Reason #32,767 Why I’m Awesome
by Brendon Carr
A nice surprise turned up in the mail yesterday, after having been bounced around from place to place (I left Aurora Law Offices at the end of December 2005, joined my friend Mr. Doil Son’s SEOUL Law Group that same month, and we were acquired by Hwang Mok Park P.C. in February 2007) looking for me.
The 2007 edition of Practical Law Company’s Which Lawyer? guidebook, which purports to find the best lawyers worldwide, names me (so they really do find the best lawyers!)—together with Kim & Chang’s Mr. Chun Wook Hyun, who is by far the dominant employment lawyer in Seoul—as a “Highly Recommended” professional in respect of the practice area “labour & employee benefits”. The other “Recommended” professionals were Mr. Sang Hoon Lee of Lee & Ko, and Mr. Jong Han Oh of Shin & Kim.
You’ll note that these recommendations, other than the recommendation of yours truly, happen to fall into the category of traditionally-dominant firms in Seoul—Kim & Chang, Lee & Ko, Shin & Kim. And then, the alternative, your friend Brendon. This is in fact why Doil thought it a good idea for us to accept the invitation to join Hwang Mok Park, because we would be more credible from within the embrace and supporting framework of a larger firm.
It just so happens that I used to work at both Lee & Ko and Shin & Kim (which is where Doil and I became acquainted), and know and respect both Mr. Lee and Mr. Oh. In fact, these two gentlemen are both alumni of the University of Washington School of Law’s LL.M. program, and I graduated (by the skin of my teeth) that school’s J.D. in 1997. Poor old Harvard Law School, where Mr. Hyun obtained his LL.M. in 1987, did not place so well in this sweepstakes as U Dub. But they’ll get there, I’m sure.
As a foreign legal consultant not admitted to the bar in Korea, I am of course dependent on collaboration with talented colleagues like Doil Son. However, as this survey is based on responses from clients and colleagues world-wide as well as in Korea, it is a nice honor to be so recognized for having solved some problems and provided good service.
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