Bongseob Moon
Founder & President
Bongseob Moon is an attorney, author, columnist, and educator whose career bridges law, public policy, and elite academic mentorship.
He holds a bachelor's degree from Seoul National University, a master's degree from the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, and a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University College of Law. Admitted to the bars of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, he practiced at Morgan & Finnegan LLP in New York and has served as advisory counsel to Woori America Bank and as overseas legal advisor to Masan University.
In public service, Mr. Moon has served as an advisor to the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs' expert panel on the Korea–U.S. FTA, as an attorney with the National Unification Advisory Council's North Korean Human Rights Legal Support Team, and as a member of the Council's New York chapter. He has been an invited speaker at the Korea Immigration Service's policy forum, a director of the Korean American Association of Connecticut, and an advisor to the Global Vision Committee of a national election campaign. He is also a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar.
A widely published voice, he is the author of three books, including Leave While You Can: U.S. and Korean Immigration Policy (2015), Getting into a U.S. Law School on Your Own (2000), and 101 Essential English Expressions for Elementary Students (2003). His columns have appeared in Korea's leading newspapers, among them Kyunghyang Shinmun, Chosun Ilbo, Munhwa Ilbo, and JoongAng Ilbo, as well as The Korea Times and The Korea Daily in the U.S. He has appeared as legal consultant on SBS's investigative program Unanswered Questions and serves as a New Jersey state and regional judge for National History Day, the largest humanities competition in the United States.
His own path began early: representing his school in essay competitions for twelve years, he earned more than a hundred awards in academic and literature and, recognized for his literary talent, studied writing directly under working authors of the day.