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Youngbin Kwon

Attorney at Law

T. +82-2-3458-0902

F. +82-2-538-2232

E. ybkwon@classhklaw.com

Overview

Youngbin Kwon is an Attorney at Law of ClassHankyul, mainly in charge of criminal matters, general litigation, election laws, labor cases, etc.

Experience

  1. 1999 Passed 41st Korean Bar Examination
  2. 2002 Judicial Research and Training Institute (31st Class)
  3. 2002 ~ 2004 Prosecutor, Uijoengbu Branch, Seoul District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  4. 2004 ~ 2005 Prosecutor, Nonsan Branch, Daejeon District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  5. 2005 ~ 2007 Prosecutor, Daegu District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  6. 2007 ~ 2008 Prosecutor, Gwangju District Public Prosecutors’ Office
  7. 2008 ~ 2014 Partner, Hankyul Law Group
  8. 2012 Special Investigator, Special Investigation Team for Independent Investigation of Acquisition of Land for President Myung-bak Lee’s Retirement Residence in Naegok-dong
  9. 2015 ~ 2016 Standing Committee Member, Special Investigation Committee on Sewol Ferry Disaster
  10. 2019 ~ 2022 Committee Member, Seoul Special City Human Rights Committee
  11. 2019 ~ 2022 Non-Standing Director, Seoul Metro Corporation
  12. 2021 ~ 2022 Chairman of Board of Directors, Seoul Metro Corporation                
  13. Present Attorney at Law, ClassHankyul

Education

  1. 1985 Sorabol High School
  2. 1990 Seoul National University, College of Law (LL.B.)
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Representative Matters

- Criminal lawsuit related to violation of the Political Funds Act by a member of the National Assembly
- Criminal lawsuit related to violation of the Public Official Election Act by a member of the National Assembly
- Criminal lawsuit related to violation of the Act on Election of Entrusted by Public Organizations by the association representative of Nonghyup
- Criminal lawsuit related to embezzlement, breach of trust, etc. of a company’s president and executives
- Lawsuit seeking for cancellation of dismissal of Chairman of Board of Directors of KBS
- General criminal lawsuits, civil lawsuits, etc.
- Legal advice for Gyeonggi Teachers’ Union
- Legal advice for Hanshin University
- Legal advice for Geumcheon-gu Office
- Legal advice for Writers Association of Korea
- Notarization for general meetings of redevelopment and reconstruction associations

Publications

- Far-off Sewol Ferry 1 (2017)
- Far-off Sewol Ferry 2 (co-author) (2022)