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Hyun Il Jin

Hyun Il Jin

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Introduction

Before joining Shin & Kim, Mr. Hyun Il Jin was recognized as the best expert in serious accidents and labor issues within the prosecutors’ office.

While working as a prosecutor researcher at Public Security Division 3 of the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office responsible for labor and industiral accidents, Mr. Jin directed labor and industrial accident cases at nationwide prosecutors’ offices and authored commentaries on labor law issues and commentaries on penalties under the Public Official Election Act. In addition, while serving as the head of Labor Investigation Support Division at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, he held the position of head of the Task Force on Responding to the Serious Accidents Punishment Act and authored commentaries on the Serious Accidents Punishment Act, setting forth sentencing guidelines to articulate the standards for addressing serious accident cases. He demonstrated outstanding competence in labor and election related cases at Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office and Ulsan District Prosecutors’ Office, and was accredited as a certified prosecutor in the area of labor based on recognition for his expertise honed during his service as a designated prosecutor for industrial safety at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office.

Mr. Jin also has excellent lecturing skills. During the years he was serving as a presecutor, Mr. Jin gave lectures to officers at the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Election Commission, and corporations on labor and election case investigation methods and corporate safety management systems.

Professional Career
  • 2022-PresentShin & Kim LLC
  • 2021Chief Prosecutor, 10th Criminal Division (Industiral Safety), Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2020Head, Labor Investigation Support Divisin, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2019Director of Public Security, Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2019Chief Prosecutor, 3rd Criminal Division (Finance, Economy), Suncheon Branch, Gwangju District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2017Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2016Prosecutor, Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2014Prosecutor Research, Supreme Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2012Prosecutor, Ulsan District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2009Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2007Prosecutor, Ansan Branch, Suwon District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2005Prosecutor, Yeongdeok Branch, Daegu District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2003Prosecutor, Changwon District Prosecutors’ Office
  • 2003Judicial Research & Training Institute of the Supreme Court of Korea
Key Experience
  • Consulting on serious accident at G University
  • Consulting on serious accident at the construction site of an apartment in Incheon
  • Consulting on serious accident at the construction site of the residential and commercial complex in Seoul
  • Consulting on serious accident at the Daejeon office of H Corporation
  • Consulting on serious accident at H Paper’s Sintanjin plant
  • Consulting on serious accident at the site of the new construction of K E&C Busan residential and commercial complex
  • Consulting on serious accident of S Church's Seoul building management
  • Consulting on serious accident of Medical Device Management at S Hospital
Education
  • 2018UCLA (Visiting Scholar)
  • 1999Yonsei University College of Law (LL.B.)
Qualifications
  • 2003Admitted to bar, Korea
Languages

Korean, English

Professional Activities
  • Wage System under the Fair Labor Standards Act of the United States (2019 collection of research papers on overseas training tests)
Professional Accolades
  • "Leading Lawyer" for Business Crime Defence, Legal Times, 2023-2024

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