Cost of Retaining a School Violence Attorney | School Violence Attorney Who Secured a Damages Award for School Violence Harm

The school violence attorney organized, by period, the content of the sexual remarks and insulting statements that the victimized student had endured.

The attorney compared the content of the KakaoTalk conversations, the social media messages, and the victimized student's statements together, organizing in concrete detail which expressions had in fact been repeated.

Because some expressions that might appear to be mere quarrels revealed, when viewed within the overall flow of the conversation, a pattern of continuous bullying, the attorney did not isolate individual statements but instead documented them together with the points of repetition and the context of the conversation.

Materials Secured to Establish the Repetitiveness of the Harm

This case also had to address the fact that, at the time of some of the harm, the perpetrating student fell within the category of a minor below the age of criminal responsibility.

Under Article 9 of the Criminal Act, a person under the age of fourteen is not subject to criminal punishment, and therefore it was difficult for criminal responsibility to be recognized immediately on the sole ground that harm had occurred.

The client felt great frustration in that punishment itself might become difficult even though the harm had continued over a long period.

The school violence attorney emphasized the continuity of the perpetrating conduct by connecting and organizing the additional harm during the period in which criminal responsibility was possible with the conduct that followed thereafter.

In that process, the attorney also organized and submitted materials on how the victimized student's actual school life had been affected and what changes had arisen in their studies and daily life.

In a civil action, liability for damages is not recognized at once on the mere assertion that harm was suffered.

This is because the materials must include how long the harm continued, the extent of the mental shock, and what response the school took, in order for the case to carry persuasive force during the trial.

Accordingly, the school violence attorney organized the counseling records, the materials on the background of the harm, and the content of the school's measures in chronological order, structuring them so that the background of how the loss arose could be grasped at a glance.

The attorney also coordinated the timing of the submission of materials and the direction of the arguments in accordance with the progress of the criminal procedure, providing assistance so that the position of the victimized student's side could be sufficiently reflected during the trial.

Where a civil action is pursued for school violence harm, it is often conducted in the form of a claim that includes medical costs, counseling costs, and consolation money.

Article 750 of the Civil Act provides that a person who, intentionally or negligently, causes loss to another bears liability for damages, and school violence cases are likewise addressed on the basis of this tort liability doctrine.

The victimized student's side must organize and submit, as materials, what harm actually occurred.

Where hospital treatment was received, a medical certificate and receipts for treatment costs are submitted together, and records of psychiatric treatment or use of a counseling center are also frequently used as materials establishing mental harm.

In the process of calculating consolation money, the intensity and duration of the violence, the perpetrating student's attitude, and the changes in school life following the harm are reflected together.

In school violence cases, as time passes, securing materials may become difficult because messages are deleted or the retention period for CCTV footage expires.

For this reason, it is important to organize the content of the harm and the conversation records from the early stage.

Guardians looking into the cost of retaining a school violence attorney likewise frequently inquire as to what materials should be preserved in order to be used in a claim for damages or in criminal procedures.

Where there was content repeatedly mocking a particular student in a group chat room or a defamatory post on social media, it is advisable not to stop at saving only a screenshot but to organize it together with the time of writing and the other party to the conversation.

Materials to Secure in Order to Establish the Harm

A claim for damages for school violence often involves the submission of the school violence committee decision and the progress of the criminal procedure together, and therefore the early organization of materials and the setting of the direction of submission are important.

During the trial, the duration of the harm, the degree of the mental harm, the content of the school's response, and whether a settlement was reached may be addressed together, and therefore step-by-step preparation is necessary.

Step 1: Organizing the Facts of the Harm and the Perpetrating Conduct

It is necessary to organize, by date, when and what violence or bullying occurred. Recording the content of the conversations at the time and the circumstances of the school's response together will be helpful during the subsequent process of submitting materials.

Step 2: Securing Materials Establishing the Harm

KakaoTalk conversation records, social media messages, photographs, CCTV footage, medical certificates, and counseling records are used as important materials in the process of a claim for damages.

Step 3: Organizing the Content of the Response by the School and the Perpetrating Student's Side

What protective measures the school took, and whether the perpetrating student's side expressed an intention to apologize or settle, must also be organized together. The content of counseling and the progress of the school violence committee are also sometimes used as materials during the trial.

Step 4: Confirming the Progress of the School Violence Committee and Criminal Procedures

The school violence committee's disposition results and the progress of the criminal case may also affect the process of the civil damages determination. A process of comparing the disposition results and the materials together and aligning the response strategy is necessary.

Step 5: Preparing for the Civil Action and the Procedures Following Judgment

Where the matter is not concluded by settlement, a claim for damages is pursued through litigation. Whether to respond with compulsory execution or an appeal following the judgment is also prepared together.

Even where a school violence case begins as a conflict between students, the harm sometimes grows as it repeats in forms such as sexual remarks, social media defamation, and group chat room bullying.

Where the harm has continued over a long period or has been repeated in the form of sexual remarks, social media defamation, or group bullying, the criminal procedure and the claim for damages are sometimes pursued together.

From the standpoint of a guardian weighing the cost of retaining a school violence attorney, it is not uncommon to experience confusion as to what materials to secure and which procedures to pursue first during the early response process.

The school violence attorneys at Daeryun, the ninth largest law firm in the Republic of Korea (based on 2025 value-added tax filings with the National Tax Service), proceed with cases by organizing the strategy for responding to the criminal procedure and the civil action together, in order to protect the victimized student and remedy the harm.

In addition, through coordination with a partner security firm, where realistic risk situations arise, such as concerns over retaliation, continued attempts at contact, or anxiety during the commute to and from school, the firm responds by coordinating, depending on the situation, the deployment of security personnel and an accompanying protection system.

Where necessary, the firm also provides support, in cooperation with the Evidence Investigation Center and the Digital Forensics Center, for the recovery of deleted messages and the analysis of digital records; accordingly, if you are in a situation requiring a response to school violence harm, we encourage you to consult on the direction of your response through a 🔗legal consultation reservation.