Michael S. Kim, co-founder of the firm, serves as lead counsel in high-stakes disputes and investigations. Prior to establishing Kobre & Kim, he served as a prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice (as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (DOJ-SEC-CFTC Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force)). While serving in that capacity, Mr. Kim focused on white-collar criminal cases involving hedge funds, securities and commodity futures fraud, many of which involved international asset tracing and forfeiture. Earlier in his legal career, Mr. Kim practiced at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York. Before his legal career, Mr. Kim served as a U.S. Army infantry officer. Harvard Law School, JD (Harvard Law Review, Executive Editor) Harvard College, AB