Minji Kim

How Minji Helps Clients

Minji is a member of the firm’s Labor, Employment, Benefits & Immigration Section whose practice includes employment discrimination and retaliation litigation, wage and hour class action litigation, internal investigations, Title IX investigation and compliance, and Internal Revenue Code Section 127 compliance. Minji’s practice also includes drafting employment agreements, affirmative action plans, and employee policies and handbooks in compliance with federal and state employment laws and regulations.  

In law school, Minji served as a student attorney and research assistant for the Boston University School of Law’s Compliance Policy Clinic, the nation’s first law school clinic focused on compliance lawyering. She also served as an editor for the American Journal of Law & Medicine, a litigation intern in the Office of the General Counsel at the Executive Office of Human and Health Services of Massachusetts, and a legal compliance intern at the Massachusetts General Brigham Research Institute. Aside from these legal experiences, Minji served as an inaugural equity fellow for Boston University School of Law’s Student Affairs office under the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Engagement.

What Clients Can Expect

Clients can expect highly responsive and strategic representation and advocacy from Minji. She takes care to learn each client’s unique business goals and company culture to ensure that her communication and counseling is actionable and aligned with their goals.

My diverse personal identities and professional experiences drive my client insights.

Outside the Office

Minji is a proud first-generation Korean American immigrant and a 2020 recipient of the Don H. Liu Scholarship. She has worked abroad in Korea and Spain and is professionally proficient in both languages. A retired competitive powerlifter, she continues to train recreationally and also enjoys painting when outside of the office.

Proof Points

• Conducted an internal investigation into an anonymous report on behalf of a publicly-traded, Forbes 1000 into an anonymous report and presented findings and recommendations to company’s chief compliance officer.
• Secured dismissal of an employment discrimination and retaliation complaint following an investigatory conference before a state administrative agency.
• Secured multiple favorable settlements in various employment discrimination and retaliation actions on behalf of Fortune 500 companies.
• Successfully settled a class action alleging multiple FLSA violations relating to tip-credits.
• Represented major university in a breach of contract, fraudulent inducement, and promissory estoppel claim.
• Drafted multiple multi-state employee handbooks tailored to each company’s culture and business risks.