KALAGNY Honorees

Each year KALAGNY recognizes its honorees at its annual gala dinner. The following is a list of recent past honorees:

2019

Susan Jin Davis, Chief Sustainability Officer, Comcast NBC Universal

Eunu Chun, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Eugena Oh, President & CEO, "I Have A Dream" Foundation

2018

Susan L. Shin, Partner, Arnold & Porter

Steven K. Choi , Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition

Ho Shin, EVP and General Counsel, Yext INC.

2017

Professor Thomas H. Lee, Leitner Family Professor of International Law & Director of Graduate and International Studies at Fordham University School of Law; Of Counsel at Hughes Hubbard and Reed LLP*

Honorable Judge Judy Kim, New York City Civil Court

Michael Rhee, Esq., Vice President and General Counsel to the Durst Organization

2016

Hon. Doris Ling-Cohan, Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department*

Austin K. So, Esq., Division General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Heraeus Incorporated 

Amb. Gheewhan Kim, Consul General of the Republic of Korea in New York

2015

Ambassador Oh Joon (Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations)*

Jean Lee (Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, JP Morgan Chase & Co.)

2014

John Y. Kim, CFA (Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, New York Life Insurance Company)*

Myung Kang-Huneke, Esq. (Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Sesame Workshop)

Young Lee, CFA, Esq. (Managing Director and General Counsel, MacKay Shields)

2013

Michael Lewis, Esq. (Chief Legal Officer, Lukoil Americas Corporation)*

Huhnsik Chung, Esq. (Partner-in-Charge, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP)

Joon H. Kim, Esq. (Chief Counsel, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York)

2012

Y.S. Chi (Chairman, Elsevier's Management Committee)*

Susan Moon, Esq. (Vice President, Global Legal Team, Wyndham Exchange and Rentals)

2011

Don Liu, Esq. (Secretary and General Counsel, Xerox Corp.)*

Prof. Jeannie Suk (Harvard Law School)

2010

Hon. Denny Chin (Second Circuit Court of Appeals)*

Su Sun Bai (Executive Director, Morgan Stanley)

Kevin Kim (Deputy Director of Community Affairs for Congressman Gary L. Ackerman; Democratic Candidate for 2009 City Council District 19)

Honorable Barry Kamins

2009

Bill Thompson (former NYC Comptroller)*

Tai H. Park (Partner, Park & Jensen)

2008

Hyun Chong Kim (Played a significant role in establishing the KORUS Free Trade Agreement. Currently Chief Legal Counsel at Samsung Electronics and former Korean Ambassador to the United States.)*

Andy Hahn (Former President of NAPABA; Partner at Seyfarth Shaw)

Michael Kim (Partner, Kobre & Kim)

KALAGNY Law Student Scholarship Winners

2019

Jeenie Jee Heun Kahng (Columbia University Law School, 2019)

2018

Cecilia Kim (Cardozo Law, 2020)

2017

Abraham Lee (New York University Law School (

2016

Soolean Choy (Columbia University, 2017)

2015

Christopher Bae (CUNY Law School, 2016)

2014

Haelee Shin (New York Law School, 2015) 

2013

Min Heo (New York University Law School, 2014)

2012

Sean Kim (Cardozo Law School, 2013)

2011

Dong-Joo Lee (Brooklyn Law School, 2012)

*keynote speaker