Profile:

Roy Donghee Kim is a trial lawyer at ATAC Law. Prior to joining ATAC Law, he worked at a boutique civil litigation law firm and at a community legal clinic, both located in Victoria, BC.

Roy is also a professional engineer (P.Eng.) in British Columbia. He has 10 years of industry experience in designing complex Engineer-to-Order (ETO) products in the areas of mechanical-electrical engineering, steel construction, and naval architecture. Prior to his career in law, he worked as an engineer in South Korea, United States, and Canada. He was an engineering manager at a multinational, global Fortune 500 company in the United States.

Roy focuses on civil litigation and criminal defence. He uses his engineering expertise to resolve disputes involving complex engineering subject matters.

Roy is bilingual in English and Korean. 

Areas of Focus:

• Criminal Defence
• Regulatory Defence
• Professional Discipline & Complaints Defence
• Administrative Law
• Construction & Engineering Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Tenancy Dispute
• Product Liability

Recent Dispute Resolution Experience:

• Acted for our construction manager client in a successful Supreme Court of British Columbia trial against the defendant owner for damages resulting from contractual disputes over CCDC 5A contract [Construction Management Contract for Services developed by the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC)]: JM Bay Properties Inc v Tung Cheng Yuen Buddhist Association, 2022 BCSC 81.
• Successfully defended our trade contractor client in a Supreme Court of British Columbia hearing against the general contractor’s claim to cancel our client’s builder’s lien resulting in a settlement in favour of our client.
• Successfully defended our engineer client in a successful Provincial Court of British Columbia trial against the plaintiff owner’s negligence and breach of contract claims.
• Successfully defended our businessperson client in a Supreme Court of British Columbia trial involving breach of non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreements with the plaintiff’s business.
• Successfully defended our individual client criminally charged with assault resulting in an absolute discharge: R v LAQ, 2021 BCPC 288.
• Successfully defended our individual client criminally charged with assault resulting in a stay of proceedings.
• Acted for the construction manager in a successful Supreme Court of British Columbia action against the defendant owner for damages resulting from contractual disputes over CCDC 5A contract [Construction Management Contract for Services developed by the Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC)]: JM Bay Properties Inc v Tung Cheng Yuen Buddhist Association, 2022 BCSC 81.
• Acted for the owner in contractual disputes with the construction manager over CCDC 5B contract (Construction Management Contract for Services and Construction).
• Successfully defended a businessperson in a Supreme Court of British Columbia action involving breach of non-competition, non-solicitation, and confidentiality agreements with the plaintiff business.
• Successfully defended a person criminally charged with assault resulting in an absolute discharge: R v LAQ, 2021 BCPC 288.
• Successfully defended a person criminally charged with assault resulting in a stay of proceedings.

Professional Involvement:

• Barrister and Solicitor, Law Society of British Columbia
• Professional Engineer of British Columbia
• Professional Engineer of Ontario (past)
• Member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) (past)
• Member of the IEEE Transformer Committee (past)

Education:

• Juris Doctor at University of Victoria
• Master of Engineering Leadership in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at The University of British Columbia
• Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics Option) at University of Toronto

Clinical Experience:

• Student counsel at The Law Centre (focusing on criminal law), University of Victoria
• Student clinician at Business Law Clinic, University of Victoria
• Student clinician at Environmental Law Clinic, University of Victoria
• Student clinician at Immigration Law Clinic, Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Center Society

Academic Awards:

• Harper Grey Scholarship
• President’s Scholarship
• Master of Engineering Leadership Scholarship
• SNAME Pacific Northwest Section Student Scholarship
• Dean’s List