Supreme Court Publishes 37 Nominees for Consent to Screening of Successors to Justices Jo Jaeyeon and Park Jeonghwa

Selection Review Begins for Successors to Supreme Court Justices Jo Jaeyeon and Park Junghwa

The Supreme Court has disclosed the list of 37 individuals who have agreed to be considered as candidates for the successors of Supreme Court Justices Cho Jae-yeon and Park Jung-hwa, who will retire in July.

The Supreme Court announced on the 28th that, as a result of nominations for candidates for Supreme Court Justice recommendation, 79 people (69 judges and 10 non-judges) were nominated, and among them, 37 people (33 judges, 3 lawyers, and 1 professor) agreed to the screening.

Among the judges who agreed to the screening are ▲Koo Hoe-geun, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Judicial Research and Training Institute Class 22) ▲Kwon Hyuk-jung, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 24) ▲Kim Kwang-tae, Senior Judge of Suwon District Court and Suwon Family Court Seongnam Branch (Class 15) ▲Kim Moon-kwan, Senior Chief Judge of Busan High Court (Class 23) ▲Kim Sung-joo, Senior Judge of Gwangju High Court (Class 26) ▲Kim Yong-seok, Chief Judge of the Patent Court (Class 16) ▲Kim In-gyeom, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 18) ▲Noh Kyung-pil, Chief Judge of Suwon High Court (Class 23) ▲Park Soon-young, Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 25) ▲Bae Ki-yeol, Chief Judge of Gwangju High Court (Class 17) ▲Seo Kyung-hwan, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 21) ▲Sung Soo-je, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 22) ▲Son Bong-gi, Chief Judge of Daegu District Court (Class 22) ▲Son Cheol-woo, Judge of Busan High Court Ulsan Branch (Class 25) ▲Shin Dong-heon, Chief Judge of Daejeon High Court (Class 24) ▲Shin Sook-hee, Standing Member of the Sentencing Commission (High Court Judge, Class 25) ▲Shim Jun-bo, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 20) ▲Eom Sang-pil, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 23) ▲Oh Young-jun, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 23) ▲Oh Jae-sung, Chief Judge of Jeonju District Court (Class 21) ▲Yoon Kang-yeol, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 23) ▲Yoon Kyung-ah, Senior Chief Judge of Chuncheon District Court (Class 26) ▲Yoon Joon, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 16) ▲Lee Kyun-yong, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 16) ▲Lee Won-beom, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 20) ▲Lee Chang-hyung, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 19) ▲Jung Kye-seon, Chief Judge of Seoul Southern District Court (Class 27) ▲Jung Jae-oh, Judge of Suwon High Court (Class 25) ▲Jung Joon-young, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 20) ▲Cha Moon-ho, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 23) ▲Han Kyu-hyun, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 20) ▲Ham Sang-hoon, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 21) ▲Hong Dong-gi, Chief Judge of Seoul High Court (Class 22) agreed to the screening.

Among the lawyers, ▲Kim Dong-guk, lawyer at Kim & Chang Law Office (Class 28) ▲Moon Heung-soo, lawyer at Law Firm Hwang & C (Class 11) ▲Jo Han-chang, lawyer at Law Firm Dooul (Class 18) and among professors, Kwon Young-jun, professor at Seoul National University School of Law (Class 25) agreed to be candidates for Supreme Court Justice screening.

The Supreme Court will publish the list of those who agreed to the screening on its website and collect opinions from inside and outside the judiciary from July 1 to 15. Opinions must be submitted confidentially in writing through the Court Administration Office Chief.

Afterward, Chief Justice Kim Myeong-su will gather and verify various opinions regarding the nominees, then request the Chairperson of the Supreme Court Justice Candidate Recommendation Committee to convene a meeting. The Recommendation Committee will review the nominees and recommend at least three times the number of suitable candidates as Supreme Court Justice candidates. Chief Justice Kim will select two from among them and propose their appointment to President Yoon Seok-yeol.

The Supreme Court Justice Candidate Recommendation Committee consists of six ex officio members as stipulated by the Court Organization Act, one judge who is not a Supreme Court Justice, and four non-ex officio members who are distinguished in scholarship and virtue and have extensive experience in various professional fields but are not qualified lawyers.

The six ex officio members are Senior Justice Cho Jae-yeon, Chief of the Court Administration Office Kim Sang-hwan, Minister of Justice Han Dong-hoon, President of the Korean Bar Association Kim Young-hoon, President of the Korean Association of Law Professors Cho Hong-sik, and Chairperson of the Council of Law Schools Lee Sang-kyung.

Among the non-ex officio members from outside are former Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission Choi Young-ae, CEO of Naeil Newspaper Moon Jin-heon, and Professor Yang Hyun-ah of Seoul National University School of Law. The judge member who is not a Supreme Court Justice is Hwang Sung-kwang, Chief Judge of Uijeongbu District Court.

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