Overview
Heejong Lee is a partner at Bae, Kim & Lee LLC. Ms. Lee's major practice areas include: criminal cases, trade secret protection, technology leak, industrial safety, anti-corruption, compliance, etc.
Ms. Lee started her career as a prosecutor with the Busan District Prosecutors' Office and then worked at Seongnam Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office, prior to joining BKL in 2007. She studied Law at Seoul National University and completed the 33rd Judicial Research and Training Institute course. She earned a LL.M. degree from New York University School of Law and was admitted to the bar of New York.
Related Practices
- Corporate Crime & White Collar Criminal Defense
- Trade Secrets & Corporate Information Protection
- Serious Accident Prevention and Response·Occupational Safety
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Criminal Defense Litigation
- Criminal Defense
- IP Litigation & Counseling
- Digital Forensic, E-Discovery & Investigations
- Internal Investigations
Representative Experience
2007-Present
Bae, Kim & Lee LLC
2006
Prosecutor, Seongnam Branch of Suwon District Prosecutors' Office
2004-2005
Prosecutor, Busan District Prosecutors' Office
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2022-Present
Advisor, Anti-Corruption Regulations Advisory Group, Anti-corruption & Civil Rights Commission
2020-Present
Advisor, Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission; interpretation of the Act on Prohibition of False Claims for Public Funds and Recovery of Illicit Profits
2017-2022
Non-Standing Member, Central Administrative Appeals Commission
2016-2022
Civilian Member, Disciplinary Committee, Defense Acquisition Program Administration
2013
Foreign Intern, Greenberg Traurig LLP, New York
Representative Matters
Represented Company A in a trade secret infringement case over batteries and polysilicon
Represented Company J in a trade secret infringement case over boilers
Represented CEO and other executives of Group K and Group KA’s affiliates in a case of occupational breach of trust
Represented Company L in an industrial accident of a shipyard explosion
Represented Company M in a trade secret infringement case over metal filters
Represented Company A in a trade secret infringement case over batteries and polysilicon
Represented Company B in a trade secret infringement case over medical devices
Represented Company C in an industrial accident of carbon dioxide leak at its plant in the city of Yongin
Represented Company D in an industrial accident of nitrogen leak at its plant in the city of Icheon
Represented Company E in an industrial accident of crush by machinery at its plant in the city of Paju
Represented Company F in a trade secret infringement case over aramid fibers
Represented Company G in a trade secret infringement case over automobile parts
Represented Company H in a trade secret infringement case over power plant design work
Represented Company I in an industrial accident of a waste tank explosion at its plant in the city of Ulsan
Represented Company J in a trade secret infringement case over boilers
Represented CEO and other executives of Group K and Group KA’s affiliates in a case of occupational breach of trust
Represented Company L in an industrial accident of a shipyard explosion
Represented Company M in a trade secret infringement case over metal filters
Education
2013
New York University School of Law (LL.M)
2004
Judicial Research and Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea
2000
Seoul National University (LL.B.)
Qualifications
2014
New York
2004
Korea
Practice Areas
- Corporate Crime & White Collar Criminal Defense
- Trade Secrets & Corporate Information Protection
- Serious Accident Prevention and Response·Occupational Safety
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Criminal Defense Litigation
- Criminal Defense
- IP Litigation & Counseling
- Digital Forensic, E-Discovery & Investigations
- Internal Investigations