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Provided by Joon H Kim
Joon Kim's practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense and investigations, commercial litigation, corporate governance and crisis management.
Joon has worked for over two decades at the highest levels of government and in private practice at Cleary Gottlieb, personally trying over a dozen federal jury trials and actively participating in dozens more. Joon has advised and represented some of the world’s most sophisticated companies, boards, and executives with their most significant criminal and regulatory matters, legal disputes, and crises.
From March 2017 to January 2018, Joon served as the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. As the most senior federal law enforcement officer in the district, he oversaw all criminal and civil litigation conducted on behalf the United States and supervised the work of 220 Assistant U.S. Attorneys handling a wide range of cases, including securities fraud, corruption, money laundering, international sanctions, tax, terrorism, and racketeering.
J.D., Harvard Law School (1996); B.A., Stanford University (1993).
Member, White Collar Crime Committee, New York City Bar Association (2020-2021)
Member, NYSBA Task Force on Hate Crimes and Domestic Terrorism (2020)
Vice Chair, Bharara Task Force on Insider Trading, 2018-2020
Joon is a regular speaker at leading industry conferences and media outlets on criminal and regulatory matters.
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Joon has an impeccable reputation and is exceptionally personable.
Joon always puts the client's interests first. He is strategic, smart and a pleasure to work with.
Joon has an impeccable reputation and is exceptionally personable.
Joon always puts the client's interests first. He is strategic, smart and a pleasure to work with.