Jee-Yoon (Jean) Hahn Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

• Guide clients through a variety of immigration legal services, including family and business immigration, petition-based specialty visas, asylum, deportation, and VAWA petitions (achieving 100% success). • Charted successful course for several complicated cases that were turned down by other attorneys or rejected by USCIS. • Navigate and resolve complex small claims and civil cases through creativity and the generation of compelling attorney letters.• Appear with and on behalf of clients at deportation and asylum hearings, immigration interviews, and other types of court hearings.

New York, Ny

• Provided expert consultation on economic and social development in developing countries and young women’s economic empowerment to the “Working Group on Youth and Gender Equality.” • Played a key role in organizing the Youth Forum of the 61st Commission on the Status of Women as well as a side event for young women entrepreneurs, sponsored by Mogul. • Formulated a concept note for the side event for young women entrepreneurs, based on the Global Coalition of Young Women Entrepreneurs, established on World Youth Skills Day, July 15, 2016.• Conducted extensive and timely research to develop a deep and broad understanding of various policy issues and the importance of gender equality, women’s empowerment, the role of youth in furthering the UN Sustainable Development Goals. • Communicated in a compelling way to the general public the importance of women’s empowerment and gender equality by writing a succinct and informative concept note.

South Korea

Spearheaded two major international educational development projects working as head negotiator, project manager, and legal transactions specialist directly under the institute’s president  Designed a City University of Ulaanbaatar with the Mongolian Capital Government (City Council), on an Official Development Assistance (ODA) Project funded by the Korean government's Economic Development and Cooperation Fund (EDCF) Created a Vocational Training Center for high school graduates in Uzbekistan in partnership with the Uzbekistan Ministry of Education• Contributed to the resolution of national economic and social issues by negotiating with heads of states and collaborating with various government ministries to design sustainable development projects• Assessed the needs of local citizens by conducting consensus surveys• Incorporated each country’s national development agendas through research and the design of specific programs• Proposed financing solutions targeted to each project's purpose, country goals, and initiated ODA project funding• Drafted and executed partnership MOUs, contracts, and subcontracts between government and local businesses, and between private and public multinational parties• Resolved a complicated issue involving embezzlement and corruption among staff and local correspondents by directing internal and external investigations and executing disciplinary measuresHighlighted Accomplishments• Secured funding from the Korean government's EDCF by lobbying Korean Congress to consider the City University of Ulaanbaatar project for ODA grant• Procured a substantial area of government land for the City University of Ulaanbaatar• Secured a budget within the Mongolian government's national development budget• Received project approval from the President of Uzbekistan to further a national development agenda• Procured a government building to establish the training center HQ• Secured a budget within the Uzbekistan Ministry of Education

Des Plaines, Il

• Prepared court documents related to family law cases, primarily divorce and child custody, and participated in court hearings • Prepared real estate transaction documents related to sales, titles, leases, and tax; successfully closed real estate deals• Prepared and filed mechanics liens on properties for unpaid fees related to property repairs

Seoul, South Korea

• Prepared and translated briefs for Apple Inc.'s defense in the epic Apple v. Samsung intellectual property lawsuit in S. Korea • Assisted senior and junior attorneys by providing necessary legal research and analysis on cases involving insurance fraud, antitrust claims, securities law, and bankruptcy issues; drafted legal memos with research analysis and recommendations • Reviewed attorney memos and drafted client letters• Provided various translation work (Korean to English, French to English)

Seoul, South Korea

Successfully assisted the head attorney by providing necessary legal research for legal inquiries from all departments• Participated in negotiating, drafting, and revising MOUs, joint venture agreements, and mergers & acquisition (M&A) contracts Helped build all the necessary foundations for a legal department in POSCO Energy, successfully established upon leave• Drafted standard contract and MOU templates and forms for ease of future use• Established an efficient intake system for all legal inquiries• Reviewed, sorted, and archived all previous contracts and legal documents within POSCO Energy

Seoul, South Korea

Responsible for researching and translating Korean references (press and interviews) to be used in the ICG Regional Background Report, “Pipeline Dreams: Russia and North Korea Relations.” However, due to rapidly progressing Russia-North Korea-China relations, a shorter version of updated events was published under the title, “North Korea-Russia Relations: A Strained Friendship.” • Mastered the subject matter of Russia-North Korea-China relations in a very short period of time in order to efficiently and effectively identify important and relevant issues during research• Researched, contacted, and interviewed Korean specialists in the field of Russia-North Korea-China relations• Drafted expert-level briefs to be used in the Report• Provided accurate, high-quality translations of relevant information researched (Korean to English)

Seoul, South Korea

• Successfully organized a press conference co-sponsored by the Asia Foundation Korea Office• Drafted formal invitations and contacted C-level executives for press conferences and various organization functions• Compiled and organized the foundation's internal database for client and donor information; revamped foundation’s website • Translated formal text between Korean and English, to be used in the foundation’s publication materials

J.D., U.S. And International Law

Activities and Societies: HILS Newspaper Founder and Editor in ChiefDean's Academic Excellence Award for Legal Research & Writing

J.D., (Exchange Student)

Activities and Societies: Corporate Law Association, International Law Society

(Strasbourg, France), International Human Rights And Comparative Law Program

Certificat De Langue Et Civilisation Françaises

Certificat D'Études En Français Langue Étrangère

B.A., International Politics

Activities and Societies: Political Science Association, International Language Partner