrust Matters]
• |N|- Handled various administrative and antitrust cases as a case officer at the Korea Fair Trade Commission, including corrective actions against unfair contract terms imposed by major game service providers such as Blizzard Entertainment and Riot Games
• |N|- Represented the Korea Fair Trade Commission in litigation seeking cancellation of corrective orders regarding unfair contract terms imposed on Agoda and Booking.com
• |N|- Won an administrative lawsuit revoking a KRW 10.7 billion levy imposed by the Ministry of Environment (Seoul Administrative Court Case No. 2023Guhap66146)
• |B|
• [Constitutional Litigation]
• |N|- Led the revocation of deferred prosecution disposition (2021Heonma994, selected as a significant constitutional court decision in August 2023)

• An Examination Of The Scope Of Self-Defense (Mondaq, 2025)
• A critical review of the Korea Music Copyright Association’s sanctions against unfair trade practices – Based on the relationship between copyright and Fair Trade Act (Won the Korea Music Copyright Association Thesis Award, 2023)
• A critical review of the criteria for determining the expiry of dispositions on unfair representation and advertising – Focusing on the Supreme Court Decision of 2019Du35978 Decided March 17, 2022 - (Korean Lawyers Association Law Review vol.72, no.5, 2023)
• A study on the impact of the Microsoft acquisition of Blizzard on competition in the console gaming service market (Co-author, Kookmin Law Review, vol.36, no.1, 2023)
• A review in terms of the constitutional petition and the judicial activism (Co-author, Soongsil Law Review no.56, 2023)
• The Contemplation regarding the corrective action order of Fair Trade Commission of Korea(KFTC) and the succeeding administrative litigation about the non-refundable condition clause of online platform enterprises- a review centered on the concept of a ʻthree-sided contractʼ - (Korean Lawyer Association Journal, vol.72, no.1, 2023)
• The remedy of the problem of Copyright Infringement and Defamation with regards to the legal attributes of Parody - the research of the comparison method regarding the Korean and American legal precedents – (Yonsei University Institute for Legal Studies, vol.25, no.2, 2015)
• 「Copyright Issues Surrounding Online Gaming」 (Yonsei Law Journal Vol.5, 2014)