Specializes in:
Complex civil litigation, insurance recovery, insurance coverage and bad faith (Financial Institution Bonds, bankers' blanket bonds, fidelity bonds, crime policies, E&O, CGL, homeowners, property, subprime mortgage claims, etc.), construction, professional liability, business/commercial litigation.

Education and Certifications:
University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1995); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 2000).

Court Affiliations:
U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Member of:
State Bar of California; American Bar Association Section of Litigation (Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Computer & Technology Subcommittee, and Commercial General Liability Subcommittee), Tort & Insurance Practice Section (Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, Women's Subcommittee, Upbeat Subcommittee, Young Professionals Subcommittee), Forum Committee on Construction Industry; Professional Liability Underwriting Society; National Association of Insurance Women International (Los Angeles Chapter); Korean American Bar Association of Southern California; Korean American Coalition (Los Angeles Chapter); National Asian Pacific American Bar Association; Santa Monica Bar Association; Cal Alumni Association (Los Angeles Chapter); Bruin Professionals; The Ivy Plus Society.

Publications and Lectures:
"Can a Fidelity/Crime Policy Ever Effectively Provide Liability Coverage?" (2009, January). Surety Claims Institute Newsletter, Volume 21.

Notable Accomplishments:
Honored in Southern California Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition, 2009. Scholarship awarded by the American Bar Association Fidelity & Surety Law Committee Scholarship Fund Board re: the Midwinter Program in New York, New York, January 22-23, 2009; Featured in Forbes, August 3, 2009.

Representative Matters:

• Obtained for public entity policyholder summary adjudication finding coverage under a builders' all risk policy.
• Obtained for public company policyholder $43 million from E&O carriers in connection with third party suits filed for fraud and elder abuse.
• Recovered for insurer extra-contractual payment from Managing General Agent in a professional liability case.
• Settled for subcontractor insured facing potential extra-contractual liability for a half of the policy limit in a construction case.

Languages Spoken:

• Korean

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