Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (2020)

Education

• Ohio State University (PhD in Industrial Organization, 1989)
• Ohio State University (MA in Economics, 1985)
• Korea University (BA in Economics, 1983)
• Kyunggi High School (1978)

• D&A LLC (2018-Present)
• Director, Community Chest of Korea (2013)
• Director, Korea Economic Research Institute (2013)
• President, International Management Institute (IMI) (2013)
• Vice-Chairman, Federation of the Korean Industries (2013)
• Non-Executive Director, Korea Consumer Agency (2008)
• Director, Korea Society for Regulatory Studies (2008)
• Executive Director, Federation of the Korean Industries (2007)
• Visiting Professor, Sungkyunkwan University (2006)
• Non-Executive Director, National Pension Service (2003)
• Director, Chief of Economic Investigation Division, Federation of the Korean Industries (2003)
• Chief Planner, Chief of Knowledge Economy Center, Federation of the Korean Industries (1999)
• Visiting Researcher, Hoover Institution, Stanford University (1997)
• Chief of Research Division, Korea Economic Research Institute (1995)
• Researcher, Korea Economic Research Institute (1990)

• |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

• 『Digital Economics』 National Federation of Entrepreneurs 2001
• 『Economic Analysis of Insider Transactions and Competition Policy』 Korea Economic Research Institute Regulatory Research Center 1999
• 『New Round Response Strategies in the Service Industry』 Korea Economic Research Institute Regulatory Research Center 1999
• 『Fair Trade Economics』 Regulatory Research Center, Korea Economic Research Institute 1999
• “Economic Analysis of Fair-Trade Act” Economics of Korean Law Korea Economic Research Institute 1997
• “A Study on Private Enforcement of the Fair-Trade Act” Law and Economics Korea Economic Research Institute 1997
• “Economic Analysis of Franchise Contracts and Competition Policies” Regulatory Research Summer 1997 issue Korea Economic Research Institute
• 『Let's fix the economic laws like this』 (co-author) Regulatory Research Center, Korea Economic Research Institute 1997
• The Results and Future Course of Antitrust Policy in Korea"" Paper presented in International Conference on The Role of the Three Branches of Government for the Rule of Law and the Free Market in Korea 1995
• The Results and Future Course of Deregulation Policy in Korea"" Paper presented in International Seminar on Reinventing Government: Asia Style II The Asia Foundation October 1995
• 『Deregulation Policy Evaluation』 (co-author) Korea Economic Research Institute Regulatory Research Center 1995
• Deregulation Policy in Korea"" Paper presented in International Conference on Privatization and Deregulation 1994
• 『Price Regulation in Korea』 (co-author) Korea Economic Research Institute Regulatory Research Center 1994
• 『Privatization and Deregulation』 (co-edited) Korea Economic Research Institute Regulatory Research Center 1994
• 『Privatization and Deregulation - The International Experience and Korea's approach』- (co-editor) Korea Economic Research Institute 1994
• 『Critique of Policy Regulation』 (Co-author) Regulatory Research Center, Korea Economic Research Institute 1994
• “Competitive obstacles in the toy industry and deregulation measures” Deregulation Korea Economic Research Institute Regulatory Research Center 1993
• 『Direction and Tasks of Deregulation』 Korea Economic Research Institute Regulatory Research Center 1993
• “Background and Basic Direction of Proposal on Administrative Deregulation” Proposal on Administrative Deregulation Private Advisory Committee on Administrative Deregulation 1992
• “The Motivation of Exclusive Conditional Transactions and Competition Policy” Industrial Organization Study Korean Society of Industrial Organizations 1992
• “A study on market failure as a basis for government regulation” Korean Public Administration Research Institute for Public Administration 1992
• “Asymmetric information and deregulation” Deregulation Administrative Regulatory Research Center 1992
• 『Competitive Policy of Unfair Trade Act』 Korea Economic Research Institute 1992
• 『Problems and Improvement Methods of Government Regulations -Focused on Investigation of Entrepreneurs Awareness of Government Regulations』 (Co-author) Civil Research Center for Administrative Regulations 1992
• “Price Regulation of Industrial Products” Economic Democratization and Government Regulation Korea Economic Research Institute 1991
• “Economic Analysis of Exclusive Conditional Transactions” Fair-Trade Commission 1991
• “Motives and Effects of Restriction of Sales Areas” The Korean Economic Research Institute, Korea Economic Research Institute 1991
• “Measures for Development of Investment Regulation System” 7th 5-year Fair Trade Sector Plan Policy Council 1990
• 『Demand Structure Analysis and Economic Prospects of the Domestic Automobile Industry』 Korea Investment Trust Economic Research Institute 1990
• “Opportunism Vertical Integration and Exclusive Dealing Contracts in Cooperative Organization” Ph. D. Dissertation The Ohio State University 1989