A world changed by existence
A world changed by existence
A world changed by existence
How We Moved
How We
Moved
How We Moved
"There is no way under the current law."
"There is no way under the current law."
We could not leave it at that.
Times had already changed, and the law had to change with them.
Someone had to speak up and take the first step.
It was not an easy choice, but we did not stop.
It could not end with those words.
The times had already changed, and the law had to change with them.
Someone had to speak up and take the first step.
It was not an easy choice, but we did not stop.
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The number of laws voiced by existence
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A lawyer who stands by their client
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The Koo Hara Act, Years of Perseverance
How Existence Sees
How Existence Sees
Some cases do not end with a ruling. Even after the outcome is delivered,
there are still unresolved problems in life.
Existence did not stop before those problems. While handling the client's case,
we looked together at the gaps in the law that the case revealed.
Rather than stopping at resolving individual cases, so that the same difficulties would not repeat,
we raised our voices to the points where institutional change was needed.
Some cases do not end with a ruling.
Even after the outcome is reached,
life still has unresolved problems.
We did not stop in the face of that problem.
While handling the client’s case,
we looked together at the gaps in the law revealed by that case.
We did not stop at resolving individual cases,
and spoke up to the point where institutional change is needed
so the same difficulties would not repeat.
Some cases do not end with a judgment. Even after the result is reached,
there are still unresolved problems in life.
We did not stop in the face of that problem.
While handling the client's case,
we looked together at the gaps in the law that the case revealed.
We did not stop at resolving individual cases,
and spoke out as far as the points where institutional change was needed
so that the same difficulties would not be repeated.
[ The Beginning of the Law Firm ]
Law Firm
The Start of Existence
It began with two people who started from different places.
One person spent about 13 years as a judge, handling the standards and judgments of trials,
while the other experienced up close how a client’s case expanded into a social issue.
It was a time of dedication in each of their respective roles, but both people never let go of the same question.
What role should the law play in a client’s life?
How far can the assistance a legal professional can provide extend?
What is needed for a client to return to ordinary life even after a case is over.
Existence began with two people who started from different places.
two people.
One person spent about 13 years as a judge,
handling the standards and judgments of trials,
the other person closely experienced the process of a client’s case
expanding into a social issue.
Though each had spent that time faithfully in their own place,
both never let go of the same question.
What role should the law play in a client’s life.
How far can the assistance a legal professional can provide extend.
What is needed for a client to regain an ordinary daily life
even after the case is over.
Existence began with two people who had started from different places.
One spent about 13 years as a judge
handling the standards and judgments of trials,
and the other experienced up close how a client's case
expanded into a social issue.
It was time each devoted faithfully in their own place,
but both of them never let go of the same question.
What role should the law play in a client's life?
How far can the assistance a legal professional can provide go?
Even after a case ends, what is needed for a client to
regain an ordinary daily life?
Existence was built upon that concern.
Existence was built upon that concern.
Attorney No Jong-eon
I could not stand by and watch one person’s grievance被?
One person's grievance
being left in the blind spot of the law
could not be ignored.
Attorney Noh Jong-eon, while handling clients' cases,
has directly faced moments when those cases exposed the limits of the law and the system.
Representing the bereaved family in the Goo Hara case, he led 100,000 public signatures,
and after six years of persistently raising the need for legal reform,
the Goo Hara Act passed the National Assembly.
By drawing public attention to the harms of the relative immunity rule, and by leading a legislative petition centered on recovering criminal proceeds from cyber wreckers who profit from fake news,
he is speaking out directly in places where systemic change is needed, beyond his clients' cases.
Attorney Noh Jong-eon, while handling clients' cases,
has directly faced moments when those cases reveal the limits of the law and the system.
Representing the bereaved family in the Goo Hara case,
he led 100,000 citizens to consent, and
after six years of not giving up and
continuing to raise awareness of the need to revise the law, the Goo Hara Act passed the National Assembly.
By drawing attention to the harms of the relative exemption rule,
and by leading a legislative petition centered on confiscating the criminal proceeds of cyber wreckers who profit from fake news,
he has been speaking out directly in places where institutional change is needed, beyond his clients' cases.
Attorney Yoon Ji-sang
It took 13 years to understand how the court thinks, and how it reaches its conclusions
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How the court thinks,
how it reaches its conclusions
It took 13 years to learn that.
Having handled trials as a judge for a long time,
Attorney Yoon Ji-sang has closely encountered
the complexities of life that cannot be explained by the outcome of a case.
