Mr. Seung Jae MOON is a partner at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Criminal Defense Litigation, Criminal & Compliance, and Trials.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (2019)
• Certified Information Systems Auditor, U.S.A. (2018)

Education

• Yeungnam University Law School (JD, 2019)
• Korean National Police University (LLB, 2000)
• Pohang High School (1996)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2025-Present)
• Deputy Director of Investigations and Chief of the Integrated Investigation Team, Seoul Gangnam Police Station (2023-2025)
• Chief, Economic Crime Investigation Team, Gyeonggi Bundang Police Station (2022)
• Deputy Director of Investigations, Dispatched to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, and Detective Chief, Gyeonggi Gwangmyeong Police Station (2020)
• Admitted to Bar, Korea (2019)
• Chief of the Economic Crime Investigation Team and Deputy Director of Warrants, Gyeongbuk Gumi Police Station (2016)
• Chinese Training Program, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (2015)
• Section Chief of the Traffic Accident Investigation Division, Gyeongnam Masan Dongbu Police Station, and Training Program in Beijing, China (2014)
• Intelligence Crime Investigation Team, Seoul Gwanak Police Station (2009)
• Chief of the Investigation Division and Intelligence Crime Investigation Team, Pohang Nambu Police Station (2002)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Handled a case related to slush fund charges against a former CEO of POSCO (2 arrest warrant dismissals and acquittal of slush fund raising and breach of trust)
• Advised on a case of business breach of trust related to business failure by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
• Handled a case on breach of trust related to Indonesian submarine exports by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
• Handled a fraud case involving alleged stock-buying by a former mayor of Ansan (not guilty)
• Handled the appeal of a bribery case involving a former Paju mayor
• Handled the appeal of a judicial scrivener under court custody in the first instance trial (not guilty)
• Handled a case of breach of trust related to the closing of Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant involving the CEO and registered directors of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (not guilty)
• Handled a case on the acquisition of Seoul Auction stolen goods (not guilty)
• Handled an appeal for a 20 billion won fraud case and brought about an order for reinvestigation and prosecution
• Handled a business embezzlement case involving the CEO of a company that invested in the so-called “Cho Kuk family fund” (arrest warrant dismissed)
• Handled various advisory and M&A for: Korea Ocean Business Corporation, Korea Furniture, Seoul Auction, Incheon Fuel Cell, Pharma, etc.
• Brought about an acquittal in the first instance criminal trial of a CEO that was charged for aiding and abetting the meat duplicate mortgage loans

• Warrant Application Process Through Case Studies ABC, Korean National Police Agency