Attorney Kim is the Criminal Team Leader Attorney of the ClassHankyul that oversees criminal cases and specializes in IT, advanced technology, industrial secret leaks, intellectual property infringement, mass fraud, industrial accidents, election cases, etc.
As a prosecutor, Attorney Kim gained extensive experience in the fields of scientific investigations, IT, and advanced crime investigations through five positions in the scientific investigations division, holding positions such as the head of the Scientific Investigations Division of the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, head of the 2nd Advanced Crime Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office, etc. Currently, Attorney Kim is the head of the Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences, which conducts research on digital forensics.
Overview
Experience
- 1990 Passed 32nd Bar Exam
- 1993 Judicial Research and Training Institute (22nd Class)
- 1993 ~ 2005 Prosecutor, Cheongju, Andong, Seoul Central, Daegu, Incheon District Prosecutors' Office
- 2005 ~ 2007 Prosecutorial Researcher, Supreme Prosecutor’s Office (dispatch)
- 2007 ~ 2013 Miryang-Pohang District Prosecutor, Professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, Head of the Information and Communications Division at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Director of Scientific Investigation Planning at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Chief Prosecutor of the 2nd Advanced Crime Investigation Division of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Head of the Criminal Justice Common System (KICS) Operation Team of the Ministry of Justice
- 2014 ~ 2015 Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Changwon District Prosecutors' Office; 1st Chief Prosecutor, Daegu District Prosecutors' Office
- 2016 ~ 2018 Head of the Scientific Investigation Division of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office; Chief Prosecutor, Changwon, Busan, and Seoul Northern District Prosecutors' Office
- 2019 ~ 2020 Chief Prosecutor, Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office
- 2021 ~ Present Head of the Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences
- Present Attorney, ClassHankyul
Education
- 1986 Kyungpook National University Law Department
- 1991 Kyungpook National University Graduate School of Law
- 2001 ~ 2002 Short-term training, Chuo University of Japan
Representative Matters
- Major cybercrime investigations such as the hacking of financial institutions, etc.
- Major personal information leak investigations such as the leak of the information of 100 million customers by the 3 major credit card companies, etc.
- Criminal investigations involving virtual assets such as the smuggling of cannabis using Bitcoin.
- Investigations of multi-level financial fraud cases worth trillions of won
- Investigations of tax evaders who systematically issued large amounts of false tax invoices
- Investigations of illegal gold smuggling worth trillions of won
- Investigations of shipyard tank explosions
- Major personal information leak investigations such as the leak of the information of 100 million customers by the 3 major credit card companies, etc.
- Criminal investigations involving virtual assets such as the smuggling of cannabis using Bitcoin.
- Investigations of multi-level financial fraud cases worth trillions of won
- Investigations of tax evaders who systematically issued large amounts of false tax invoices
- Investigations of illegal gold smuggling worth trillions of won
- Investigations of shipyard tank explosions
Youngdae Kim
Attorney at Law
T. +82-2-555-5007
F. +82-2-555-5008
E. kimyd@classhklaw.com