Junga P. Kim

Partner

Overview

Junga Kim is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Health Care Group, specializing in the area of managed health care. With over 20 years of experience representing and advising clients in the managed health care industry, Junga offers considerable depth and experience in resolving complex disputes across various facets of health care law.

Junga’s substantive experience in managed health care includes regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, member benefits and bad faith denial of benefits, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA), breach of contract, bad faith, and a wide range of other claims. In addition to her legal knowledge, Junga has experience managing large-scale discovery efforts, including advice regarding data preservation and protocol and oversight of document review teams.

Career & Education

    • Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 1998
      Honors Moot Court Board Chair
    • University of California, Berkeley, B.S., cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa, Political Science, 1994
    • Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 1998
      Honors Moot Court Board Chair
    • University of California, Berkeley, B.S., cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa, Political Science, 1994
    • California
    • California
  • Professional Activities and Memberships

    • American Bar Association; Employment, Litigation and Tort Sections
    • Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
    • California Bar Association
    • Defense Research Institute
    • Los Angeles County Bar Association
    • Korean American Bar Association

    Professional Activities and Memberships

    • American Bar Association; Employment, Litigation and Tort Sections
    • Association of Southern California Defense Counsel
    • California Bar Association
    • Defense Research Institute
    • Los Angeles County Bar Association
    • Korean American Bar Association

Junga 's Insights

Firm News | 5 min read | 08.06.25

Leading Health Care Practices Combine to Provide Comprehensive Counsel to Clients at a Time of Tremendous Change Across the Industry

Chicago – August 06, 2025: Crowell & Moring today announced that a group of 16 highly regarded health care litigation partners is joining the firm, together with their team, and led by accomplished trial attorney Martin J. Bishop. The strategic combination creates one of the largest health care practices in the country and expands the firm’s ability to provide clients across the industry with the full spectrum of litigation, investigations, regulatory, transactional, and recovery capabilities. The team joins from Reed Smith, where Bishop served on the firm’s executive committee....

Recognition

  • Los Angeles Business Journal: Most Influential Women Lawyers, 2019

Junga 's Insights

Firm News | 5 min read | 08.06.25

Leading Health Care Practices Combine to Provide Comprehensive Counsel to Clients at a Time of Tremendous Change Across the Industry

Chicago – August 06, 2025: Crowell & