FOR INDIVIDUALS
Daeryun Legal Services
for Individual Clients
From criminal, divorce and inheritance matters to civil and real estate disputes, our specialized practice groups handle every legal issue individual clients face.
See each group's practice areas, case results and legal information at a glance.
See each group's practice areas, case results and legal information at a glance.
Criminal Matters
Practice Areas
- Wrongfully accused of fraud or at risk of being charged
- Facing assault charges or caught up in a mutual assault case
- Accused of or harmed by defamation or spreading false information
- Under investigation for obstruction of business you did not commit
- Facing prosecution for criminal intimidation and in need of a swift defense
Cases · Analysis · Trends
Legal Information
- Elements of fraud and actual sentencing guidelines: how do you get a reduced sentence?
- Assault complaint procedures, penalties, and how to gather solid evidence
- Penalties for defamation and how to prove mitigating factors in a complaint
- Obstruction of business: sentencing standards, scope of "force," and how to clear the charge
- Intimidation complaint procedures, penalties, and how to respond to unlawful threats
Inheritance
Practice Areas
- Preparing for litigation after inheritance division talks break down
- Seeking a contributory share claim for having cared for your parents
- Proving de facto marriage inheritance rights without a legal marriage registration
- Facing tax disputes such as inheritance tax burdens or evasion allegations
- Preparing for a dispute over a will's validity or probate of a notarized will
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- How we won 100% contributory share recognition by thoroughly proving a client's care for their parents
- Winning case: fully protecting a client's share in a complex commercial building inheritance dispute
- Strategy that upheld the legal validity of a handwritten will on the verge of being voided
- Why a criminal referral for large-scale inheritance tax evasion ended in a non-referral decision
- Court ruling analysis: a substitute heir's death benefit may be excluded from special benefits under the Civil Act
Family Law
Practice Areas
- Filing a paternity claim as a child born out of wedlock
- When you need an action to confirm non-existence of a parent-child relationship on the family register
- Correcting a wrong family relationship through family register rectification
- Preparing a petition to change the person with parental authority for your child's welfare
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- Case: successfully securing an adult guardianship order to manage medical costs and insurance proceeds
- Case: correcting a decades-old false birth registration and confirming non-paternity
- Strategy that won a paternity claim plus full recovery of tens of millions of won in past child support
- Why the officiant of ancestral rites was awarded damages over a unilateral cremation without family consent
- Defense strategy that fully dismissed a sudden action to confirm non-existence of a parent-child relationship
Legal Information
- Family litigation procedures and how to reach a favorable settlement in family mediation
- Legal effect of waiving custody after divorce and how to secure visitation rights
- Paternity suit to be recognized as your father's child: who can file and how to prepare
- How to file a non-paternity confirmation claim to correct a wrong parent-child relationship on the register
Divorce
Practice Areas
- Deciding to file for judicial divorce when agreement is impossible
- Need to claim property division and alimony after ending a de facto marriage
- Pursuing a property division suit to have your contribution properly recognized in divorce
- Claiming divorce alimony damages for your spouse's fault
- Seeking damages from a spouse's affair partner for adultery
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- How we tracked down a spouse's hidden assets and won a property division worth hundreds of millions of won
- Why a unilateral and unjust divorce petition by the at-fault spouse was dismissed entirely
- Case: proving a spouse's serious deception to win marriage cancellation and alimony
- How we annulled a marriage entered into without mental capacity
Drunk Driving and Traffic Accidents
Practice Areas
- Facing imprisonment and license revocation after a drunk driving arrest
- Facing aggravated punishment for hit-and-run or failure to take post-accident measures
- Need relief from license revocation over a traffic accident or DUI administrative disposition
- Facing criminal prosecution for one of the 12 major traffic violations
- Seeking a fair settlement and compensation through a traffic accident damages claim
Cases · Analysis · Trends
Legal Information
- DUI sentencing standards and how to get relief from license revocation and imprisonment
- Criminal penalties for the 12 major traffic violations and how to settle to reduce fines
- How hit-and-run injury charges are applied and how to defend against criminal punishment
- How to respond when facing punishment for inadequate post-accident measures
- How to avoid imprisonment and settle after an unlicensed driving accident
Sex Crimes
Practice Areas
- Wrongly investigated for rape and in urgent need of proving innocence
- Falsely accused of indecent assault and in need of an immediate defense
- Searched and seized over possession or viewing of child sexual exploitation material
- Facing investigation for illegal filming under the camera-use crime provision
- Aiming for a suspended indictment or clearance after a prostitution crackdown arrest
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- Strategy that won an acquittal by proving no intent in physical contact in a false indecent assault complaint
- How we won an acquittal by proving no intent to illegally film or distribute
- Case: securing a non-referral decision after a search and seizure over child exploitation material possession
- Why a client wrongly accused of prostitution during a raid was cleared with a non-indictment
Legal Information
- How to clear a false rape accusation and prove your innocence
- Elements of indecent assault and how to respond to unintended physical contact
- How to reduce the sentence when booked for illegal filming under the camera-use crime provision
- How to get cleared when accused of obscenity via telecommunications media
- How to secure decisive evidence when preparing a sex crime complaint
Civil Matters
Practice Areas
- Seeking contract rescission or termination and restitution for the other party's breach
- Filing a loan repayment suit to recover money you lent
- Need an unjust enrichment claim after suffering loss without legal cause
- Seeking to win a damages suit for tort or breach of contract
- Preparing a class action with multiple victims to seek relief
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- How we recovered the full KRW 300 million investment by proving mis-selling of a private equity fund
- Defense strategy that fully dismissed a claim for return of a deposit worth hundreds of millions of won
- How we found an absconded debtor's assets and recovered the full loan just before the statute of limitations ran out
Legal Information
Construction and Real Estate
Practice Areas
- In a dispute with a redevelopment or reconstruction association or over purchase rights
- Facing a lease dispute over an unreturned deposit or eviction
- Preparing a defect repair suit over cracks or leaks in a new building or apartment
- Need to claim increased compensation for land expropriation after being underpaid
- Seeking to withdraw from a regional housing association and get a refund over project delays and extra charges
Cases · Analysis · Trends
Legal Information
- How to cancel a presale contract and get a refund over false advertising or delayed move-in
- How to prepare a thorough explanation for a National Tax Service real estate funding source audit
- Litigation procedure for getting back every won paid to a regional housing association or for a shop presale
- How to terminate a commercial lease and evict a tenant who is behind on rent
School Violence Response
Practice Areas
- Your child is involved in school violence and must appear before the school violence committee
- Parents and students accused of school violence who must defend against excessive disciplinary action
- School violence victims and parents who urgently need the perpetrator punished and protective measures taken
- Filing an administrative suit to revoke an unreasonable school violence disciplinary measure
- Seeking juvenile protective disposition for a child involved in a criminal case
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- Strategy that won a damages judgment against the perpetrator by proving the victim's mental and physical suffering
- Case: securing a "no action" decision against a false school violence report and protecting college admissions
- Case: representing the victim to uphold the original measure against the perpetrator's administrative appeal
Legal Information
- How to keep a school violence incident off your child's school record after receiving a committee notice
- Levels of school violence disciplinary measures and how to reduce excessive discipline
- How to respond to a retaliatory counter-complaint after reporting school violence
- How to report school violence quickly and have the perpetrator separated from your child
- How to gather evidence to prevail at the school violence committee and in civil and criminal suits
Labor and Industrial Accidents
Practice Areas
- Filing a wage and severance pay claim for work you were never paid for
- Preparing an unfair dismissal remedy application after a unilateral notice from the company
- Going through the industrial accident claim process to have your injury recognized as work-related
- Seeking industrial accident damages from the employer for negligence beyond workers' compensation benefits
- Filing an ordinary wage suit to claim the difference from omitted allowance calculations
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- Resolution strategy that recovered years of maliciously withheld wages and severance pay in full through legal action
- Case: proving causation in a death from overwork to secure survivor benefits and funeral expenses from the agency
- Strategy that exploited gaps in a comprehensive wage system to recover about KRW 60 million in unpaid wages
Legal Information
- How to include regular bonuses in ordinary wages and recalculate severance and overtime pay
- How to file a complaint against an employer who withholds wages and collect your unpaid salary
- How to resolve an unpaid wage case quickly after filing a complaint with the Ministry of Employment and Labor
- How to prove causation for an occupational disease in a workers' compensation claim
Civil Execution
Practice Areas
- Need compulsory enforcement and debt collection when a debtor will not pay despite a judgment
- Filing a suit to confirm non-existence of debt against unfair collection or false debt claims
- Need a swift provisional attachment or injunction to stop a debtor from hiding assets
- Seeking an asset recovery process for losses from fraud or unpaid receivables
- Urgently need to recover investment funds after a breached principal guarantee or fraud
