Yoon Administration's First Supreme Court Justice Nominees: Lee Gyun-yong, Oh Seok-jun, Oh Young-jun

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyung-min] The first Supreme Court justice candidates appointed by the Yoon Suk-yeol administration have been narrowed down to three: Lee Gyun-yong, Chief Judge of Daejeon High Court (60, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 16), Oh Seok-jun, Chief Judge of Jeju District Court (60, class 19), and Oh Young-jun, Presiding Judge of Seoul High Court (53, class 23).

The Supreme Court Justice Candidate Recommendation Committee held a meeting on the afternoon of the 14th and recommended these three candidates to Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo from among 21 candidates.

The committee stated, "We thoroughly examined the qualifications, abilities, and morality of the candidates, as well as their suitability as Supreme Court justices, while deeply discussing various opinions gathered from different sectors of society regarding the recommendation of desirable Supreme Court justice candidates."

All three recommended candidates are male judges who graduated from Seoul National University. Lee Gyun-yong, Chief Judge of Daejeon High Court, graduated from Busan Jungang High School and Seoul National University Law School and entered the legal profession in 1990 as a judge at Seoul Civil District Court. He later served twice as a Supreme Court judicial research judge, was transferred to a high court presiding judge in 2009, and subsequently served as chief judge at Seoul Southern District Court and Daejeon High Court.

Oh Seok-jun, Chief Judge of Jeju District Court, graduated from Seoul Gwangseong High School and Seoul National University Law School and was appointed as a judge at Seoul Western District Court in 1990. He served twice as the Public Relations Officer at the Court Administration Office, was a professor at the Judicial Research and Training Institute, and became a high court presiding judge in 2013. He has been serving as Chief Judge of Jeju District Court since last year.

Oh Young-jun, Presiding Judge of Seoul High Court, graduated from Seoul High School and Seoul National University Department of Judicial Studies and was appointed as a judge at Seoul Civil District Court in 1994. He served as a Supreme Court judicial research judge and senior judicial research judge and was transferred to a high court presiding judge in 2016.

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