Biography
Edward Y. Kim is the Deputy United States Attorney of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Kim assumed that role on May 24, 2024.
Mr. Kim returned to the Office in February 2024 to assume the role of Chief Counsel to the United States Attorney, a position he held until his appointment as Deputy United States Attorney. Mr. Kim was previously an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office from 2008 to 2017, serving in the Criminal Division. From 2015 to 2016, Mr. Kim was Chief of the General Crimes Unit, and from 2016 to 2017, he was Chief of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit. During his tenure, Mr. Kim twice received the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award. He also received the Assistant Attorney General’s Exceptional Service Award and was named a prosecutor of the year by the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation. From 2017 to 2024, Mr. Kim was a partner at Krieger Kim & Lewin LLP, a firm which he co-founded, where he represented individuals and entities in white collar criminal and regulatory matters.
Mr. Kim graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 1998 and cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2004. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Kim served as a law clerk to the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald of the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York.