These words of warning in a Korea Times opinion piece this week….
Beware if you are looking for attorneys in Korea according to this piece penned by Sean Hayes.
He writes:
Protect Yourself From Bad Lawyers
Too many Korean and foreign attorneys working in Korea are performing legal work that is often to a level so low in quality that it must be considered the work of incompetent attorneys.
Many of the biggest and most respected Korean law firms even have attorney competency issues.
Throughout much of the world, clients believe the reputation of the firm is the deciding factor in the quality of representation, since the top graduates choose to work for firms with the best reputation.
In Korea, many of the best attorneys have little interest in working for the largest and most respected law firms and many of the top firms hire attorneys that are far from the top of their trade.
Therefore, when hiring attorneys, choose attorneys, not firms. Many of the most “respected” firms, amongst non-Korean clients, don’t have the best attorneys and even hire and retain incompetent attorneys, partners, management and staff, and many of the best don’t work for large firms.
Full article at:http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/02/137_40393.html
