O'Hagan Spencer

Professional Overview

Soo J. Kim is an associate at O’Hagan Spencer’s Chicago Office. Her practice focuses primarily in the defense of insurers, agents, brokers and healthcare professionals.

Soo has defended agents, brokers and healthcare professionals in complex cases with significant liability exposure. She has successfully minimized these risks by working closely with her clients to identify and render prompt and reliable analysis and strategies to bring the cases to a successful resolution. On the coverage side, Soo has extensive experience representing insurers in contractual and extra-contractual matters involving bad faith and fraud.

Soo has significant litigation experience with over 60 jury verdicts in her career. She has participated in over 150 arbitrations and mediations. She has secured multiple summary judgments and dismissals of insurers, brokers, and agents and health care professionals.

Soo is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Education

Soo received her Juris Doctorate from Valparasio University School of Law in 1998 where she served as a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA) and participated in ATLA mock competitions involving medical malpractice. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Rutgers University in 1994.

Professional Organization Memberships

Member: Illinois Trial Lawyer's Association
Member: Defense Research Institute
Member: American Bar Association
Member: Chicago Bar Association
Member: Cook County Mandatory Arbitration

News, Publications, & Speeches

• Speaker - Effective Trial Strategies for Voir Dire - 2005

Support Staff

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  • Jeannine Watson
  • (312) 422-6133
  • jwatson@ohaganspencer.com

Practice Areas

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  Directors & Officers

  Directors and Officers face scrutiny like never before...

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  Insurance Coverage

  Put an insurance policy in front of most lawyers and their eyes glaze over...

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  Securities

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