Jong-Min Kim has built a diverse career in the fields of investigation, public policy, and international law. He served as a prosecutor for 20 years, holding various positions in the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor’s Office. Jong-Min also served as the Judicial Councilor at the Embassy of Republic of Korea in France and a government representative at the OECD Anti-Bribery Working Group as well as the UN Human Rights Council. During his tenure as an attorney, he handled numerous major criminal cases, including the humidifier disinfectant case and the state affairs manipulation scandal. He also served as a member of the Prosecutor's Reform Committee at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and is an active columnist for various newspapers including the Korea Economic Daily, Munhwa Ilbo, JoongAng Ilbo, and the Law Times. Currently, he is also serving as a member of board of governors at KBS (Korean Broadcasting System).

Criminal, Corporate Crime, Anti-Corruption and Bribery, Major Disasters, Policy Legislation Consulting, Judicial Justice Policy

1999-2000
1989 French National Judicial Academy (Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature) Long-Term Training
Korea University, Department of Law, College of Law

2023 - Present
2021 - Present
2020 – Present
2021-2023
2015 – 2021
2017 – 2018
2014 – 2015
2014
2013-2014
2012 - 2013
2011 - 2012
2010 - 2011
2010
2009 – 2010
2007 – 2009
2007 – 2009
2006 - 2007
2004 – 2005
2003 – 2004
2002 – 2003
2000 – 2002
1998 – 2000
1996 – 1998
1995 – 1996
1992 – 1995
1992
1989
Partner, S&L Partners,
Member of Board of Governors, Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
Co-President, Citizens’ Coalition for Social Justice
Attorney, Kim Jong-Min Law Office
Attorney, DongIn Law Group
Member, Prosecution Reform Committee, Supreme Prosecutor’s office
Chief Prosecutor, Gwangju District Prosecutor’s Office, Suncheon Branch
Research Fellow, Institute of Justice, Ministry of Justice
Dispatch of Legal Advisory Prosecutor from Busan Metropolitan City
Deputy Chief Prossecutor, Suwon District Prosecutor's Office Ansan Branch
Director, Office of Criminal Justice Information System, Ministry of Justice
Chief Prosecutor, Daejeon District Prosecutor's Office, Hong Seong Branch
UN Human Rights Council Government Representative
Director of Human Rights Policy Division, Ministry of Justice
Government representative to the OECD Anti-Bribery Council
Judicial Councilor, Embassy of Republic of Korea in France
Professor, Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI)
Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Daejeon District Prosecutor's Office Cheonan Branch
Senior Prosecutor, Daegu District Prosecutor's Office
Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office
Prosecutor, Office Legal Counsel Ministry of Justice
Prosecutor, Incheon District Prosecutor’s Office
Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office Pyeongtaek Branch
Prosecutor, Suwon District Prosecutor’s Office
Army Judge Advocate
Completion of the Judicial Research and Training Institute (JRTI)
Passed the 31st National Bar Examination

• Prosecution System Theory (2011)
• How the Rule of Law Collapses (2022)
• French Criminal Procedure Law (2004)
• A Study on the French Judicial Police System (2006)
• A Study on the Operational Status of Special Judicial Police System in Foreign Countries (2009)
• Current Status and Challenges of Digitalization of Criminal Justice (2011)
• A Study on the Reform of the French Financial and Economic Crime Investigation System (2014)

Korean Bar Association (admitted in 1992)

Korean, English, French