Daeryun Law Firm Strengthens Criminal Response Group... New investigation response team established

Daeryun Law Firm (Lihan), one of Korea's top 10 law firms, announced on the 14th that it will announce the launch of an expanded criminal response group based on its high-level case handling capabilities and 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 mainly in charge of violent crimes, chief general attorney, Lee Gwang-soo (18th class), a former chief prosecutor well-versed in election cases, drug crimes and intellectual property-related crimes, and former chief prosecutor Na Chang-soo (31st class), a former chief prosecutor with extensive experience in cases of election offenses, industrial accidents and corporate crimes, chief general attorney, police officer specialized in criminal cases such as drinking and traffic offenses Park Seong-dong (24th class), a former executive 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 plan to respond to a higher level of investigation with team members who are former investigators at each Seoul police station.

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.

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.

Daeryun CEO Kim Kuk-il 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 substance, and now it is time to move forward further,” adding, “We are fully equipped with the case handling capabilities to handle major criminal cases. This year, we have established ourselves as a leading domestic law firm. “We will solidify our position,” he said.

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