Who We Are

Mission Statement

Chun & Associates, PLLC is committed to consider the unique situations for each client and provide the tailored advice by building a long-term relationship.

Chun & Associates, PLLC enhances clients' happiness and wellbeing by providing the competent solutions to the insecure and unprotected situations of family and businesses.

Bio

Attorney Hungkyu Chun is a manager of Chun & Associates, PLLC, and an attorney at law admitted to New York State. Mr. Chun has gone through similar concerns and life matters as you have had. As a father of three children, a son of senior parents, a professional firm / multi-national company employee, a passive investor in real estate, an owner of a business, and an immigrant, Mr. Chun has built up professional competency and an empathetic mind that match your specific matters.

While dealing with complex tax and business matters for US corporations, foreign-owned companies doing business in the US, and high-wealth individuals, Mr. Chun was privileged to be a volunteer of a community for disabled people and their families. Mr. Chun found that the previous estate planning legal services for such families were so one-time transactional and were not adequately followed up. Some important assets remain outside the trust, and hourly legal service charge experiences discouraged such families from contacting their previous lawyers for any questions.

Mr. Chun is committed to being a relational lawyer as opposed to a transactional lawyer meaning that the engagement is the starting point of long-term relationships with his clients. Mr. Chun considers the unique situations and needs of each client, and provides premium and affordable service on a flat fee basis. 

Experience

  • Universal Display Corporation, New Jersey Headquarter, Tax Director
  • Catalent Pharma Solutions / LG Electronics USA, Tax Senior Manager
  • Ernst Young / KPMG Manhattan Office, Tax Manager
  • Samsung Corporation, Seoul Headquarter, Import & Export, Assistant Manager

Education

  • Syracuse University, Juris Doctor and MS in Accounting Joint Degree
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MS in Finance
  • Seoul National University, Bachelor of Economics


My Firm Story

변호사가 되어 이웃과 지역사회를 돕는 일을 하려는 저의 열정이 개인 법률 사무소를 시작하게 하였습니다. 서울대 및 Syracuse University에서 경제 회계 법률등의 전공공부를 바탕으로, 수출입을 하는 삼성물산에서, 또 KPMG등 큰 회계 기업이나 Universal Display등 다국적 기업에서 Tax Director로서 기업 및 부유한 개인의 미국 및 국제거래 세법 관련 업무를 경험하였습니다. 저는 2016년부터 뉴저지 밀알에서 자원봉사하면서 장애인 가정 Community와 인연을 맺기 시작하였고,  장애가정이 Estate Planning에 대한 사전 지식이나 경험이 부족하고  Estate Planning 없거나, 있어도 여러 문제가 있다는 것을 직 간접적으로 알게 되었습니다.

              변호사 업무가 Trust서류전달로 종료되는 것이 아니라, 의도된 대로 재산이전이 Trust 로 되었는지, 그 과정에서 불편이 없도록 도와드리며 또 3년에 한번씩 추가 비용부담 없이 Trust Plan 이 새로운 변화 (법률적 환경변화, 재산 변동, 가정 관계 변화)에 제대로 작동할 수 있는 Plan인가 점검이 필요합니다. Plan이 제대로 작동하지 않으면 남겨진 사랑하는 사람들이 Probate Process로 고생하거나 많은 비용이 들어가게되며, 장애인의 Social Benefit혜택도 없어질 수 있습니다. 하지만 시간당 비용을 청구하는 변호사 업무관행때문에 질문이 있어도 변호사에게 전화하는 것도 회피하는 실정이었습니다.

              저는 이런 문제점을 이미 인식하여 새로운 개념으로 법률서비스를 제공하는 “Personal Family Lawyer” “Family Business Lawyer” 변호사 연맹에 가입하였습니다. 이 연맹의 변호사들은 고객과 장기간 관계를 중시하고 고정된 비용으로 약속된 서비스를 제공하며 서류가 전달된 후에도 지속적으로 그 작동여부를 점검하는 등 실력과 정성을 겸비한 변호사가 되기를 지향합니다. 저는 이 연맹에서 변호사 지식 및 기술적인 훈련을  받으며 영감을 얻으며 연맹 변호사들과 함께 단련되고 있습니다.

