Minsuk Han

Minsuk Han joined Kellogg Hansen as an associate in 2016.  He practices primarily in the areas of antitrust law, corporate internal investigations, intellectual property law, complex commercial litigation, and appellate litigation.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Han served as a law clerk to the Honorable Andrew J. Kleinfeld on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  Mr. Han also practiced in Frankfurt, Germany, advising clients on U.S. law issues in equity and debt capital markets, private equity fund, and debt financing matters.

Mr. Han graduated magna cum laude from Cornell Law School, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, the Executive Editor of Cornell Law Review, and the Executive Director of Student Leadership Council.  Prior to law school, Mr. Han graduated summa cum laude from Seoul National University Business School.  He currently serves as President-Elect of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area and on the Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee of the District of Columbia Bar.  Mr. Han has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund as President (2018-2019) and Vice President (2017-2018). 

Noteworthy Representations

State of Florida v. Purdue Pharma L.P., No. 2018-CA-001438 (Fla. 6th Jud. Cir.) – Represented the State of Florida in a lawsuit filed against pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies for the opioid epidemic in that state, in which the firm recovered more than $3.6 billion plus litigation costs and completed its litigation successfully as to the most defendants in the fastest time and lowest cost of any State.

Students For Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard, No. 14-cv-14176-ADB (D. Mass.), No. 19-2005 (1st Cir.) & No. 20-1199 (S. Ct.) – Represented multiple Nobel laureates, former federal officials, and other preeminent economists, supporting Harvard University’s admissions policies against constitutional challenge.

Hymas v. U.S. Dep’t of Interior, No. 18-35488 (9th Cir.) (argued) – Represented a farmer in an Administrative Procedures Act challenge to a federal cooperative farming program.  Obtained reversal of the district court’s dismissal of Mr. Hymas’s complaint.

Publications

A Two-Branched Attack on the Jury Right in Patent Litigation, 99 Cornell L. Rev. 659 (2014)

The Antitrust Economics of Free Software, Cornell Daily Sun, May 2, 2014, at 7