Most firms that advertise Korean-language service mean an interpreter, a translated intake form, or a staff member who can take a message. That is not the same as being represented in your own language.
Attorney Robert J. Kim is fluent in Korean, and he is an attorney on the case rather than someone relaying it. He was born and raised in New York City and speaks Korean because of his parents, who came from South Korea.
Whether you need to bring someone with you
The practical question most Korean-speaking clients are weighing is not which firm to call. It is whether they will have to bring an adult child, a cousin or a church friend along to every appointment — and whether they are willing to have that person hear all of it.
That is the thing a bilingual attorney removes. Not a better translation, but the absence of a third person in the room who has to be arranged, thanked, and trusted with your medical history and your finances.
You can bring someone if you want to. The point is that you are not required to.
Robert J. Kim
Rob co-founded Blank Kim Injury Law and represents people injured by someone else's carelessness — car and truck collisions, slip and fall and other premises claims, and dog bites.
- Admitted in Maryland (Bar 1412170096) and Virginia (Bar 102319)
- Fluent in Korean, and takes calls, meetings and case updates in Korean
- University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, J.D.; Columbia University, B.A.
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Maryland, and the Maryland Association for Justice
His full background is on his profile.
A dedicated Korean-language practice
Rob also runs a separate Korean-language practice site, RobertKimInjury.com, where the guidance on Maryland injury claims is written in Korean rather than translated from English.
If you would rather read and correspond entirely in Korean, start there. If you would rather simply call, the number below reaches the same team.
Howard County, Montgomery County, and the drive
Maryland's Korean-American community is concentrated along the Route 40 and Route 29 corridors through Howard County, around Ellicott City and Columbia, and across Montgomery County toward Rockville and Wheaton.
Our Ellicott City office sits inside that, and the Silver Spring office covers the Montgomery County side. Rob handles Korean-language matters from either, and from the other three when that is closer for you.
If you are not sure which is nearest, call and ask — it is a thirty-second question, and worth more than guessing from a map.
What the first call is like
Ask for Korean-language assistance when you ring (833) 435-3589. If Rob is not free at that moment, someone takes your number and he calls you back himself — you are not handed to whoever happens to be available.
He will ask what happened, when, and what treatment you have had. You do not need documents, a police report, or a decision about whether to bring a claim. Nothing is filed because you called.
상담은 무료이며 비밀이 보장됩니다. 부담 없이 문의하세요.
