Ms. So Jung KIM is an attorney at D&A LLC. Her practice is primarily focused on General Civil Disputes, Administrative Procedure & Litigation, and Criminal Defense Litigation.

Bar Admissions

• Admitted to Bar, Korea (2023)

Education

• School of Law, Chung-Ang University (JD, 2023)
• Korea University (BA in History and Public Governance & Leadership, 2020)
• Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies (2015)

Significant Accomplishments

• D&A LLC (2026-Present)
• Law Clerk, Daejeon High Court (2024-2026)
• Law Clerk, Daejeon District Court (2023-2024)

Professional Activities and Experience

• Participated in R.O.K-U.S. Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
• Participated in R.O.K-U.S. Joint Fuel Cycle Study
• Participated in the commercialization and planning of the System-Integrated Modular Advanced Reactor (SMART) small modular nuclear reactor (SMR)
• Handled projects involving Very High-Temperature gas-cooled Reactor (VHTR) Nuclear Hydrogen Production and Hydrogen Reduction (HyREX)
• Participated in UAE Nuclear Power Plant Export Team Korea
• Handled R&D for surveillance asset monitoring and identification system development
• Introduced plans to denuclearize North Korea and conducted scenario analysis
• Participated in R.O.K.-U.S. joint non-proliferation research and development
• Served as Inspection and Safety Measures Advisor for the International Atomic Energy Agency
• Cooperated and advised foreign nuclear regulators
• Handled operations & maintenance of domestic and overseas power plants (Boryeong, Seocheon, Gwangyang, India, etc.)

• “The study of nuclear strategic technology management system and performance authentication” (Republic of Korea, 2022).
• “The study of renovation for Nuclear Waste Law in Korea” (Seoul National University law school, 2020).
• “The ROK’S Nuclear Liability Law revision study” (Seoul National University law school, 2019).
• “The WTO dispute between Japan and ROK for Fukushima agricultural and seafood product” (Seoul National University Law School, 2019).
• “The study of Nagoya protocol” (Seoul National University law school, 2018).
• “The interpretation of US-ROK 123 agreement” (NSSC, 2016).
• “Imaging characteristics of Iodine-124 on animal PET scanner” (Molecular Imaging and Biology, vol 7, No2, 139p, 2007).
• “Imaging characteristics of iodine-124 on animal PET,” MS/PhD thesis (The State University of New York at Buffalo, 2006).
• “Calculation of effective Dose build-up factor using MCNP code,” BA thesis (Hanyang University, 2002).