Appointed as a judge in 1985, he served in both the District Court and the High Court before briefly practicing as an attorney. He worked as a Justice of the Supreme Court from 2005 to 2011.
After completing his term as a Supreme Court Justice, he taught Civil Procedure Law as a full-time professor and chair professor at Inha University Law School and Jeonbuk National University Law School. In 2020, he received the Korean Legal Culture Award from the Korean Bar Association. He has also served as the Chair of the Public Service Ethics Committee, outside director of KB Kookmin Card Co., Ltd, and the Chair of a public interest corporation.
Since 2023, he has been working as a Senior Legal Counsel at ClassHankyul, primarily handling litigation for Supreme Court appeals.
Overview
Experience
- 1979 Passed 21st Korean Bar Examination
- 1982 Judicial Research and Training Institute (12th Class)
- 1979 ~ 1984 Navy Judge Advocate
- 1985 ~ 2003 Judge
- 2003 ~ 2005 Attorney, Seoul Bar Association
- 2005 ~ 2011 Supreme Court Justice
- 2012 ~ Present Chair professor, Inha University Law School
- 2018 ~ 2021 Chair professor, Jeonbuk National University Law School
- 2018 ~ 2020 Chair, Public Service Ethics Committee
- 2020 ~ 2023 Chair, Public Interest Corporation “Orum”
- 2020 ~ 2023 Outside Director, KB Kookmin Card Co., Ltd.
- 2023 ~ Present Senior Legal Counsel, ClassHankyul
Education
- 1972 Gyeonggi High School
- 1976 Seoul National University, College of Law
- 1978 Seoul National University, Graduate School of Law
Sihwan Park
Senior Legal Counsel
T. +82-2-3458-0903
F. +82-557-5582
E. shpark@classhklaw.com