Founding and managing partner of a law firm specializing in Tax (international & domestic), Tax Controversy, Wealth Management, Business Formation, and Trust and Estates.

Founding Partner of The Law Offices of Kim & Lee, LLP. Represents corporate and individual clients in a wide variety of matters, including: - Trust and estates, both domestic and international; - Income tax reduction strategies; - Capital gains tax deferral;- Transnational tax planning; - Commercial and domestic asset protection; - Complex financial products taxation; - Business succession arrangements; and - Business planning.

Advise high net worth clients on advanced planning strategies, including but not limited to, commercial and personal asset protection, domestic and international trust and estates planning, income tax mitigation strategies, and private financed life insurance planning. Help advise attorneys in drafting complex trust documents. Review and analyze trust documents and advise clients on potential issues and solutions. Develop and conduct client seminars on said topics. Advise nonresident alien clients and field force on FIRPTA, FBAR, and FATCA reporting rules and tax treaties of various Asian and Latin American countries. Interact with both home office and field senior management to streamline and coordinate field force aid. Review and analyze trust documents and advise clients on potential issues and solutions.

Commercial litigation. Focused on New York Labor Law §§ 240, 241. Drafted pleadings and conducted discovery.

Worked on assignments related to enforcement including research and writing, document review, discovery and trial preparation. Prepared action memorandums and orders. Reviewed Chapter 11 disclosure statements and reorganization plans. Performed research on complex bankruptcy issues.

Worked on various regulatory issues for clients, including hedge funds and FOREX funds. Performed research on securities and commodities rules and regulations. Prepared and drafted no action letters and memoranda.

Drafted legal documents for various commercial transactions, bankruptcy proceedings and commercial litigation matters. Researched Title 11 rules and procedures, and drafted various motions to including vacating automatic stay and letters pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Collected, reviewed and prepared all required pre-petition bankruptcy documents. Drafted contracts, promissory notes, security agreements, UCC-1 financing statements and closing statements for commercial transactions.