LIM - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• of Counsel
• Counsel to LHP

Ashton R. Watkins is a trial attorney and of counsel to LHP. He has tried cases in both state and federal courts, as well as administrative tribunals. Mr. Watkins' practice is very diverse. He focuses on complex litigation, with an emphasis on real estate and business disputes. He regularly represents clients in the financial services industry, retailers and a diverse group of professionals (pharmacists, medical doctors, physical therapists) in actions involving claims of breach of contract, mortgage fraud, bankruptcy, negligence and violations of the California Business and Professions Code. He also represents litigation clients in the entertainment industry, including actors, movie producers and cinematographers. He has also represented criminal defendants facing fraud charges. Mr. Watkins is focused on results at the trial and appellate levels. He first tries to negotiate a settlement favorable to the client and, if that fails, takes the case to trial. He has obtained judgments and settlements for clients in excess of $2 million dollars. He has also obtained defense verdicts, saving his clients several millions in potential jury verdicts. He has also represented homeowners and renters in foreclosure related lawsuits and evictions. Over the last two years, Mr. Watkins has successfully defended several eviction cases against an overly aggressive property owner seeking to evict its long-term tenants who were paying less than the market rent for their units. He has also successfully briefed and argued an appeal in Le v. Pham (2010) 180 Cal. App. 4th 1201. His victory expanded the fiduciary obligations of owners in regulated professional corporations. The general principle enunciated in that case applies to pharmacy corporations, professional law corporations and medical corporations. Areas of Practice Complex Litigation Appellate Practice Commercial Law Admission California United States District Court for the Central District of California United States District Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Education University of California, Los Angeles, JD California State University, Bakersfield, BA

Job Titles:

• Partner

Mr. Delgado is known among clients and peers for providing creative solutions to complex immigration and nationality issues. Dr. Delgado also has been serving our community for years by providing free seminars, workshops and other volunteer services to the Southern California Latino community. Mr. Delgado has immigration experience serving a diverse array of clients, including multi-national corporations and their executives, small/medium-sized subsidiaries of foreign parents, and individuals on a wide variety of immigration matters; including investor-entrepreneur, employment-based immigrant, L-1, H-1B, E-2, and other non-immigrant petitions. Mr. Delgado is dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of the firm's clients. Mr. Delgado has grown to be one of the premier advocates of the community in needs of his legal service, strategically using a combination of litigation, policy, communications, and alliance-building strategies to get results. Mr. Delgado is highly respected in the field of immigration law and is seen as a bridge builder within the community of various foreign nationals and the rest of Southern California. Fully bilingual and bi cultural, Mr. Delgado serves as a resource and is often interviewed by international media on United States immigration matters. Mr. Delgado derives strength from his immigrant past. He emigrated as a child from El Salvador during the height of the Civil War which claimed thousands of innocent lives. As the first in his family to graduate from College and Law School, Mr. Delgado promised to use the opportunities and privileges afforded to him to advance the lives of his community. Areas of Practice Admission Education

Job Titles:

• of Counsel

Jennifer J. Rhee, our leading worker's compensation attorneys, has been licensed for over 10 years and has an impressive background comprised of experience in the field as well as academic successes. With significant trial experience settling all kinds of novel claims, Ms. Rhee's legal background is one to be noted. Since 2008, he has tried over 100 worker's compensation cases and has authored over 20 briefs for the California Court of Appeal on worker's compensation issues. For cases pertaining to Orange County work injuries, Edward is a skilled and reliable Huntington Beach compensation attorney. She first began his career at Glenn L Silverii, serving as senior trial attorney, Now, she is serving LHD's lead worker's compensation attorney as an outside attorney Ms. Rhee received her Juris Doctor degree from Chicago-Kent School of Law in 2008. Ms. Rhee attended the University of California, Los Angeles for her undergraduate studies and received her Bachelor of Arts degree with honor. During law school, she worked as a law clerk for the Circuit Court of Cook County and handled broad subject areas, including torts, divorces, contract and bankruptcy. Before entering the practice of Law, Ms. Rhee worked at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith and obtained the Series 7 and 66 securities licenses. As an attorney, Mr. Rhee has practiced in the areas of general civil litigation and workers' compensation defense.

