The Bar Association Recommends Hong Seung-myeon, Kim Ju-young, and Kim Hyung-doo as Successors to Supreme Court Justice Kim Jae-hyung

Lee Jong-yeop, President of the Korean Bar Association [Photo by Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The Korean Bar Association announced on the 2nd that it has recommended three candidates?Hong Seungmyeon, Chief Judge of the Seoul High Court (58, Judicial Research and Training Institute Class 18), lawyer Kim Jooyoung (57, Class 18), and Kim Hyungdoo, Deputy Director of the Court Administration Office (57, Class 19)?to succeed Supreme Court Justice Kim Jaehyung, who will retire this September.

Chief Judge Hong previously served as Senior and Chief Judicial Researcher at the Supreme Court and as Director of the Judicial Support Office at the Court Administration Office. In 2018, he was listed among judges against whom the Supreme Court filed disciplinary charges over allegations of abuse of judicial administrative power, but he was cleared of all charges.

Lawyer Kim served as Director of the Yeouido Investor Rights Research Institute and as Executive Committee Member and Deputy Director of the People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy's Economic Democratization Committee. Since 2005, he has been a director of the Milal Welfare Foundation, a social welfare corporation. In 2018, he was appointed co-representative of the Purme Foundation, which operates a pediatric rehabilitation hospital.

Deputy Director Kim has held positions such as Judicial Policy Officer at the Court Administration Office and Senior Research Fellow at the Judicial Policy Research Institute. In April, he argued before the National Assembly's Legislation and Judiciary Committee subcommittee that the so-called 'Complete Removal of Prosecutorial Investigation Rights' (검수완박) bill was likely unconstitutional.

Going forward, the Supreme Court will disclose the list of recommended candidates who have consented to the review, along with their educational background, major career history, assets, military service, and other information, and will collect public opinions. Subsequently, the Supreme Court Justice Candidate Recommendation Committee will review the recommended candidates and, if it deems them suitable, recommend at least three times the number of candidates needed. The Chief Justice will then select one candidate and propose them to the President for appointment as a Supreme Court Justice.

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