Michael K. Kim

Principal

mkim@bklawva.com

o. 703-691-1235
f. 703-691-3913

Michael K. Kim

Michael Kim is an experienced first-chair trial attorney with significant experience managing all phases of litigation. He focuses his practice on corporate and individual clients in a wide range of complex civil and commercial matters in proceedings in state courts in Northern Virginia and in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Michael regularly litigates complex disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of trade secrets, and other business torts. He has significant experience in litigating disputes involving partnerships and limited liability companies, corporate governance and control, and shareholder derivative actions. Michael has also represented fiduciaries and beneficiaries in will contests and in other varieties of trust and estate litigation.

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Michael holds a B.A., cum laude, from Columbia University and a JD, cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law.

Credentials

Education
  • University of Miami School of Law (cum laude, 2007)
  • Columbia University (cum laude, 2004)
Bar Admissions
  • Virginia State Bar, 2011
  • Fourth Circuit, 2016
  • Eastern District of Virginia, 2012
  • Eastern District of Virginia Bankruptcy Court, 2013

Professional Honors & Activities

Professional Honors

  • Arlington Magazine, Top Lawyers, Business/Corporate, (2022-2024)
  • Virginia Business Magazine, Legal Elite, Civil Litigation, (2020)
  • Virginia Business Magazine, Legal Elite, Business Law (2023-2024)
  • U.S. News - Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation, Education Law, and Trusts and Estates  (2021-2025)
  • Virginia Super Lawyers, Rising Star, (2013-2017)
  • Virginia Super Lawyers, Super Lawyer, (2024-2025)
  • Washington DC Super Lawyers, Rising Star, (2014-2017)
  • Virginia Business Magazine, Legal Elite, Young Lawyers' Category, (2013)
  • Lawyers of Color Magazine, Hot List, Mid-Atlantic Region, (2013)


Professional Activities

Virginia State Bar

  • Fifth District Disciplinary Committee, Vice-Chair (Section I), 2020; Member 2018-present


Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Virginia

  • Board of Directors, 2016-present
  • Chair, Judicial Screening Committee, 2016-present

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