KALAGNY Honorees
Each year KALAGNY recognizes its honorees at its annual gala dinner. The following is a list of recent past honorees:
2023
Christina Lee, Senior Vice President, Head of Legal, US Business, CNA*
Phil Cha, Partner, Energy Team Lead, Board Member, Duane Morris LLP
Richard K. Kim, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Hannah Yu, Chief, Hate Crimes Unit, NY County DA
Jin Joo, Partner, Proskauer
2022
Arlene S. Hong, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.*
Christine M. Bae, Founding Partner, Kim & Bae, P.C. (Past KALAGNY President)
Grace H. Park, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Chief Litigation Counsel, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
Grace Jamgochian, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Dohyun Kim, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Meagher, & Flom LLP
2021
Thomas Kim, Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary, Thomson Reuters*
Jiyeon Lee-Lim, Partner & Global Chair of the Tax Department, Latham & Watkins LLP
Edward J. Lee, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Julie Cho, General Counsel, The LAM Group
Sam Kwon, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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
Steven K. Choi , Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition*
Susan L. Shin, Partner, Arnold & Porter
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*
Hon. 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
2023
Youngchool (Young) Bae (Brooklyn Law School, 2024)
Jinny (Ji Yoon) Lim (Seton Hall University School of Law, 2024)
2022
Lauren Kim (Fordham University School of Law, 2023)
Yuna Park (St. John’s University School of Law, 2023)
2021
Hyezhin Rhee (Brooklyn Law School, 2021)
Jessica Lee (Fordham University School of Law, 2022)
Jong In Yoon (NYU School of Law, 2021)
Olivia S. Yoon (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law 2023)
Wendy Choi (Rutgers Law School)
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 Honoree
