Joon H. Kim

Joon H. Kim is a partner in the Litigation Department at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where his practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense, government investigations, commercial litigation, and crisis management. He served as Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2017 to 2018, overseeing the office's criminal and civil litigation and supervising over 220 Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Prior to joining Wachtell Lipton in 2026, he was a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the SDNY from 2000 to 2006. He is recognized as a Band 1 lawyer in Chambers USA for Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations.