Focus Areas
Examples of Mitchell’s experience include:
- Secured a high eight-figure settlement for a business partner after more than three years of contentious litigation against former business partners and a financial advisor.
- Achieved a defense verdict after a three-month jury trial involving investment disputes between former business partners.
- Won a high six-figure judgment for a former business partner against a former business counterpart after a month-long bench trial.
- Recovered a high six-figure judgment for a commercial landlord against a commercial tenant following a jury trial.
- Obtained a defense verdict for a Fortune 500 company in a case involving alleged product defects in a motor vehicle.
- Earned an early dismissal for an imaging technology manufacturer through a successful motion to dismiss in federal court.
Secured summary judgment against a retail garment company in a trademark infringement case.
- Selected to the Super Lawyers “Risings Stars” list for Business Litigation, 2018 to 2021
- Named to Pasadena Top Attorneys list, 2014 to 2019
Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- Korean American Bar Association
- Orange County Korean American Bar Association
- Council of Korean Americans
Community Activities
- Alhambra Police Foundation, board member
Education
- Southwestern School of Law, J.D., 2010,
Moot Court Finalist Writer, Trial Advocacy Honors Program Member
- University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., 2006,
with honors
Bar Admissions
- California
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Languages
- Korean
- Thompson Hine Expands West Coast Reach with Addition of Cross-Border Litigator Mitchell Kim in Los Angeles,
Thompson Hine LLP
, August 26, 2025