              Estate Planning은 단지 재정문제가 아닙니다. 사랑하는 사람에 대한 나의 마지막 선물이기도 하고, 나의 마음과 사랑을 전달하는 매개체 입니다. 하여 저는 Legacy Interview로 사랑하는 사람에게 전달하는 편지내용을 화상녹음하는 서비스를 제공하며, 연명치료등 생의 마지막 과정의 의료적 희망들을 담은 서류작성등을 돕고,  SNT인경우 미래 SNT Trustee에게 남기는 편지 작성을 도와드립니다.

              저는 법률 서비스의 제공이 앞으로 고객가정과의 긴 관계의 시작이며 고객의 개인 및 사업등의  각종법률 세무문제의 Counsel이 되어나가기를 희망합니다. 저는 세아이와 아내와 함께 살고있으며 텃밭가꾸기 및 등산을 좋아합니다. 제 회사의 로고는 낙엽이 거름이 되어  나무를 성장시키 듯, 부모가 거름이 되어 다음 세대를 성장시키는 Estate Planning을 상징합니다.

            To pursue my long-term career aspiration to be a lawyer who helps individuals and supports the neighbors and community, I decided to run my own law firm practicing tax, business and estate planning after my tax law career as a tax director at a multi-national public company. While dealing with complex tax and business matters for US corporations, foreign-owned companies doing business in the US, and high-wealth individuals, I was privileged to be a volunteer for a community for disabled people and their families. There, I found that the previous estate planning legal services for such families were one-time transactional and were not properly followed up.

            Many estate plans done for such families remain incomplete, still wanting for transferring the home titles into their living trust. Their lawyers did not follow up with the completion of funding clients’ assets into the living trust. Moreover, some of the new assets like new business interests or newly inherited property stayed outside their previous estate plan. Families with people with special needs were under a high demand for day-to-day caregiving work, and some of them were almost in a depressed mode. It appears that their previous lawyers did not consider the unique situations of such families and finalized the one-time deal by providing just documents. Such families did not want to raise questions to previous lawyers because of hourly charge concerns. Parents of disabled children did not even have any plan to be ready for their possible incapacitated status although they went through their estate planning process. I further found that this type of estate planning is a very common and widely accepted practice in a traditional estate planning area.

            However, my passion for being a lawyer who provides clients with true solutions and values drove me to look for a new practice model. It was a great luck and privilege for me to find that other estate planning lawyers have already felt the same as me on the traditional practice model and formed a professional group called “Personal Family Lawyer,” that approaches the law practice differently from the conventional model. This group emphasizes the long-term relationship with clients rather than the short-term transactional one with clients. The long-term relationship here can be illustrated such that the Personal Family Lawyers review the estate plan every three years for free to check whether the plan is still working in any new legislative changes, new events in family dynamics, and new financial positions. Under their internal protocols, Personal Family Lawyers maintain good succession plans and country-wide networks to serve their clients similarly, even when their Personal Family Lawyers no longer practice or move away to another state. This group generally adopts the flat fee policy to remove any clients’ surprises in billing amount and encourage the clients’ approach to their lawyers.

            Estate planning is not just to reduce the probate court burden, nor just to save taxes. Good estate planning lawyering skills enable clients to leave their lifetime legacy and non-monetary value to their descendants and keep their family members in accord. Personal Family Lawyers are supposed to record the interview with clients and encourage clients to leave their messages to their loved ones to pass on more than their money, but also their intellectual, spiritual, and human assets.

            As a member of the Personal Family Lawyer group, my law firm practice aligns with the value and approaches of the Personal Family Lawyer group. My law firm considers the new engagement the starting point of the continued relationship. My firm reviews clients’ plans every three years at no additional charge. My firm is the best fit for people who don’t just want to leave their family a set of documents that may or may not work, but instead want to use the estate planning process to pass on a legacy of love and care, and keep their family out of court and out of conflict. My firm fee is based on the affordable flat fee policy. My firm considers the unique situations and needs of each client.

            On a personal note, I am a dad of three children, a gardener, a hiker, and am aware that my estate planning is not for me but for the people I love the most. So, before we start talking about you and the people you love the most, please feel free to ask me about me, the firm, or anything else.

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