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- How we found a hidden contractor account and recovered KRW 200 million in unpaid construction costs through garnishment
- Collection strategy that recovered KRW 200 million in receivables through swift legal action against an evasive client
- Why a client wrongly accused of violating the Interest Limitation Act during debt collection received a non-indictment
- Case: facing criminal charges under the Lending Business Act, we proved mitigating factors and secured a suspended indictment
- Collection strategy that secured a garnishment and collection order worth over KRW 100 million against a debtor who cleverly hid assets
Legal Information
- How to collect quickly by seizing a debtor's bank accounts and movable property
- How to freeze a debtor's assets in advance to recover outstanding receivables
- How to draft a garnishment and collection order application that gets granted without dismissal
- Compulsory enforcement procedures for actually collecting money after winning a judgment
- How to recover commercial receivables in full before the short three-year statute of limitations expires
Constitutional, Administrative, Regulatory, and Reform Matters
Practice Areas
- Public officials suffering status disadvantages from unjust discipline or removal from position
- Filing a state compensation suit for harm caused by a public official's unlawful performance of duties
- Seeking relief through administrative litigation against an unlawful or unjust administrative disposition
- Need a stay of execution because an administrative disposition is causing irreparable harm
- Seeking constitutional review of a statute or a constitutional complaint against public authority infringing fundamental rights
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- Winning strategy that dismissed a KRW 500 million indemnity suit against an individual public official through airtight legal argument
- Defense strategy that revoked a local government's unlawful corrective order on an illegal building through administrative litigation
- Case: restoring a client's reputation by overturning a child abuse suspended indictment through a constitutional complaint
- How we represented an unjustly dismissed teacher and won revocation of the dismissal at the appeals review
- Strategy that exposed the unlawfulness of a harsh military academy expulsion and won its revocation in administrative court
National Defense and Military Affairs
Practice Areas
- Under investigation for draft evasion under the Military Service Act
- Facing trial in a military court for violating the Military Criminal Act
- Involved in a military hazing case as perpetrator or victim and in urgent need of investigation support
- Facing removal from post or dishonorable discharge over an unjust military disciplinary action
- Facing military criminal punishment for damaging military property
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- Strategy that defended a client's honor with a suspended sentence in a serious Military Criminal Act case
- Case: securing a suspended indictment through an amicable settlement with the victim in a military hazing case involving assault and threats
- Analysis of the legality and admissibility of a separate-case search and seizure in a Military Secrets Protection Act case
Legal Information
- How to avoid punishment for Military Service Act violations by type of draft evasion
- How to prevent dishonorable discharge and military pension cuts from a court-martial or disciplinary action
- How to obtain relief when you are treated unjustly during military service
- What to do when you are investigated by the military police for hazing within your unit
- Sentencing standards for theft and damage of military property and how to prove your innocence
International Tax and Customs
Practice Areas
- Preparing a tax tribunal appeal against an unjust tax assessment
- Need tax-related civil litigation such as disputes with the tax authority or refund of overpaid taxes
- Pursuing a tax appeal to prove an assessment unjust and have the tax corrected
- Pursuing a customs appeal against the Korea Customs Service's tariff classification or additional assessment
- Searched and seized on suspicion of Customs Act violations such as smuggling or illegal importation
Cases · Analysis · Trends
Legal Information
- Tax tribunal and litigation procedures for challenging and cancelling a tax assessment
- How to defend against criminal punishment for tax evasion referrals and Punishment of Tax Offenses Act charges
- How to respond when facing a tax evasion referral after a National Tax Service audit
- How to obtain relief through a pre-assessment review against a customs audit assessment
- How to respond to a Customs Act investigation for smuggling or illegal importation
Medical, Bio, and Healthcare
Practice Areas
- Preparing a civil medical malpractice suit to claim damages for a hospital's negligence
- Patients and bereaved families who need to prove malpractice and have medical records examined
- Seeking to file a complaint or claim damages for harm from false or exaggerated medical advertising
- Booked for assaulting medical personnel in an emergency room or hospital
- Under investigation for Pharmaceutical Affairs Act violations such as drug distribution or illegal sales
Cases · Analysis · Trends
Narcotics
Practice Areas
- Arrested without a warrant for drug use or possession, or facing a hair or urine test
- Facing a detention warrant request on drug trafficking or brokering charges
- Facing serious charges of drug import, export or manufacturing after a customs seizure
- Your minor child is involved in a youth drug case through social media