Especially in family and inheritance cases, even after a judgment,
unresolved issues often remained in the lives of the parties involved for a long time.
This experience left Attorney Yoon Ji-sang with the conviction that law should not stop at making decisions,
but must also consider the life that follows.
At Jigeum Jonjae, we handle cases based on that conviction.
We design cases with the court's perspective in mind and do our utmost to help clients
regain their ordinary daily lives even after a judgment.
Having handled trials as a judge for a long time,
Attorney Yoon Ji-sang has closely confronted the complexity of life that cannot be explained by the outcome of a case alone.
In particular, in family and inheritance cases, unresolved issues often remained in the parties’ lives long after the judgment was rendered.
This experience left Attorney Yoon with the sense that the law should not stop at making a decision, but should also consider the life that follows.
At Jigeum, we approach cases based on that awareness.
With case strategies that reflect the court’s perspective,
we do our utmost to help clients return to their ordinary daily lives
even after the judgment.
The Change Made by Existence
The Change Made by Existence
A record that began with a client’s case and led to changes in the system
Starting with the client's case,
a record that has continued through changes in the system
Law 01
Goo Hara Act
For parents who abandoned their children, inheritance is not a right
2019.11 Goo Hara case
2020.03 National petition (100,000 signatures)
2024.08 Passed by the National Assembly (284:0)
2026.01 Takes effect
Attorney No Jong-eon, as the bereaved family’s representative, led legislative efforts and created an opportunity to shift South Korea’s inheritance law from a "bloodline-centered" approach to a "responsibility-centered" one.
Law 02
Abolition of the relative immunity rule
The name of family should not become
a right without obligations
2024.06 Constitutional Court ruling of nonconformity with the Constitution
2025.12 Passed by the National Assembly
Lawyer No Jong-eon on the meaning of family ⇲
This is a case in which attorney No Jong-eon drew public attention to the harm caused by the relative exemption rule through real victim cases and spoke out for the first revision of the Criminal Act in 71 years.
This is a case in which attorney Noh Jong-eon highlighted the harmful effects of the relative exemption rule through real victim cases and raised his voice in support of the first revision to the Criminal Act in 71 years.
Law 03
Anti-Cyberwrecker Act
(Legislative petition to amend the Information and Communications Network Act)
Profits gained through falsehood,
must be recovered
2024. 07 Legislative petition initiated
2025. 03 Officially placed on the National Assembly agenda
2025. 12 Legislative achievement
It is an example of attorney Noh Jong-eon leading a legislative petition centered on recovering criminal proceeds from cyber wreckers who profit from fake news,
and speaking out to protect victims in digital spaces.
Attorney No Jong-eon led a legislative petition aimed at confiscating the criminal proceeds of cyber wreckers who profit from fake news,
and this is an example of speaking out to protect victims in digital spaces.
The way existence works
The way existence works
The changes that existence has brought about are not the result of a single event,
but begin with the way we view the event and the way we resolve it.
The changes that existence creates
are not the result of a single event,
but begin with the perspective we take on events
and the way we resolve them.
The changes that existence has brought about are not the result of a single event,
but begin with the way we view the event and the way we resolve it.
View from the court’s perspective
View from the court’s perspective
View from the court’s perspective
We empathize deeply with our client’s story, but we do not stop there. We also consider what standards the court uses to make its decision and what logic it finds persuasive. We believe that is the detail that determines victory or defeat.
We empathize deeply with our client’s story, but we do not stop there. We also consider what standards the court uses to make its decision and what logic it finds persuasive. We believe that is the detail that determines victory or defeat.
Bridging the gap between eras
Bridging the gap between eras
Bridging the gap between eras
The case is over, but someone else is still out there, suffering the same pain. We could not simply overlook the stories of those left unprotected at the threshold of the current law, so the law firm Jonjae has been raising questions about the gaps in the system. Those questions became a petition for public consent, and finally came to the table for legislative discussion.
The case is over, but someone else is still out there, suffering the same pain. We could not simply overlook the stories of those left unprotected at the threshold of the current law, so the law firm Jonjae has been raising questions about the gaps in the system. Those questions became a petition for public consent, and finally came to the table for legislative discussion.
Solve as one team
Solve as one team
Solve as one team
The more complex the case, the more there are areas beyond the reach of one person’s perspective. Law, tax, accounting, psychology, and even international issues. Jonjae Law Firm, with experts in each field moving as ‘One-Firm Solution’ as one team, resolves every layer of the case from multiple angles.