Job Titles:

• Associate

Mr. Huang has advised on various M&A transactions as well as numerous middle-market finance transactions. Mr. Huang also assisted various clients from multinationals to high net worth local entrepreneurs in all phases of the business cycle, from advising startup companies or foreign investors entering the US market, to representing investors consolidating their position in their respective sectors. Mr. Huang's practice also focuses on defending employers in wage and hour class and collective actions, as well as wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, unfair competition, and trade secret lawsuits under federal and California labor and employment laws. He has represented clients and appeared before multiple governmental agencies, such as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), Department of Labor (DOL), and the Employment Development Department (EDD), as well as state and federal courts throughout California. Areas of Practice Employment Litigation Mergers, Acquisitions, and Transfers Commercial Litigation Admission California United States District Court for the Central District of California Education University of California, Berkeley, B.A Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D.

Job Titles:

• Partner

Kenneth Han's cerebral, client-focused approach to the law has earned him the respect of his peers and clients alike. Mr. Han has extensive experience and expertise in complex corporate transaction and litigation matters where he represented wide range of entities in various industrial sectors including consumer goods manufacturers, commercial airlines, defense contractors and wholesale distributors. While he advises CEOs and other corporate leaders on critical business and legal issues, Mr. Han represented the secured borrower in a $35 million syndicated credit facility to the largest apparel wholesaler in Southern California, which included a $20 million tranche B loan funded by the equity sponsor. Mr. Han also advised and represented a commercial reinsurer in a recent merger and acquisition deal where he successfully advised the acquiring company for Term Sheets & Letters of Intent, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Due Diligence, Disclosure Schedules, Acquisition Financing, Management Non-Competes, Stock Purchase Agreements. Mr. Han represented the interests of a major South Korean weapons manufacturer in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He currently represents corporations and individuals harmed in cases involving actions ranging from complex litigation for fraudulent asset transfers, misappropriation of assets, embezzlement, and defense against employment actions, to general business counsel in day-to-day operations. Areas of Practice Business Litigation Mergers, Acquisitions, and Transfers Corporate Tax Law Financial/Legal Due Diligence Admission California United States District Court for the Central District of California United States Tax Court United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Education Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D. University of Southern California, M.B.T. University of Southern California, B.A.

Job Titles:

• Associate

Job Titles:

• Partner
• Partner at LHD

Sung D. Lim is a partner at LHD and leads the firm's International Arbitration & Cross-Border Litigation Practice and Insolvency & Restructuring Practice. For the extended period of time, Mr. Lim has successfully represented various foreign and domestic clients in numerous contentious disputes. He has represented clients in a wide range of disputes involving financial products, derivatives, corporate matters, M&A and competition, among others. In particular, his advocacy of a foreign investor inextended an ICC arbitration proceeding against a governmental deposit insurance corporation led to an award of approximately KRW 3 billion, which is one of the largest arbitral awards in Korean history. He has also advised many of the world's largest corporations, creditors, as well as investors, on various insolvency and corporate restructuring-related matters. Mr. Lim also has a broad practice in civil, administrative and criminal litigation in Korea at the firm's Korean office. In his civil litigation practice, Mr. Lim has specialized in finance and securities-related regulation, intellectual property, hostile M&A, insolvency and corporate restructuring. As a criminal defense lawyer, Mr. Lim has dealt with the most high profile white collar crime cases in Korea. Mr. Chung received his B.A. from Korea University in 2000 and received his J.D. from Ajou University. He is admitted to practice law in Korea Areas of Practice Insolvency & Restructuring Finance Dispute International Arbitration International Litigation Admission National Bar of Korea Education Korea University, B.A. Korea University, M.A. Anjo University, J.D.