- Facing punishment for acting as a drug courier in what you believed was a high-paying part-time job
Cases · Analysis · Trends
Legal Information
- How to avoid detention when arrested on first-time drug use charges
- How to have mitigating factors recognized in drug distribution and trafficking charges
- Sentencing guidelines for narcotics offenses and how to defend against aggravated punishment
- How to respond when arrested on drug charges or served with a search and seizure warrant
- How to avoid prison and obtain a suspended indictment or reduced sentence when turning yourself in for drugs
Intellectual Property Rights
Practice Areas
- Received a trademark or design infringement warning letter, or had your mark or design stolen
- Need to claim damages for copyright infringement from unauthorized copying or plagiarism
- Seeking a preliminary injunction against patent or utility model infringement in a technology dispute
- Defending or filing a copyright infringement complaint over YouTube, webtoon or other content
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- How we cut the damages demanded in an intellectual property infringement suit by more than 60%
- Why a trademark infringement complaint ended in a non-referral decision by arguing the registered mark lacked distinctiveness
- Defense case: winning full dismissal of a major corporation's trademark infringement suit
Legal Information
- How to avoid infringement liability after receiving a trademark infringement warning letter
- How to defend against damages in a dispute over unauthorized use or plagiarism of copyrighted work
- How to resolve a complaint for copyright violation involving online content
- How to claim injunctive relief and damages when your registered patent is infringed
- How to reach an amicable settlement and avoid criminal punishment in a patent infringement dispute
Finance and Capital Markets
Practice Areas
- Booked for violating the Electronic Financial Transactions Act after handing over a debit card or bank account
- Urgently need to recover principal lost to a stock-tip chat room or multi-level crypto scam
- Accused of unauthorized fundraising with high-return promises, or defrauded of your investment
- Your account has been frozen over involvement in financial crimes such as voice phishing or financial fraud
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- Strategy that secured a non-referral decision on Electronic Financial Transactions Act charges by refuting mule account involvement
- Why a client framed as a voice phishing accomplice through a crypto-handling side job received a non-indictment
- Defense case: sued over soliciting high-return investments, we secured non-indictment on unauthorized fundraising and fraud
- How we fully dismissed a KRW 25 million civil damages claim against a client implicated in financial fraud
- Ruling analysis: no liability for loans taken out through smishing crimes
Legal Information
- How to respond when facing punishment for lending a debit card or account used as a mule account
- How to lift a financial transaction freeze imposed over bank account lending allegations
- What to do when investigated for using borrowed-name accounts under the Real Name Financial Transactions Act
- How to quickly recover losses from unlisted stock and crypto tip-room scams
- How to obtain relief from illegal FX margin trading and overseas remittance scams
International Legal Affairs and Arbitration
Practice Areas
- Preparing a waiver after a US visa denial at your interview with the US Embassy in Seoul
- Pursuing EB-5 investment immigration for a safe and secure path to permanent residency
- Aiming for H-1B, L-1 or other US work visa approval after securing a sponsor
- Need to set up a US entity and obtain an E-1 trade visa or E-2 investor visa
- Caught in an immigration crackdown for illegal stay or violating your visa status
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- Strategy that won a waiver approval for a US B1/B2 visa facing denial over a criminal record
- Administrative response case: overturning an unjust rejection of a nationality selection report and preserving nationality
- How we passed a demanding overseas freelancer visa review on the first attempt with a thoroughly vetted business plan
- Case: securing a demanding US visitor visa by fully proving non-immigrant intent and ties
Legal Information
- How to reacquire Korean nationality after losing it
- How to resolve a US visa denial due to a criminal record or prior refusals
- How to prevent a deportation order at an immigration offender review after criminal punishment
- How to pass the demanding consular interview at the US Embassy in Seoul on the first try
Examination of Evidence
Practice Areas
- Need discovery procedures through international judicial cooperation to secure key evidence located abroad
- Urgently need to gather evidence for a personal or family lawsuit such as divorce or inheritance
- Need to secure civil or criminal litigation evidence to gain the decisive upper hand in a legal battle
- Need traffic accident evidence investigation such as video analysis to resolve a fault ratio dispute
- Need a defense after being accused of perjury or evidence destruction during trial
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- How we located and rescued a missing elderly dementia patient suspected of being abused within one hour
- Why a public interest report on large-scale corporate tax evasion succeeded through thorough analysis of accounting records and evidence
- Analysis: how to legally collect evidence of infidelity without the backlash of criminal charges for illegal recording or tracking
Legal Information
- Coming soon.
