Andrew Chongseh Kim

  • Senior Foreign Attorney
  • T. +82-2-3404-0473
  • F. +82-2-3404-7306
  • E. andrew.kim@bkl.co.kr

Overview

Andrew Chongseh Kim is an experienced Texas litigator and former law school professor who represents clients in cross-border deals, disputes, and regulatory matters. He applies unique insights and strategic thinking to a range of matters, including, energy, construction, competition law, medical devices, and wealth management.

Mr. Kim graduated with honors from Harvard Law School and earned a triple major in Physics, Economic, and Anthropology from the University of Chicago. His insights as a scholar and legal expert have been widely cited including in The New Yorker, Businessweek, NBC News, 60 Minutes, and the South China Morning Post, as well as in hearings of the United States Congress and in briefs to the United States Supreme Court.

Representative Experience

2023-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2018-2023 Greenberg Traurig LLP
2017-2018 Beck Redden LLP
2013-2016 Professor, Concordia University School of Law
2011-2013 Professor, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
2010-2011 Judicial Clerk, Supreme Court of Connecticut
2002-2006 NASDAQ Stock Trader

Representative Matters

Represented and advised oil and gas companies in relation to ownership disputes, upstream, midstream, and environmental matters
Represented mechanical and plumbing subcontractor in AAA arbitration in dispute over construction of a luxury hotel
Represented pharmaceutical manufacturer with respect to allegations of false advertisement
Represented Korean-American business man in lawsuit brought by former World Series of Poker Champion
Represented medical device manufacturer in complex multi-district litigation involving thousands of plaintiffs
Represented and advised oil and gas companies in relation to ownership disputes, upstream, midstream, and environmental matters
Represented mechanical and plumbing subcontractor in AAA arbitration in dispute over construction of a luxury hotel
Represented pharmaceutical manufacturer with respect to allegations of false advertisement
Advised Korean company on potential liability issues regarding shipping of crude oil
Represented Korean-American business man in lawsuit brought by former World Series of Poker Champion
Represented Asian-American scientists in relation to FBI investigations
Represented multiple oil and gas companies in relation to mineral rights and environmental liability issues
Advised clients on crypto regulatory and transactional matters
Represented medical device manufacturer in complex multi-district litigation involving thousands of plaintiffs

Education

2010 Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude)
2000 University of Chicago (B.A., Economics, Physics, and Anthropology)

Selected Activities

Publications
Researching While Asian: An Initiative in Search of a Crime, Criminal Justice Magazine (America Bar Association, 2022)
Racial Disparities in Economic Espionage Act Prosecutions: A Window into the New Red Scare, Committee of 100 white paper (Committee of 100, 2021)
Prosecuting Chinese “Spies”: An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Espionage Act, Cardozo Law Review Volume 40 No. 2 (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2018)
When the Apocalypse Comes, Will Anything Change? Gay Marriage, Black Lives Matter, and the Rule of Law, Savannah Law Review Vol. 3 (Savannah Law School, 2016)
Underestimating the Trial Penalty: An Empirical Analysis of the Federal Trial Penalty and Critique of the Abrams Study, Mississippi Law Journal Vol. 84 No. 5 (University of Mississippi School of Law, 2015)
Beyond Finality: How Making Criminal Judgments Less Final Can Further the ‘Interests of Finality’, Utah Law Review (University of Utah’s S. J. Quinney College of Law, 2013)
Activity
Board member and Secretary, The Korean American Institute (2022-Present)
Civic Engagement Panel, Committee of 100 Annual Conference (2022)
Kenynote Speaker, 2021 ACP MetroCon (DFW Association of Chinese Professionals, 2021)
Speaker, Know Your Rights Under the China Initiative Webinar (Asian American Justice Center, 2020)
Speaker, Understand Your Civil Rights and Learn How to Protect Career and Family in the New Reality (United Chinese Americans 2019 Forum, 2019)
Keynote Speaker, The Asian American Civil Rights Movement (State Bar of Texas, 2018)
Headline Speaker, Committee of 100, Annual Conference (2017)
Awards
NextGen Leader, Committee of 100 (2018)
Professor of the Year, Concordia University School of Law (2014)

Qualifications

2017 Texas
2011 Illinois