Partner
Kiri YI
Criminal Defense (Litigation)
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Kiri Yi is a partner in our Arbitration & Litigation Group. Prior to joining Lee & Ko in 2022, Mr. Yi served for nineteen years as Judge/Presiding Judge in the Korean judiciary. He has extensive experience in litigation practice, having presided over numerous cases in various areas and courts during his term on the bench, including intellectual property cases at Seoul Central District Court and Seoul High Court, detention, arrest and search/seizure warrant cases at several district courts. During his term, he has been appointed as Director of Judicial Research at the Supreme Court Library, and was in charge of selecting and publishing significant Supreme Court cases.
With such experience in litigation practice, educational background in engineering and competency in English communication, Mr. Yi is specialized in areas of Criminal Defense, International Litigation, Product Liability, Administrative Litigation, M&AㆍManagement Rights Disputes, among other dispute matters.
With such experience in litigation practice, educational background in engineering and competency in English communication, Mr. Yi is specialized in areas of Criminal Defense, International Litigation, Product Liability, Administrative Litigation, M&AㆍManagement Rights Disputes, among other dispute matters.
Education
| 2011 | Duke University School of Law - LL.M. |
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| 2003 | Judicial Research & Training Institute, Supreme Court of Korea |
| 1997 | Seoul National University – M.S. in Industrial Engineering |
| 1995 | Seoul National University – B.S. in Industrial Engineering |
Work Experience
| 2022-Present | Lee & Ko |
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| 2021-2022 | Presiding Judge, Suwon District Court |
| 2018-2021 | Presiding Judge, Gwangju District Court |
| 2017-2018 | Director of Judicial Research, Supreme Court Library |
| 2015-2017 | Judge, Seoul High Court |
| 2014-2015 | Judge, Seoul Central District Court |
| 2011-2014 | Judge, Sungnam Branch, Suwon District Court |
| 2010-2011 | Judge, Pyeongtaek Branch, Suwon District Court |
| 2007-2010 | Judge, Gunsan Branch, Jeonju District Court |
| 2005-2007 | Judge, Seoul Central District Court |
| 2004-2005 | Apprentice Judge, Seoul High Court |
| 2003-2004 | Apprentice Judge, Northern Branch, Seoul District Court |
Languages
| Korean and English |
Publications / Presentations / ETC
- How a 600-year prison sentence is imposed and enforced in the United States, Judicial Advancement Foundation (2021)
- ”The Future of Criminal Justice in the Age of Digital Transformation”, presentation at the 10th Korean Criminal Studies Conference (2021)
- Member of “Next Generation Electronic Litigation” Working Group, Court of Korea (2019-2021)
- An Inquiry into the Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence by Warrant and Voluntary Submission and its Admissibility through the Concept of “Tentative Illegality”, Judicial Advancement Foundation (2020)
- Assistant Administrator, Judicial Informatization Research Society, Supreme Court of Korea (2018-2020)
- ”The Judicial IT & e-Court System of the Court of Korea'” presentation (remote) at U.S. Court Affiliate Conference (2019)
- ”The Information & e-Court Systems of the Korean Judiciary”, presentation at International Conference hosted by the Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand (2019)
- “The Meaning of the Scope of Force of Search and Seizure Warrants and the Understanding of Procedures and Admissibility of Digital Evidence through the Concept of Tentative Illegality”, presentation at Joint Conference of Supreme Court Criminal Law Research Society & Korean Society of Criminal Law (2018)
- ”Human Rights in the Era of the 4th Industrial Revolution”, discussion panel at international symposium hosted by the Korea United Nations Systems Association (2018)
- “Digital Transformation, Challenges of Digital Libraries”, discussion panel at symposium hosted by the Korean Society for Library Information Science (2018)
- Understanding the Procedure of Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence and its Admissibility Through the Concept of “Tentative Illegality”, Judicial Research and Training Institute (2017)
- Measures to Improve Utilization of Knowledge Within the Judiciary, Judicial Advancement Foundation (2017)
- On the “Legal Issues regarding Artificial Intelligence” (Discussion Paper), Korean Association of Science, Technology And the Law (2017)
- Trends of Judicial Precedents and Lawmaking Related to Personal Information Infringement Cases, lecture at Korea Internet & Security Agency (2017)
- “The Court’s Perspective on Personal Information Breach Cases”, lectures at Consortium of CERT (2016-2017)
- “The Judicial IT & e-Court System of the Court of Korea”, presentation at International Conference hosted by the Supreme Administrative Court of Thailand (2017)
- “The Impact of AI and the 4th Industrial Revolution on the Legal Society”, discussion panel at Special Discussion Meeting hosted by The Law Times (2017)
- Member of “Judicial Informatization Strategy Committee” Working Group, Court of Korea (2017)
- Co-author of “Unfair Competition Prevention And Trade Secret Protection Act” section of Online Commentary, THOMSON REUTERS LAWnB (since 2016)
- Measures to Improve the Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence, Supreme Court Library (2016)
- Member of “Judicial Informatization Advancement Committee” Working Group, Court of Korea (2016)
- Member of “Judicial Informatization Long-term Planning TF”, Court of Korea (2015-2016)
- “Overview of the Judicial Information System and e-Filing of Korea”, presentation at International Conference hosted by the Ministry of Justice of Thailand (2015)
- Expert Member of “IP Hub Court Promotion Committee”, Court of Korea (2015)
- Member of Foreign Judicial Systems Study Group (USA), Court of Korea (2013-2015)
- Recent Trends of Practice and Theories Concerning Search and Seizure of Digital Evidence in USA, Supreme Court Library (2012)
- New Forms of Utilizing Copyrighted Work and Infringement of the Copyrights thereof, Supreme Court Library (2012)
- The End-to-End Principle (paper included in “The Internet at the Crossroads”), Korea Association For Informedia Law (2012)
- Case Study on the Copyrightability of Photographs, Korea Association For Informedia Law (2016)
- Defense of Abuse of Right in Patent Infringement Litigations, Center for Law & Technology, Seoul National University (2006)
- Liability of Korean Language URL Service Provider, Center for Law & Technology, Seoul National University (2005)
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