Legal Elite 2024: Civil Litigation Q&A Michael K. Kim

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Title: Shareholder

Other legal specialties: Limited liability company disputes, shareholder disputes, fiduciary litigation, trusts and estates litigation and general commercial litigation

Education: Bachelor’s degree, Columbia University; law degree, University of Miami School of Law

Family: Wife, Rebecca Wyckoff Kim; four daughters, Mia, Lorelei, Alden and Finley

Career mentors: Robert E. Scully, John A.C. Keith

Most recent book read: “The Boys in the Boat,” by Daniel James Brown

What are your priorities as a board member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia? What does your role as chair of the association’s judicial screening committee entail? As a board member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia, my priorities are serving the needs of the Asian Pacific American community in Virginia, and particularly encouraging and promoting the professional growth and advancement of the Asian Pacific American legal community. As the chair of its judicial screening committee, we interview state and federal judicial candidates and recommend candidates to the Virginia legislature that the screening committee feels are deserving of elevation to the bench. As part of that mission, we actively seek out and encourage excellent and qualified Asian Pacific American lawyers to apply for judicial vacancies so that the makeup of the judiciary in Virginia is reflective of Virginia’s diverse community.

What has been your most memorable case? As a lawyer, I am privileged to represent my clients, who entrust me to represent them in matters that can potentially have personal and financial life-changing consequences. Developing relationships with my clients, learning about their goals and needs, and applying what I have learned to achieve the best legal outcome for my clients is what makes the practice of law memorable to me. I don’t think I can identify one case as being the most memorable. I think all of my cases are memorable, with interesting, and sometimes unique, facts and legal issues.

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