Bar Association Disciplinary Action: One-Year Suspension for Kwon Kyung-ae for Non-Attendance in School Violence Lawsuit

The Korean Bar Association (KBA) has imposed a one-year suspension on attorney Kwon Kyung-ae (58, Judicial Research and Training Institute class 33) for repeatedly failing to appear in lawsuits, resulting in her client's loss.

Attorney Kwon Kyung-ae [Photo by Yonhap News]

On the afternoon of the 19th, the KBA held a full disciplinary committee meeting at the KBA Hall in Seocho-dong, Seoul, where this decision was made. The KBA stated the reason for the disciplinary action as "judging the violation of the duty of diligence to be a serious matter."

Attorney Kwon did not attend the disciplinary committee meeting that day. According to the Attorney-at-Law Act, there are five types of disciplinary actions: permanent disbarment, disbarment, suspension of up to three years, fines of up to 30 million won, and reprimand.

Attorney Kwon represented Lee Ki-cheol, the mother of Park, who died by suicide in 2015 after suffering from school violence, and filed a civil lawsuit against the perpetrators in 2016. However, she failed to appear three times during the appellate trial sessions from September to November last year and lost the case in November.

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