Seongho Moon

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Overview

Seongho Moon mainly practices in the areas of constitutional, administrative and criminal litigation and matters involving Japan. Mr. Moon worked for 17 years as a judge until he retired as a presiding judge at Gyeongju Branch of Daegu District Court in 2021, and handled not only civil and criminal cases, but also a wider range of trials regarding administration, bankruptcy and preservation. He handled a number of administrative cases at Seoul Administrative Court and other courts and was in charge of public law litigation and assisted administrative litigation as a deputy director general for judicial policy at the Office of Court Administration. At the University of Tokyo, he studied administrative litigation law and labor law as a visiting researcher of the School of Legal and Political Studies. While serving as a judge, Mr. Moon gave lecture on public law litigation to new appointed and experienced judges at the Judicial Research and Training Institute and authored practical books theses regarding bankruptcy law, labor law, and administrative litigation law.

Representative Experience

2021-Present Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2020-2021 Presiding Judge, Daegu District Court Gyeongju Branch of Daegu District Court
2019-2020 Judge, Seoul Central District Court
2017-2019 Judge, Seoul Southern District Court
2015-2017 Deputy Director-General for Judicial Policy, Office of Court Administration
2014-2015 Judge, Seoul Southern District Court
2012-2014 Judge, Seoul Administrative Court
2011-2012 Visiting Researcher, School of Legal and Political Studies, University of Tokyo
2010-2011 Judge, Seoul Central District Court
2007-2010 Judge, Uijeongbu District Court
2006-2007 Judge, Jinju Branch of Changwon District Court
2004-2006 Deputy Judge, Jinju Branch of Changwon District Court
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2016-2017 Secretary, Administrative Trial Development Committee, Supreme Court of Korea
2015-2017 Secretary, Foreign Judicial System Research Group, Supreme Court of Korea

Representative Matters

Represented a litigation seeking the revocation of a measure against an illegal/unfair matter by a retired employee imposed upon the representative of savings bank A (Administrative)
Represented a litigation seeking the revocation of a sanction imposed upon company B for an unfair supportive act (Fair transaction)
Represented a litigation claiming for unsettled fuel costs by private coal power generator C (Energy)
Represented a litigation claiming for unjust enrichment relating to a foreign investment project by securities company D (Finance)
Advised Japanese companies including company E on the response to Korean litigations and labor and employment issues (Japan)
Represented a litigation seeking the revocation of a measure against an illegal/unfair matter by a retired employee imposed upon the representative of savings bank A (Administrative)
Represented a litigation seeking the revocation of a sanction imposed upon company B for an unfair supportive act (Fair transaction)
Represented a litigation claiming for unsettled fuel costs by private coal power generator C (Energy)
Represented a litigation claiming for unjust enrichment relating to a foreign investment project by securities company D (Finance)
Advised Japanese companies including company E on the response to Korean litigations and labor and employment issues (Japan)
Advised on various energy businesses including eco-friendly, nuclear power and thermal power businesses (Energy)
Represented a litigation concerning an act of hindering an exercise of a right through an abuse of the official authority by a public official (Crime)
Represented a case concerning a breach of the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Economic Crimes (breach of trust) by a representative of a company (Corporate crime)

Education

2004 Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2002 Korea University (LL.B.)

Selected Activities

Publications
White Paper of Administrative Trial Development Committee (Office of Court Administration , 2017)
Status of Japan's Amended Administrative Case Litigation Law and Implications: On the Occasion of Discussion on Proposed Entire Amendment of the Administrative Litigation Act: Judicial Reforms and Judicial Systems of the World Ⅷ, pp. 579-637 (Judicial Development Foundation, 2015)
Labor Trial System of Japan, Trial Materials Vol. 126: Foreign Judicial Training Papers (32), pp. 287-406 (Supreme Court Library of Korea, 2013)
韓国における整理解雇法理の紹介、[詳説]倒産と労働(商事法務, 2013)
Practice of Corporate Bankruptcy, 3rd Ed. (Co-author, Pakyoungsa, 2011)
Key Issues in Practice of Corporate Bankruptcy, Justice Vol. 124, pp. 440-491 (Co-author, Korean Society of Law, 2011)

Qualifications

2001 Korea