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Joel E. Richardson

Joel E. Richardson

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Practice Areas

International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation.

Career

Joel Richardson is a senior member of Kim & Chang’s International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation Practice and leads the firm’s North American Arbitration Desk. He is an International Arbitrator and International Mediator at the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, a member of Singapore International Mediation Centre’s Specialist Mediator panel, and Co-Chair of the KCAB Next Steering Committee. He served as adjunct-professor at the Korean Judicial Research and Training Institute. Prior to joining Kim & Chang in 2006, Mr. Richardson practiced at Arnold & Porter in Washington, DC and clerked for Judge William Stiehl of United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Professional Memberships

District of Columbia Bar and Maryland Bar.

Publications

Understanding Cultural Challenges in the Cross-Examination of Asian Witnesses, Take the Witness: Cross-Examination in International Arbitration (Juris Net, LLC, 2019);

The International Arbitration Review: Korea Chapter (Edition 8-10) (Co-author, The Law Reviews, 2017-2019);

Getting The Deal Through - Arbitration: Korea Chapter (Co-author, Law Business Research, 2017-2019);

“Understanding the Culture Challenges of Representing Korean Parties in International Arbitration,” Dispute Resolution Journal (Co-author, Juris Net, LLC, 2017).

Personal

Washington University School of Law (J.D., Order of the Coif, 2002);

Augustana College (B.A., cum laude, 1998).

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Dispute Resolution: Arbitration - South Korea

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Joel Richardson maintains an active practice representing clients in arbitration cases brought under ICC, KCAB and SIAC rules. His experience covers acting in both commercial and investor-state arbitrations.

Ranked Individuals at Kim & Chang (94)

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South Korea

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