Board of Directors

Irene Lee is Special Assistant with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, where she worked as Deputy District Attorney for nearly 14 years.  She also previously served as Deputy County Counsel for Los Angeles County for over 3 years. She has been recognized as Prosecutor of the Month two times: first, for the prosecution of a complex conspiracy to commit murder and second, for the prosecution of a domestic violence murder. She has trained law enforcement and prosecutors in the areas of domestic violence, strangulation investigations and prosecutions, and dependency records.

Josh is an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California. In this capacity, he investigates and prosecutes international money laundering schemes, large-scale narcotics and weapons trafficking, including VICAR murders, and RICO cases against transnational organized crime, drug cartels, and foreign terrorist organizations. Previously, Josh served as a Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice. In this role, he led investigations and prosecutions into massive fraud schemes, corruption, human trafficking, and fatal officer-involved shootings. He was the first state prosecutor in California to use a unique financial statute to target Chinese organized crime and is the recipient of two AG Awards: one for the prosecution of an alleged apostle and megachurch pastor for human trafficking. He earned his B.A. and J.D. from UCLA and was an editor on the UCLA Law Review.

Lucie is a career prosecutor, serving as an Assistant District Attorney over the last two decades with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, followed by a Juris Doctorate from the Cardozo School of Law. During her tenure with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Lucie served in several bureaus, including the Major Crime Bureau, White Collar Bureau, and Asset Forfeiture Unit.

In January 2022, the Honorable Raymond Tierney, District Attorney of Suffolk County, appointed Lucie to her current position – Bureau Chief of the Financial Crimes Bureau. Lucie serves distinctively as the first Asian American Bureau Chief in the history of Suffolk County government. Lucie has lectured on topics of Intellectual Property, Money Laundering and law enforcement. In 2023 Lucie lectured on the topic of NY State RICO statute at the International Criminal Law Conference in Seoul, Korea. Lucie was a guest speaker at the United Nations
Interpol Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference where she spoke to law enforcement members from over 60 nations on how to trace illicit proceeds. Lucie has also served as a Moot Court Attorney at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Computer Analysis Response Team training program. Lucie is an active Board Member of the Suffolk County Asian Advisory Board and the DA’s Anti-Bias Task Force. Lucie is a 2022 Asian American and Pacific Islander Distinguished Awards recipient and named one of Long Island’s Power Women by Schneps Media.

Jina Kim is a prosecutor for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office, currently assigned to the Family Violence Unit. She has prosecuted numerous cases involving domestic violence, child abuse, child sex crimes, and elder abuse. She has completed over 65 jury trials during her career as a prosecutor, and also educated local and international communities regarding domestic violence prosecutions. Ms. Kim attended Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, and University of California, Berkeley, earning a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. She is a former treasurer and former Vice President of Los Angeles of KPA.

Jerry Baik is a retired Assistant City Attorney. He joined the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office in 1994 as a Deputy City Attorney assigned to Criminal Division. In July 2012, he voluntarily transferred in-house to the Civil Litigation Section with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Previously, he founded and supervised the first-ever Identity Theft and Fraud Unit for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. His Unit’s cases were featured on Good Morning America, NY Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, local TV news stations, other national news circulations, and People magazine. For his work, he received awards from the U.S. Homeland Security-Office of the Inspector General (OIG), U.S. Social Security Administration-OIG, U.S. Food Drug Administration, and International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition. He was a national speaker on identity theft and white-collar fraud. Mr. Baik was previously an Assistant Supervising Deputy City Attorney for Central Trials Section, largest criminal branch for the Office. He supervised 45 prosecutors and 30 support staff members. In 2005, he won the City of Los Angeles Quality and Productivity Award. He was the past President of the Asian Pacific City Attorney’s Association, Regional Vice-President (SOCAL) for the National Asian Pacific Islander Prosecutors Association, board member of the Korean American Bar Association (SOCAL), and board member of the Asian Pacific Women’s Center (domestic violence organization). He was the founder and first President for the Korean Prosecutors Association, and founder and first Chair of the KPA Justice Foundation. In addition, he was a board member of Little Tokyo Towers (Senior low-income housing in Little Tokyo).

John Chang is a Deputy District Attorney for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. He currently is the Deputy-In-Charge of Compton Juvenile. He volunteers weekly through the Project L.E.A.D. program working with 5th graders and talking to them about the justice system. He graduated from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles and the University of California at Riverside with a BA in political science. He has been a former KPA board member and was active in the mentorship committee.

David Kim is Counsel to the Information Technology Unit at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office where he is working to modernize the use of technology at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. Previously he served as the 1^st Deputy Chief of the Bureau of Litigation Technology, overseeing Multimedia/Tech Services, the Bodyworn Camera Unit, and Discovery Compliance Teams. He previously served as the Deputy Chief of Training for Family Court Division of the New York City’s Law Department. In that capacity, he was responsible for onboarding, trial advocacy courses, and development of training for novel areas of practice.  David also served as a Supervising Assistant Special Prosecutor for the NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. David worked cooperatively with seven District Attorney’s offices and trained prosecutors on evidence-based investigations, elder abuse, and the operations of the Justice Center. Prior to that position, David was a Deputy Bureau Chief of the Domestic Violence Bureau of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office and a supervisor of the Elder Abuse Unit.  David received a B.A. from The University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.

Justin Kim is a prosecutor for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, currently assigned to the Gang Unit. He has also served as a prosecutor in the County of Los Angeles, Tulare, and Riverside. His prior assignments include felony trials, arson, home invasion and theft, and vehicular homicide. Justin received his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, and holds a law degree and a master’s degree in public relations from Syracuse University.

Monica Kweon is a Deputy District Attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. She is currently assigned to preliminary hearing at Norwalk branch court. She was Deputy District Attorney at Orange County District Attorney’s Office for 4.5 years and at Merced County District Attorney’s Office for 1.5 years.

Bora Lee is a Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney assigned to the Pacific Criminal Branch responsible for jury trials and also a Pre-Trial deputy for the Long Beach branch, responding to all of the written motions. Previously, she was with the DUI Drug unit where she vertically prosecuted DUI drug cases. She is currently President of Asian Pacific City Attorney’s Association. She worked at the Long Beach City Prosecutor’s Office before joining the LA City Attorney’s office. She graduated from UCLA and Southwestern Law School. 

Kangwoo Lee has been serving as a Consul at the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles since February 2026. With over 12 years of dedication as a public prosecutor in Korea, he has committed himself to the establishment of justice and the protection of society.

​He is an alumnus of Korea University Law School and was admitted to the New York Bar in 2020, after completing his Master of Law degree at University of California, Irvine Law School.

David Minaai is a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office in Washington State, where he is assigned to the Juvenile Court Unit. During his time with the office, he has worked in several units, including Domestic Violence, Special Assault, and Non-Violent Felonies.

Prior to joining the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office, David served as an Assistant County Attorney in Jackson County, Minnesota, where he handled a broad range of matters including criminal prosecution, juvenile delinquency, juvenile protection, child support, and civil cases.  Before joining the Jackson County Attorney’s Office, David was a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Judge Christina Wietzema in Cottonwood County, Minnesota.  

David also served for eight years in the Army National Guard as an infantryman and deployed overseas to Iraq in 2008.

Martin Park is a board member representing Ontario, Canada. He is Federal Crown for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and primarily prosecutes drug offenders. Outside of court, Martin is involved in providing training for law enforcement agencies as well as giving guest lectures at local law schools.

Wilson Park has been an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California for over 10 years. Wilson currently serves as a Deputy Chief in the Office’s General Crimes Section, where he supervises and trains new AUSAs as they learn to prosecute a wide range of felony cases. Wilson previously was assigned to the Office’s National Security Division, Terrorism and Export Crimes Section, where he investigated and prosecuted matters involving domestic and international terrorism, foreign agents, espionage, the illegal export of munitions and other sensitive technologies, sanctions, and the use of destructive devices/weapons of mass destruction. Wilson also spent six years in the Office’s Violent and Organized Crime Section, where he prosecuted significant RICO cases against large Los Angeles gangs, fraud and money laundering cases against organized crime, international human trafficking cases, and matters involving the exploitation of children. Wilson previously served as the Office’s Gang Coordinator and Eagle Task Force (Export Crimes) Coordinator, and currently serves as one of the Office’s Discovery Coordinators. Prior to joining the Office, Wilson clerked for a judge in the Central District of California and worked for a large law firm. Wilson received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Alex Yi is a Deputy District Attorney for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, currently assigned to the Gang Unit handling complex gang litigation. His previous assignments include handling home invasion thefts, organized retail thefts, and general felony trials. He previously served as a Deputy District Attorney with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office as well as the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office. He also served as a Volunteer City Attorney with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.

In addition to his prosecutorial work, he is active in mentorship and legal education, including coaching high school mock trial and serving as adjunct faculty at Trinity Law School. Alex received his J.D. from Chapman Law School and his B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine.

Chris Danbi Choi is currently the National Practice Leader of the Legal Capability and Performance practice group at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Commonwealth of Australia and also serves on the NSW Sentencing Council, following appointment in 2016. Chris has been a federal prosecutor since 2007 prosecuting offences involving organised crime and national security, terrorism offences, human trafficking and child sex exploitation offences, cybercrime and significant corporate offences. Chris became the first Korean-Australian Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law and is passionate about developing lawyers in criminal law practice. Besides managing prosecutions, Chris has been the co-Principal of the pro bono Korean Community Legal Service which she co-founded in 2011. Chris is committed to public service in the administration of justice and hopes to continue serving the community throughout the remainder of her career.

Raphael An is a Federal Crown for the Public Prosecution Service of Canada. He specializes in tax fraud and drug offences. Raphael is also an executive committee member of the Ontario branch of the Korean Canadian Lawyers Association. He obtained his B.Sc. from the University of Western Ontario and his J.D. from the University of Toronto.

Arthur Choi is currently serving as a district attorney investigator for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office – Bureau of Investigation (BOI) for approximately 11 years.  Prior to BOI, he was a police officer with the Pomona Police Department for approximately 10 years.

Mr. Choi enjoyed various roles throughout his career including taskforce time with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  This taskforce successfully targeted international Korean organized crime fraud ring which led to prosecution of multiple defendants.  He is currently a sergeant overseeing the Public Integrity Unit for BOI.