Ms. Seula LEE is an attorney at D&A LLC. Her practice is primarily focused on Construction & Real Estate, Labor & Employment, General Civil Disputes, and Criminal Defense Litigation.

Ms. Lee served as a law clerk in the Civil Chamber (Labor) and the Criminal Chamber (Sexual Violence) of the Seoul High Court, and in the Civil Chamber of the Seoul Southern District Court.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (2020)

Education

• Yonsei Law School (LLM, 2020)
• Kyung Hee University (BA in Public Administration, 2017)
• Daeil Foreign Language High School (2012)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2023-Present)
• Law Clerk, Seoul High Court (2021-2023)
• Law Clerk, Seoul Southern District Court (2020-2021)

Professional Activities and Experience

• |N|[Patent Disputes]
• Represented telecommunications company K in a patent infringement action involving telephone service technology
• Represented home appliance manufacturer H in a patent invalidation proceeding involving an automatic wet-mop cleaning device
• Represented a semiconductor testing equipment manufacturer in an employee-invention compensation claim
• Represented numerous technology companies in patent infringement actions, patent invalidation proceedings, and employee-invention compensation claims
• |N|[Trade Secret Misappropriation and Post-Employment Disputes]
• Represented defendants in a case involving the misappropriation of national core semiconductor process technology from major corporation S
• Represented defendants in a case involving the misappropriation of trade secrets from a semiconductor materials company
• Represented a former startup employee in a case involving the misappropriation of deep learning source code trade secrets
• Handled numerous technology misappropriation disputes and non-compete claims involving small and mid-sized enterprises and their former employees
• |N|[Other General Civil and Criminal Matters]
• Represented members of the Daegu Suseong Beomeo Regional Housing Cooperative in a claim seeking the return of paid-in contributions
• Handled litigation involving a claim for conversion to ownership of a private rental apartment complex in Hannam-dong

• A Study on the Criteria for Judging Unfair Competition and Administrative Investigations (Co-authored, 2018)