Joon Kim | |
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Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York | |
In office March 11, 2017 – January 3, 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Preet Bharara |
Succeeded by | Geoffrey Berman |
Personal details | |
Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | May 26, 1971
Spouse | Mina Kim Yu |
Education | Stanford University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Joon Kim | |
Hangul | 김준현 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Jun Hyeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chun Hyŏn |
Joon Hyun Kim (born May 26, 1971) is an American attorney who served as the acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from March 2017 to January 2018.[1] He was Deputy U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from July 2015 to March 2017 after serving as the chief of the criminal division since July 2014. From April 2013 to July 2014, Kim was the chief counsel to the U.S. Attorney. In March 2021, Kim was chosen by New York Attorney General Letitia James as independent counsel, along with Anne L. Clark, to co-lead the investigation into sexual harassment claims made against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.[2]