- 2004 ~ 2006 Outside Director, Upert Co., Ltd. (formerly Sun Korea Electronics Co., Ltd.)
- 2008 ~ 2011 Advisory Committee Member, Fair Trade Commission’s ‘Competition-Restrictive Legislation Review Network’
- 2009 ~ 2015 Resident Conciliator, Seoul Court Mediation Center
- 2012 ~ 2013 Adjunct Professor, Korea University Graduate School of Law
- 2012 ~ 2014 Institutional Operations Advisory Committee Member, Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency
- 2014 ~ 2017 Member (Director), Korea Copyright Commission
- 2015 ~ 2017 Member, Korean Bar Association Membership Committee
- 2016 Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
- Public Hearing on Public Interest Litigation (Legal Aid) at the Supreme Court (Victory in the case regarding the recognition of adverse possession of burial sites under customary law)
- 2017 ~ 2018 Advisory Committee Member, Child Support Enforcement Agency
- Member, International Committee, Seoul Bar Association
- 2019 ~ 2020 Member, Legislative Committee, Seoul Bar Association
- 2018 ~ 2020 Legal Advisor, Korea Construction Association
- 2019 ~ 2020 Adjunct Professor, Korea University Graduate School of Law
- 2020 Panel Speaker, Copyright Law Comprehensive Public Hearing hosted by the Korea Copyright Commission
- 2022 ~ 2023 Advisory Committee Member, Korea REITs Association
- 2022 ~ 2024 Member, Media Promotion Fund Management Committee, Korea Press Foundation
- Present Conciliator, Seoul High Court
- Resident Conciliator, Seoul Central District Court
- Court-appointed Attorney, Supreme Court, Seoul Central District Court, Seoul Southern District Court, Seoul Western District Court, and Seoul Northern District Court
- Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
- Lecturer, ‘Mediation Specialist Course’ organized by the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board and Korean Association of Mediation
- Court-appointed Representative, Seoul Special Administrative Appeals Commission
- Resident Director, Korean Association of Mediation
- Member, Education Committee, Seoul Bar Association
- Legal Advisor, Korean Magazine Association
- Partner Attorney at Law, ClassHankyul
Experience
Education
- 1988 Graduated from Korea University Department of Law
- 1988 Passed the 30th National Bar Examination
- 1991 Judicial Research and Training Institute (20th Class)
- 2013 Graduated from Korea University Graduate School of Law, Master’s Degree (Department of Financial Law)
Publications
1. Book
- A Study on the Operation of Copyright Mediation Systems Following the Introduction of Ex Officio Mediation (Korea Copyright Commission Copyright Research Materials 2020-13, Published December 24, 2020)
2. Papers and Videos:
- "Research on the Development Directions of Civil Mediation Systems: Focusing on the Operations and Cases of Court Mediation Centers" (Master’s Thesis, Korea University Graduate School of Law, 2013)
- "The Social Integration Function of ADR", Justice, February 2013, Issue 134-3 (Special Edition 2), Korean Legal Academy
- "The Application of Negotiation in Civil Mediation Procedures", Negotiation Studies, Vol. 17, No. 2, April 2014, Korean Association for Negotiation Studies
- "Communication in Mediation and Negotiation for Legal Dispute Parties", Dispute Resolution (Issue 2), February 2016, Korean Association of Mediation Studies
- "Legal Disputes and Civil Mediation Practice" (14 lectures), August 2018 (Legal Times, Legal Education)
- "A Study on Successful Mediation Cases through Negotiation", Negotiation Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2, December 2019, Korean Association for Negotiation Studies
Hongjoon Jo
Attorney at Law
T. +82-2-3458-9503
F. +82-2-554-6423
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