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Nack Song SUNG
Head of Litigation
T. +82-2-3477-8585
F. +82-2-3477-9309
E. sns1315@law-lin.com
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Nack Song SUNG is the Head of the Litigation Practice at LIN LLC, where he oversees overall litigation matters and handles civil, criminal, administrative, and family cases along with related corporate advisory services.

He began his career as a judge at the Seoul Criminal District Court in 1988 and served with distinction at various levels of courts until his retirement in 2019 as the President of the Judicial Research and Training Institute. During his tenures as the Senior Presiding Judge of the Civil Division at the Seoul Central District Court and the Senior Presiding Judge at the Seoul High Court, he handled various provisional attachment and injunction cases and gained profound expertise in the field. Furthermore, drawing on his extensive experience in judicial administration gained through his service as a Director at the National Court Administration, the inaugural standing member of the Sentencing Commission of the Supreme Court, the Chief Judge of the Suwon District Court, and the President of the Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI), he currently serves as an arbitrator at the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB), an outside director for major corporations, and a committee member of for various government agencies.
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Experience
  • Former) Judge, Seoul Criminal District Court (1988-1990)
  • Former) Public Relations Officer and Judicial Policy Research and Deliberation Officer, National Court Administration (1996-1999)
  • ​​​​​​​Former) Chief Judge, Seosan Branch, Daejeon District Court (2000-2001)
  • ​​​​​​​Former) Professor, Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) (2001-2004)
  • ​​​​​​​Former) Inaugural Standing Member, Supreme Court Sentencing Commission (2007-2009)
  • ​​​​​​​Former) Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court (2009-2011, 2013-2014)
  • ​​​​​​​Former) Senior Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division, Seoul Central District Court (2011-2012)
  • ​​​​​​​Former) Senior Presiding Judge of the Civil Division, Seoul Central District Court (2012-2013)
  • ​​​​​​​Former) Chief Judge, Suwon District Court (2014-2016)
  • ​​​​​​​Former) Senior Presiding Judge, Seoul High Court (2016-2018)
  • ​​​​​​​Former) President, the Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) (2018-2019)
  • ​​​​​​​Former) Managing Partner, Hwahyun Law Firm (2022-2025)
  • Current) Head, Litigation Practice, LIN LLC
Representative Matters
  • Handled a broad spectrum of civil, criminal, commercial, family, and administrative cases while serving as a judge across various court levels
  • Handled numerous provisional attachment and injunction cases while serving as the Senior Presiding Judge of the Civil Division at the Seoul Central District Court and Senior Presiding Judge at the Seoul High Court
  • ​​​​​​​Contributed to the establishment of Korea’s first sentencing standards while serving as the inaugural standing member of the Supreme Court Sentencing Commission
  • ​​​​​​​Throughout his career as an attorney, prevailed in numerous civil cases and secured a multitude of acquittals in criminal cases; and contributed to the protection of the clients’ rights on several occasions by obtaining reversal and remand decisions from the Supreme Court
  • ​​​​​​​Handled many arbitration cases while serving as an arbitrator for the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)
Activities
  • Former) Outside Director, Lotte Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. and Lotte Hi-Mart Co., Ltd.
  • Current) Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB)
  • Current) Outside Director, Ottogi Co., Ltd.
  • Current) Chairman, Prosecution Review Committee, Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO)
  • ​​​​​​​Current) Chairman, EBM Forum
Education
  • Graduated from Gyeonggi High School (1976)
  • ​​​​​​​Graduated from College of Law, Seoul National University (LL.B.) (1981)
  • ​​​​​​​Completed coursework in criminal law, Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University (1983)
  • ​​​​​​​Completed the 14th class of the Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI) (1984)
  • ​​​​​​​Graduated from Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge (1993)
Qualifications
  • Attorney at Law, Republic of Korea (2019)
Capabilities
  • Civil, Criminal, Commercial, Administrative, and Family litigation
  • Corporate Rehabilitation, Arbitration
Languages
  • Korean
  • English (Intermediate)
  • Japanese (Beginner)
  • Chinese (Beginner)
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