The more complex the case, the more there are areas beyond the reach of one person’s perspective. Law, tax, accounting, psychology, and even international issues. Jonjae Law Firm, with experts in each field moving as ‘One-Firm Solution’ as one team, resolves every layer of the case from multiple angles.
See life beyond the results
See life beyond the results
See life beyond the results
The last line of the judgment is not the last line for our client. Law Firm Jonjae continues to handle each case while always considering whether the client can return to a complete life even after the lawsuit ends. Restoring everyday life, and moving toward that one goal from start to finish. That is Jonjae's way.
The last line of the judgment is not the last line for our client. Law Firm Jonjae continues to handle each case while always considering whether the client can return to a complete life even after the lawsuit ends. Restoring everyday life, and moving toward that one goal from start to finish. That is Jonjae's way.
There is a reason we didn’t stop speaking up in the face of the law.
There is a reason we did not stop speaking up before the law
There is a reason we didn’t stop speaking up in the face of the law.
It did not begin with a grand sense of mission.
The reality that a law enacted 60 years ago instead leaves victims even more powerless,
the moment we faced one person who could do nothing within it.
Everything began there.
A law that lets parents who abandoned their children take that child's inheritance,
a law that excuses property crimes simply because of family ties,
a structure in which the offender's gain is more heavily protected than the victim's suffering.
Faced with that, we could not help but ask again why the law must exist.
Jeonjae did not turn away from that question.
We launched a public consent petition and added our voice at every legislative discussion.
We did not stop at a single setback, and we never set aside the same question until the end.
Jeonjae does not aim only for the outcome of a lawsuit.
Even after the trial ends, whether the client's life can regain its everyday rhythm,
whether they can return to that ordinary day, we stay with them to the very end.
Protecting one person's ordinary day.
And refusing to stay silent in the face of laws that make it impossible to protect that day.
That is the path Jeonjae has walked, and the reason it will not stop going forward.
It was not born of a grand sense of mission.
The reality in which a legal provision created 60 years ago only made victims
even more powerless, the moment we faced a person who could do nothing
within it.
All of it began there.
A law that lets parents who abandoned their children
take that child's inheritance,
A law that excuses property crimes
simply because someone is family,
A structure in which the perpetrator's gains are
protected more strongly than the victim's suffering.
Faced with that, we could not help but ask again why the law
must exist.
Existence did not turn away from that question.
We initiated a people-signed petition,
and added our voice at every table of legislative discussion.
We did not stop at one setback,
and we never let go of the same question to the end.
Existence does not aim only for the outcome of a lawsuit.
Even after the trial ends, we see it through to the end with the client—whether their life can again
regain everyday normalcy, whether they can return to
that ordinary day.
Protecting one person's ordinary day.
And not remaining silent in the face of laws that make it impossible
to protect that day.
That is the path Existence has walked,
and the reason it will not stop in the future.
It did not begin with a grand sense of mission.
The reality that a law enacted 60 years ago instead leaves victims even more powerless,
the moment we faced one person who could do nothing within it.
Everything began there.
A law that lets parents who abandoned their children take that child's inheritance,
a law that excuses property crimes simply because of family ties,
a structure in which the offender's gain is more heavily protected than the victim's suffering.
Faced with that, we could not help but ask again why the law must exist.
Jeonjae did not turn away from that question.
We launched a public consent petition and added our voice at every legislative discussion.
We did not stop at a single setback, and we never set aside the same question until the end.
Jeonjae does not aim only for the outcome of a lawsuit.
Even after the trial ends, whether the client's life can regain its everyday rhythm,
whether they can return to that ordinary day, we stay with them to the very end.
Protecting one person's ordinary day.
And refusing to stay silent in the face of laws that make it impossible to protect that day.
That is the path Jeonjae has walked, and the reason it will not stop going forward.
This page was created based on the fact that the members of the law firm Jonjae have informed society of the need to amend the law through legislative petitions and media activities,
and have made meaningful contributions all the way to the Constitutional Court's decision of unconstitutionality.
This page was created based on the fact that the members of Law Firm Jonjae
contributed, through legislative petitions, efforts leading the Constitutional Court to rule a law unconstitutional, media activities, and more,
to actual legal amendments.
This page was created based on the fact that the members of the law firm Jonjae have informed society of the need to amend the law through legislative petitions and media activities,
and have made meaningful contributions all the way to the Constitutional Court's decision of unconstitutionality.
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