Bae Myung-in, former Minister of Justice and co-founder of Bae, Kim & Lee (commonly known as Pacific), one of South Korea's largest law firms, died of a prolonged illness on Sunday. He was 94.
Born in Jinhae, South Gyeongsang Province, in 1932, Bae graduated from Jinhae High School and Seoul National University's College of Law before entering the legal profession after passing the eighth Higher Civil Service Examination for Judicial Affairs in 1956. Starting as a prosecutor at the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office, he served in senior positions including chief of the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office Northern Branch, chief of the Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office, director of the Prosecution Bureau at the Ministry of Justice, deputy prosecutor general at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and chief of the Gwangju High Prosecutors' Office. He served as the 33rd Minister of Justice from June 1982 to February 1985.
In December 1986, he co-founded Pacific Joint Law Office, the predecessor of Bae, Kim & Lee, together with honorary senior partners Kim In-seop and Lee Jeong-hun.
The funeral parlor is located at Room 14 of the Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary's Hospital funeral hall. The funeral will be held as a firm memorial service by Bae, Kim & Lee. The funeral procession is scheduled for 10 a.m. on the 9th.