Practice areas: Business Litigation, Business & Corporate, Construction Litigation; view more
Licensed in New Jersey since: 2017
Education: University at Buffalo Law School - SUNY
Languages spoken: English, Korean
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Kim, Lim & Partners
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Palisades Park, NJ 07650 Visit website
Sean Kwak is an associate attorney at the law firm of Kim, Cho & Lim, LLC, in New Jersey and New York. He serves clients in both locations from his office in Palisades Park, New Jersey. His practice areas are focused on:
- Employment law
- Trademark law
- Commercial litigation
- Construction litigation
- Partnership disputes
- Real estate transactions
- Contracts
Having extensive experience in handling complex commercial litigation cases, Mr. Kwak serves various industries ranging from export and import to apparels, cosmetics and merchant services. He helps employees with civil actions involving unlawful discrimination and wage claims before administrative agencies. And for employers, he offers counseling to prevent and defend against potential claims and helps them stay compliant with wage and other labor law practices.
Earning his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from the University at Buffalo in 2014, Mr. Kwak went on to pursue his legal studies at the University at Buffalo School of Law. While there, he was the recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future award in Trademark Law and worked on the Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal. Graduating cum laude with his law degree in 2017, he was licensed to practice in New York the same year, and later in New Jersey.
Fluent in English and Korean, Mr. Kwak represents a diverse range of clients, and he is allowed to appear before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Furthermore, he is a licensed patent attorney, admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Practice areas
Business Litigation, Business/Corporate, Construction Litigation: ConsumerFocus areas
Construction Defects, Contracts, Partnership
- 40% Business Litigation
- 30% Business/Corporate
- 30% Construction Litigation: Consumer
First Admitted: 2017, New Jersey
Professional Webpage: https://www.klplawyers.com/attorney/kwak-sean-s/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Southern and Eastern District of New York
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- District of New Jersey
- New York
- New Jersey
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- $2.3 million settlement in a partnership dispute over a deli business in New York, 2021.
- $300,000 settlement for unpaid minimum and overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law, 2018.
Representative Clients
- KOTRA
- GFA, Inc., an Alabama logistics company serving in the automotive industry.
- Pantos Logistics
- Sharon Springs, Inc.
- EBIN New York, Inc., a beauty supply wholesale distributor
Educational Background
- SUNY University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, B.A., Honors: magna cum laude, Major: Chemistry
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2023 - 2026