


SangSu JO Senior Partner Attorney
Senior Partner Attorney
Experience as Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the Suncheon Branch of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office · Attorney Specializing in Sex Crimes/Drunk-driving Traffic/School Violence
Senior Partner Attorney
Experience as Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the Suncheon Branch of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office · Attorney Specializing in Sex Crimes/Drunk-driving Traffic/School Violence
"The client's interest comes first. Let us live sincerely and diligently"
His main practice areas are criminal, drunk-driving traffic accidents, and administrative litigation. After being appointed as a prosecutor, Attorney Cho Sang-su held key posts such as Chief of Criminal Division 5 at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Chief of Public Security Division 1 at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, Chief Prosecutor at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office, and Deputy Chief Prosecutor at the Suncheon Branch of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, and he also served on secondment as a Constitutional Research Officer at the Constitutional Court and as a Legal Advisor to the Minister of Knowledge Economy, equipping him with broad work experience. Even amid his busy work, he took an interest in the IT field and pursued studies personally, obtaining a master's degree from the Graduate School of Information Science at Soongsil University and a doctoral degree from the Soongsil University Graduate School. As an attorney as well, he holds a career of participating in and handling numerous major cases that draw society's attention, and he is active as a member of the Mining Adjustment Committee under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Broadcasting Dispute Mediation Committee under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Always keeping in mind that the client's interest comes first, he currently strives to provide satisfying legal services at Daeryun LLC.
Experience
- (Former) Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Suncheon Branch, Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office
- (Former) Prosecutor, Criminal Division 5, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office [Traffic]
- (Former) Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office Chief Prosecutor [Appeal]
- (Former) Chief of Public Security Division 1, Supreme Prosecutors' Office [Election, Grand Duke]
- (Former) Prosecutor, Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office [Traffic, intellectual property rights, trial]
- (Former) Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office [Elections, Medicine]
- (Former) Incheon District Prosecutors’ Office Prosecutor [Election, Investigation]
- (Former) Prosecutor, Eastern Branch, Busan District Prosecutors' Office [Public Security]
- (Former) Constitutional Researcher, Constitutional Court
- (Former) Today Law Firm
- (Former) Taeil Law Firm
- (Current) Executive Director, Korean Orthodontic Association
- (Current) CJ ENM viewer member
- (Current) Member of the Mining Coordination Committee of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
- (Current) Member of the Broadcasting Dispute Mediation Committee under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
- (Current) Daeryun Law Firm (Limited)
Key Activities
- Prosecutor General Commendation
- Training at Indiana University, USA
- Legal Advisor to the Minister of Knowledge Economy
- Attorney at the IT/Personal Information Protection Legal Advisory Group of the Korean Bar Association
- Awarded the Hongjo Distinguished Service Medal
- Outside director of Aekyung Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Adjunct Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Law School
- Hankook Ilbo legal advisory interview (Grand National Party money envelope case)
- Seoul Shinmun Legal Advisory Interview (On the issue of establishing a digital evidence manipulation management agency)
Key Achievements
- Grand National Party convention money envelope incident
- Case in which the acquittal was obtained on behalf of the Gyeonggi-do Party Member Council Steering Committee Chairman who was indicted for violating the Public Official Election Act.
- A case in which an internal investigation was terminated regarding a violation of the Political Fund Act by a candidate for the National Assembly of the ruling party.
- A case in which an internal investigation was terminated regarding the ruling party's party council chairman's violation of the Public Official Election Act.
- A case in which a client was acquitted on behalf of a client who was indicted for fraud due to a forged loan certificate.
- A case in which a not guilty verdict was obtained on behalf of a client who was indicted for theft even though the ownership was legally acquired.
- ‘National Intelligence Service Comment Unit’ incident
- A case in which a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was sued for defaming a subordinate and received a police decision not to forward the case.
- Case in which prosecutors obtained a non-indictment on behalf of the director of a national research institute accused of bribery.
- Prosecution official bribery case
- A case won on behalf of a client who was sued for contract cancellation and damages due to violation of a product development contract.
- A case won on behalf of a client who was sued for damages due to violation of a shoe manufacturing contract.
- A case in which he overturned the first trial and won in a case in which he was sued by his brothers for damages for embezzlement of their mother's property.
- Violation of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc. by the head of a corporate union
- Voice phishing fraud organization case that swindled tens of billions of won
- Criminal cases such as violation of the law on the management of narcotic drugs (hyangjeong), violation of the law on punishment of acts such as prostitution brokerage (prostitution brokerage, etc.), etc.
- Administrative litigation, such as cancellation of car driver's license cancellation, cancellation of refusal to accept building report, cancellation of burial relocation order, etc.
- A case in which the circumstances of death were analyzed by recovering and analyzing black box footage.
- Case where group harassment and assault were proven through digital forensics
- A case in which prosecutors sentenced him to 3 years in prison for causing an accident due to recidivism while drunk driving, but received a suspended sentence.
Education
- Graduated from Korea University Department of Law
- Graduated from Korea Cyber University, Department of Digital Information
- Graduated from Soongsil University Graduate School of Information Science, Department of Information Security
- Graduated from Soongsil University Graduate School, Department of IT Policy Management
Publications and Papers
- Research on integrity assurance procedures to enhance the legal effectiveness of digital evidence (Master's thesis, Graduate School of Information Science, Soongsil University, 2009)
- The impact of the service quality and characteristics of the prison Internet video interview system on the formation of inmates' interpersonal relationships (Soongsil University Graduate School doctoral thesis, 2017)
Certifications
- Attorney
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