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Seung Nam Yoo
Partner
- TEL 82 2 6003 7793
- FAX 82 2 6003 7012
- E-MAIL snyoo@hwawoo.com
Biography
Seung Nam Yoo is a partner at Yoon & Yang LLC. His main practice area is litigation and arbitration.
Mr. Yoo retired from public office as a Presiding Judge of the Warrant and Criminal Trial Department, Seoul Western District Court in 2009. Mr. Yoo gained significant trial experience in civil, criminal, and administrative litigation by serving as a Judge at the Seoul Central District Court and the Seoul High Court, a Presiding Judge at the Uijeongbu District Court, and instructor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He has also advised clients on corporate related civil and criminal matters and administrative disputes.
Mr. Yoo retired from public office as a Presiding Judge of the Warrant and Criminal Trial Department, Seoul Western District Court in 2009. Mr. Yoo gained significant trial experience in civil, criminal, and administrative litigation by serving as a Judge at the Seoul Central District Court and the Seoul High Court, a Presiding Judge at the Uijeongbu District Court, and instructor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute. He has also advised clients on corporate related civil and criminal matters and administrative disputes.
Experience
- 2009-present Yoon & Yang LLC
- 2024-present Member, Mediation Committee, Seoul Central District Court
- 2023-present Member, Administrative Appeals Committee, Seoul Metropolitan Government
- 2018-present Member, Assembly and Demonstration Advisory Committee, National Police Agency
- 2015-present Member, Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), Mediation and Arbitration Committee for Small and Medium Companies’ Technology Disputes
- 2014-present Commissioner, Administrative Judgment Commission of the National Assembly Secretariat
- 2018-22 Member, Public Interest Audit Request Advisory Board, Board of Audit and Inspection
- 2015-17 Commissioner, Administrative Judgment Commission of the National Assembly Secretariat
- 2013-17 Adjunct Professor, Seoul National University School of Law
- 2012-17 Adjunct Professor, Korea University School of Law
- 2012-18 Adjunct Professor, Sogang University Law School
- 2010-12 Commissioner, Capital Market Investigation & Deliberation Council, Securities & Futures Commission
- 2008-09 Presiding Judge, Seoul Western District Court (Warrants, Criminal Trials)
- 2008 Commissioner, Deliberation Council for Recognition of Refugees, Ministry of Justice
- 2006-08 Professor, Judicial Research and Training Institute (Criminal Trial Practice, Principles of Tax Law, Tax & Inheritance Tax Law, Corporate Tax Law)
- 2004-06 Presiding Judge, Uijeongbu District Court
- 2003-04 Judge, Seoul District Court
- 2001-03 Judge, Seoul High Court
- 1999-01 Judge, Seoul District Court
- 1998-99 Judge, Incheon District Court
- 1996-98 Judge, Seoul District Court, Uijeongbu Branch
- 1995-96 Judge, Daegu District Court, Andong Branch
- 1992-95 Judge, Daegu District Court
- 1989-92 Judge Advocate, Republic of Korea Army
Education
- 1989 Judicial Research and Training Institute
- 1988 Seoul National University Graduate School of Law (LL.M. course completion)
- 1986 Seoul National University, LL.B.
Awards
- Litigation Star, Commercial and transactions, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2020-2024)
- Dispute Resolution Star, Commercial and transactions, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific (2018-2019)
Publications
[Academic Papers]
- Roles and Future Tasks for Participatory Directors from Judges’ Perspective,” Trial Data Book 106, Supreme Court Library (2005)
- Legal Nature of Construction Report under Construction Laws, Study on Practices in Administrative Lawsuits II, Seoul High Court (2002)
- Integrated Legal Study on Multilevel Marketing, Supreme Court Law Review, National Court Administration (2000)
- Trend of Leading Cases of European Court of Human Rights regarding Legality Examination of Arrest Warrant (1995)
Insights
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Admitted to bar, Korea (1989)
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Korean and English
