Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office hires four KPA members
Congratulations to the following KPA members who join the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office:
- Samuel Kim
- David Kwon
- Alexander Yi
- Michael Yun
Congratulations to Myongjae M. Yi on his promotion
Our VP International for KPA has been promoted to Section Chief, Office of Immigrant Affairs at Queens County District Attorney’s Office in New York.
Congratulations to KPA Presenters at SPO Conference and Seoul National University Law School
Supreme Prosecutors’ Office:
- Daniel Ahn, Deputy Chief, U.S. Attorney’s Office, California-Central District
- Jung Park, Deputy Bureau Chief, New York County District Attorney’s Office
- Hanna Yu, Assistant District Attorney, New York County District Attorney’s Office
- Esther Kim, Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General
- June Chung, Deputy-in-Charge, Sex Crimes Division, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
- Irene Lee, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
- Jina Kim, Deputy City Attorney, Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office
- Sandra Manthe, Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Dublin, Ireland
- Jean-Sebastien Lebel, Prosecutor, Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecution Office, Quebec, Canada
Seoul National University School of Law:
- Daniel Ahn, Deputy Chief, U.S. Attorney’s Office, California-Central District
- Jung Park, Deputy Bureau Chief, New York County District Attorney’s Office
- June Chung, Deputy-in-Charge, Sex Crimes Division, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
Irene Lee secures guilty verdict in a murder trial involving a Korean couple in a domestic violence case
Irene Lee, KPA’s newly elected Secretary and DDA at the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, teamed with a KPA LEO member in her office to secure a guilty verdict involving a murder stemming from domestic violence in Koreatown.
Networking Mixer in Los Angeles
Mixer for law students interested in applying for KPA Scholarships and KPA members going to the 2018 International Criminal Law Conference in Seoul, Korea.
Jabin Botsford/The Washington PostRobert K. Hur, to lead the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s office
Congratulations to Mr. Robert K. Hur for becoming the second Korean-American U.S. Attorney. His nomination has been confirmed, and he leads the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office. We are excited to invite him to Los Angeles to celebrate his appointment.
Courtesy of UC Irvine School of LawL. Song Richardson Appointed Dean of University of California, Irvine School of Law
Congratulations to L. Song Richardson, 2nd Dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law. She becomes the only woman of color to lead a top-30 law school in America, and her mother is Korean.
UC Irvine announced that L. Song Richardson will be the new dean of its 9-year-old School of Law following the departure of founding dean Erwin Chemerinsky.
Senate Confirms BJay Pak as the U.S. Attorney. 1st Korean-American.
Congratulations to Byung BJay Pak for becoming the 1st Korean-American U.S. Attorney.
The U.S. Senate late Thursday confirmed Atlanta attorney and former federal prosecutor Byung J. “BJay” Pak as the new U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta.
