I am facing public official dismissal. Please help..

Hello. I am an administrative law specialist attorney at Daeryun Law Firm.

Careful and systematic response is essential to maintain your honor and position as a public official.

If a public official is recognized as having committed unlawful acts in the course of duty after receiving money and goods, it can lead to 'automatic retirement' and 'public official dismissal' grounds under the State Public Officials Act.

Therefore, at this stage, the realistic response strategy is to maximize sentence reduction through criminal judgment appeal procedures, and based on those results, argue for cancellation or reduction of dismissal disposition at the administrative litigation stage.

Daeryun Law Firm's criminal specialist attorneys and administrative specialist attorneys operate a joint response system.

First, at the criminal appeal stage, we respond focusing on the following strategies.

1. Securing grounds for sentence reduction through voluntary return and submission of letters of reflection and leniency
2. Proving that no actual damage occurred to the taxpayer
3. Submission of sentencing materials considering the possibility of returning to public office

If sentence reduction such as suspended sentence is achieved at the criminal appellate trial, the possibility of cancellation or reduction (suspension or salary reduction) of the dismissal disposition increases at the subsequent administrative litigation stage.

The Public Official Disciplinary Order specifies the types and standards of disciplinary action, and the administrative court can issue a judgment of 'disciplinary disposition cancellation' or 're-disciplinary order' if it judges the public official dismissal disposition to be excessive by comprehensively considering leniency in criminal judgment, the necessity of returning to public office, and the degree of social criticism.

Therefore, the key responses at this point are as follows.

1. Securing sentence reduction at the criminal appeal procedure (maximizing the possibility of suspended sentence)

2. Preparing arguments for cancellation or reduction of dismissal disposition at the administrative litigation stage

3. Systematic organization of evidence such as bribery circumstances, return of money, letters of reflection, and public official career materials

4. Strategic trial proceedings through joint criminal-administrative response

Public officials can lose their positions even with one mistake, but not all cases lead to 'impossibility of reinstatement.'

Daeryun Law Firm has many cases where suspended sentence judgments were achieved at the criminal trial stage and dismissal disposition was canceled or reduced to suspension in the subsequent disciplinary cancellation lawsuit.

In the current situation, we recommend promptly filing an appeal so that criminal specialist attorneys and administrative specialist attorneys jointly establish a trial strategy and respond in the direction of opening up the possibility of public official reinstatement through sentence reduction.