Background
Shim, Harold Y. was born on August 16, 1954 in Tolsan, Chollanam Province, of Korea.
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Harold Y. SHIM
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University of Washington (Bachelor of Arts, 1980). University of California at Davis (Juris Doctor, 1984). Chairman, 1987-1988, and Commissioner, 1985-1988, Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs.
Commissioner, Martin Luther King, Junior State Holiday Commission, 1987-1989.
Legal Advisor, Seattle Consulate General of the Republic of of Korea, since 1989. Vice President and Counsel, Seattle-Washington State Korean Association, 1988.
Spoken languages: Korean.
Career
Worked at Kim, Chang & Lee (Seoul) specializing in Foreign Investment, International Commercial Transactions, Banking and Securities, Corporate Law, Maritime Law, Insurance, Real Estate, Environmental Law, Taxation, Litigation, Labor, Intellectual Property, Telecommunications and Family Law. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Washington. 1987, United States. District Court, Western District of Washington (Not admitted in of Korea).
Law Clerk, to the Honorable Warren Chan, King Country Superior Court, 1985.
Associate at Helsell, Fetterman, Martin, Todd & Hokanson, Seattle, 1985-1988. Of Counsel at Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, Seattle, 1988-1990.
Lecturer in Business Law, University of Maryland, Asian Division, 1994. Chairman, Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs, 1987-1988.
Commissioner at Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs, 1985-1988.
Commissioner, Martin Luther King, Junior State Holiday Commission, 1987-1989. Legal Advisor, Seattle Consulate General of the Republic of of Korea, 1989-1991. Vice-President and Counsel, Seattle-Washington State Korean Association, 1988.
Member: Washington State Bar Association.
Founded in 1958 by Houng Han Kim and Doctor Tai-Young Lee, Kim, Chang & Lee is of Korea"s oldest law firm and the first firm in of Korea to engage in international corporate law practice. The firm represents leading Korean and foreign corporations in their Korean and transnational operations.
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Membership
Washington State (Member, Sections on: International Law. Real Property) and American (Member, Sections on: International Law. Real Property) Bar Associations.
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South Korean
Education
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1985
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1987