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Kook Hee Lim

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MA Attorney Kook Hee Lim

Contact Information

Phone: 781-235-5500
Direct: 781-247-8022
Email: klim@wcnllp.com
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Attorney Profile

Kook Hee began her legal career in the US as a clerk for the Honorable Judge Young of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, after graduating from the American Law Program at Boston University School of Law. She earned her MA bar license in the same year as her graduation. After her clerkship, further attracted by the people and life of Boston, she decided to settle down in Boston. She attended the Graduate Tax Program of Boston University School of Law with the intention of practicing in Trusts and Estates law. She was committed to this goal throughout the program and earned the estate planning concentration certified by the school.

Prior to coming to Boston, she was a senior officer of the Constitutional Court of Korea, in charge of the Court’s constitutional law case exchanges with courts in different parts of the world. She has over eight years of international experience serving judicial leaders and colleagues from across of the world. Kook Hee was recognized for her excellent service by the President of the Court as well as her colleagues at home and abroad. She was awarded “Leader’s Scholar” award from Boston University School of Law for both her LLM degrees.

Professional Associations, Memberships & Community Involvement
  • Boston Bar Association
Honors & Recognition
  • Leader’s Scholar, Boston University School of Law, 2019, 2021

  • Excellent Service Citation by the President of the Constitutional Court of Korea, 2014

Practice Areas
  • Private Client Services
    • Trust & Estate Planning

    • Business Succession Planning

    • Estate & Trust Administration

    • Tax Planning

    • Fiduciary Services

    • Family Office Services

    • Elder Law & Long-Term Care Planning

    • Special Needs Planning

    • Charitable Planned Giving

    • Asset Protection Planning

Education
  • Boston University School of Law, LLM in Taxation (Estate Planning Concentration)

  • Boston University School of Law, LLM in American Law Program

  • Konkuk University Law School, J.D.

  • Seoul National University, B.A.

Bar Admissions
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • Korea