Daeryun Law Firm establishes investigation response team

Daeryun Law Firm (Lihan), one of Korea's top 10 law firms, announced the launch of an expanded criminal response group based on its high-level case handling capabilities and announced that it will provide differentiated legal services.

To strengthen the criminal field, Daeryun Law Firm has continuously recruited lawyers from judges, prosecutors, and police officers, and has established a criminal response group at its headquarters to increase the efficiency of case processing. The criminal response group was launched as part of the five existing criminal divisions, and each team is overseen by a chief judge, a chief prosecutor, a prosecutor's branch chief, and a former police officer with more than 20 years of legal experience.

Chief attorney In-won Kim (21st class), a former chief prosecutor who mainly handled tax crimes, corporate crimes, and sex crime cases, is serving as the center director and passing on the know-how accumulated through his long legal career.

In addition, Ahn Seung-jin (28th class), a former chief prosecutor in charge of violent crimes, is the chief general attorney, and Lee Kwang-soo (18th class), a former chief prosecutor who is well versed in election cases, drug crimes and intellectual property-related crimes, is a former chief prosecutor, election offenders, and former chief prosecutor Na Chang-soo (31st class), who has extensive experience in criminal cases such as drunkenness and traffic offenses. Park Seong-dong (24th class), a former specialized police officer and chief prosecutor, serves as the head of each team and oversees the case.

Daeryun has over 500 experts, and has a wide cooperation system in place with specialized lawyers working together in each case field. All cases are managed centrally at the head office, and an internal advisory system of experts such as general lawyers and specialized lawyers from the criminal response group is being introduced, making every effort to provide uniform legal services nationwide.

What changed this year was the establishment of an ‘Investigation Response Team’ within the existing criminal response group in accordance with the prosecution and police’s policy of strengthening investigations. Attorney Park Seong-dong, who worked in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Investigation Department and the Intelligence and Foreign Affairs Department, will serve as team leader and work with team members from each Seoul police station who are former investigators to respond at a higher level of investigation.

Through this, the plan is to strengthen one-stop assistance for criminal cases and minimize confusion by forming a timely investigation task force team, such as an election investigation team in preparation for the April 10 general election and a serious disaster investigation team for companies with less than 50 employees, to respond preemptively.

Currently, Daeryun provides one-stop legal services from legal consultation at the beginning of the case to the conclusion of the case. We plan to provide accurate diagnosis starting from consultation through diversifying channels, such as operating our own legal counseling center.

In particular, in collaboration with the Evidence Investigation and Digital Forensics Group, which includes professional investigators who have acquired detective qualifications, we begin the evidence collection and analysis process using cutting-edge investigative techniques.

Afterwards, investigation simulations are conducted in the mock investigation room to respond to the police and prosecution investigation stages, and initial response is being undertaken through continuous communication with investigative agencies and attendance at the investigation.

There were also cases where collaboration with the evidence investigation and digital forensics group shined. Recently, he defended a defendant who was accused of quasi-rape after drinking and falling asleep together and was acquitted. This is because, based on cell phone forensics and evidence collection, the victim's attitude after the incident and loopholes in the victim's statement were pointed out, emphasizing that the circumstances of the complaint were unnatural and suspicious.

Daeryun stated that since the launch of the expansion of the criminal response group, a closer cooperation system has been established and the level of adhesion to incident response has increased.

As we operate 19 dedicated groups in addition to closing criminal cases, we are managing headquarters-centered management to enable prompt implementation of follow-up responses such as general litigation, arbitration, financial legal affairs, and taxation derived from criminal cases.

Daeryun plans to continue to expand its scale by significantly reinforcing team members from police and prosecution investigators and recruiting additional lawyers with experience working in investigative agencies.

Kim Kuk-il, CEO of Daeryun, said, “We have decided to expand the expert organization for preemptive and comprehensive response in response to investigative agencies not only for general criminal cases but also for urgent issues such as general elections and major disasters. With the help of many experts, we have strengthened our expertise and strengthened our internal capabilities, and now it is time to move forward further.” He added, “Daeryun is fully equipped with the case processing capabilities to handle major criminal cases. This year, we are the best in Korea. “We will solidify our position as a law firm,” he said.

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