Litigation Involving Foreign Nationals
Practice Areas
- Preparing an international divorce suit and property division after conflict with a foreign spouse
- Considering a foreign worker's industrial accident claim to get treatment and compensation without worrying about visa status
- Need criminal defense for a foreign national to secure acquittal or a reduced sentence without the risk of deportation
- Struggling with immigration visa issues such as extending your stay or changing your status
- Setting up a Korean corporation and registering as a foreign-invested company
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- How we secured a non-indictment for a foreign client exploited in voice phishing due to language barriers and lack of information
- Case: representing a foreign national on serious charges of aggravated bodily injury with a weapon and securing probation instead of prison
- Why an overseas Korean facing deportation over Stalking Punishment Act charges received only a fine
- Strategy that succeeded in both opening adult guardianship and extending a residency visa for an ailing husband
- How we secured a suspended sentence in a DUI case for a foreign national facing deportation and protected their visa
Legal Information
- How foreigners unfamiliar with Korean legal procedures can protect their rights and win
- How to obtain temporary release from detention and relief for your visa status when caught in an illegal stay crackdown
- How to meet the requirements and get approved for an F-5 permanent residency visa
- Foreign nationals who want an easy divorce from an uncooperative Korean spouse
- How to pass the naturalization test and residency requirements to acquire Korean nationality
Digital Forensics
Practice Areas
- Need digital forensic evidence analysis to recover deleted KakaoTalk or text messages
- Need e-discovery services for analyzing vast electronic data and getting it admitted as evidence
- Victims of illegal filming and distribution seeking swift evidence collection
- Preparing a cyber defamation complaint over online malicious comments and false statements
- Facing investigation for violating the Protection of Communications Secrets Act over recordings or alleged wiretapping
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- Coming soon.
Legal Information
- How to prove your innocence through prompt digital forensics when implicated in a digital sex crime
- How to recover deleted phone data to secure key evidence for trial
- How to legally collect digital evidence that courts will admit
- How to scientifically impeach fabricated digital evidence and reveal the truth
- How to restore decisive data from a damaged or water-soaked device
Entertainment and Sports
Practice Areas
- In an exclusive contract dispute with your agency over unfair terms
- Pursuing contract rescission or termination after a breakdown of trust with your agency or production company
- Preparing a media lawsuit over harm from false, distorted reporting and malicious rumors
- Need legal support in the gaming industry for copyright infringement or publishing disputes
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- Strategy that terminated an unfair exclusive contract amicably with no penalty
- How we secured a non-indictment against an entertainment agency's unjust obstruction complaint by proving the lawful exercise of rights
- Winning case: a complete defense against a damages suit worth hundreds of millions of won over a malicious school bullying exposé
- Why a client facing large-scale software copyright charges avoided detention and received probation
Legal Information
- How to demand a correction when a distorted or false news report damages your reputation
- How to defend against punishment for game rating violations and use of illegal programs
- What to do when you receive a copyright settlement demand over torrent downloads
- How to obtain relief when facing athlete suspension for violating anti-doping rules
Security and Protection
Practice Areas
- Need close protection services out of fear of threats to your safety or stalking retaliation
- Need advanced security solutions to prevent home intrusion and protect your personal safety
- Seeking provisional measures and punishment under the Stalking Punishment Act for persistent harassment
- Seeking punishment for dating violence and personal protection to escape a partner's assault and threats
- Seeking safe refuge from an abusive spouse and filing a domestic violence divorce suit
Cases · Analysis · Trends
- VIP protection strategy that ensured a safe court appearance amid violent threats from the press and protesters
- How we blocked further stalking and secured on-site evidence through advanced security solutions to win the case
- Case: providing 24-hour close protection for a domestic violence victim in fear of retaliation and securing her divorce
- Close protection strategy that fully secured a client's safety during an unavoidable meeting with a perpetrator pressing for settlement
- Why we safely separated an at-risk child abuse victim from the abusive parent and secured their safety
Legal Information
- How to request police personal protection and private security when your life is threatened
- How to immediately stop illegal debt collection such as threatening demands and late-night visits
- How to eliminate the risk of retaliation from a stalker and protect your daily life
- How to ensure a safe commute to school for a bullying victim who fears retaliation
- How to safely escape an ex-partner who turns to violence and threats after a breakup
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