Mr. Joong Keun CHUNG is a partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Criminal Defense Litigation, Election & Regulation, Tax Litigation, Transportation, Industrial Accident, Healthcare & Environment, Public Sector Relations, and Criminal & Compliance.

While working as a prosecutor for seventeen years, Mr. Chung served as Deputy Departmental Chief Prosecutor of Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office, Professor of Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea, Departmental Chief Prosecutor of Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office, and a member of Tax Offense Investigation and Deliberation Committees of Investigation Bureau of National Tax Service Seoul Regional Office.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (1996)

Education

• College of Law, Korea University (LLB, 1990)
• Youngsaeng High School (1983)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2018-Present)
• Legal Counsel, Lotte Duty Free (2015-Present)
• Managing Partner, JK Law Firm (2013)
• Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Ulsan District Prosecutors’ Office (2013)
• Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office (2012)
• Professor, Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (2010)
• Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Gunsan Branch of Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office (2009)
• Deputy Departmental Chief Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office (2009)
• Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors’ Office (2007)
• Prosecutor, Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office (2004)
• Prosecutor, Legal Affairs Division, Ministry of Justice (2002)
• Prosecutor, Seoul District Prosecutors’ Office (2000)
• Prosecutor, Gangneung Branch of Chuncheon District Prosecutors' Office (1998-2000)
• Prosecutor, Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office (1996-1998)
• Judicial Research and Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea (1996)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Represented in a patent litigation between Phicom Corp. (Korea) and Form Factor (US) regarding computer inspection device
• Conducted a case involving an internal investigation on the President of The Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organization of Korea
• Conducted a case involving an internal investigation on OCI Company Ltd.

• Re-reading Myeangsim Bogam (Sun Publisher) (2016)
• Problems with and Solutions for the Implementation of Law on Mediation of Medical Disputes, Research Institute for Healthcare Policy Korean Medical Association Vol. 11 Issue 4 (2013)
• Legal Considerations on Expanding the Allowing Scope for Medical Advertising, Journal of the Korean Hospital Association Vol. 34 Issue 3 (2005)
• Analytical Considerations on Charges of Drafting False Medical Certificates, Bup Jo Vol. 52 Issue 1 (2003)
• Doctors’ Breach of Obligation to Explain and Liability for Damages, Bup Jo Vol. 50 Issue 7 (2001)
• Interpretation on Medical Precedents, Court Archives (1998)
• Negligence of Patients in Medical Malpractice Claims, Bup Jo Vol. 46 Issue 7 (1997)
• Significance of Enactment of Legislations for Public Health Businesses, Research Institute of Public Health Theses Collection Vol. 7 Issue 1 (1997)
• Criminal Legal Issues on Organ Transplantation, Bup Jo Vol. 45 Issue 11 (1996)
• Claim for Damages in Medical Malpractice Cases, Judicial Research and Training Institute (1996)
• Legalization of and Legal Issues on Accepting Brain Death, Journal of the Korean Society of Critical Care Medicine Vol. 10 Issue 2 (1995)
• Recent Trends in and Issues on Judgment in Medical Malpractice Cases, Korean Journal of Legal Medicine Vol. 8 Issue 2 (1994)
• Criminal Liabilities for Misdiagnosis, Korean Central Journal of Medicine Vol. 57 Issue 9 (1992)
• Theory of Medical Malpractice (1992)
• Trends in Theories and Precedents in Relation to Medical Malpractice, Current Status of and Measures against Medical Malpractice, Institute of Justice (1990)
• The Civil Procedure Act, Korean Society for Judicial Administration (1979)