Sean Hayes, Attorney at Law

Sean Hayes is the only non-Korean to have been employed by the Korean court system as a government attorney and one of the first non-Koreans to be a full-time regular member of a Korean law faculty. He has lived and worked in Korea for over a decade. Sean is a national of the United States and Ireland.

 

EXPERIENCE

 

* Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea, Constitutional Researcher

 

* Kookmin University, Assistant Professor of Law

 

* Seoul National University, Graduate School of Public Administration, Adjunct Professor

 

* UN's University for Peace, AP Center, Professor and Dean of International Relations

 

* The Korea Times, Ombudsman

 

*Ahnse Law Offices, Attorney

 

*Suwon District Court (Taught Judges U.S Criminal, Contracts, Civil Procedure and Constitutional Law)

 

*Ministry of Government Legislation (Taught Constitutional Law)

 

*Constitutional Court of Korea (Taught Justices, Judges, and Researcher Constitutional Law)

 

*Supreme Court of Korea (Taught Judges Constitutional Law)

 

PRACTICE AREAS

 

M & A, Corporate Law & Compliance, Entertainment Law, Complex Business Litigation & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Outbound Investment, Private Equity & Project Finance

 

EDUCATION

 

B.A. Political Science,  Fairfield University/Fordham University

Korean Law Program, Santa Clara University Law School

Juris Doctor, Quinnipiac University School of Law

Masters Program in International Law, University of London

Ph.D. Candidate, Seoul National University School of Law

 

BAR ADMISSIONS

 

Admitted to New York Bar

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

 

Korean - Good reading, writing and conversation

 

 

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS

 

•700 Yacht Club, Vice-Commodore

 

 

PUBLICATIONS (Partial List)

 

* The Korea Times, The Korea Herald, Seoul Newspaper, Columnist

* Journal of East Asia and International Law, Managing Editor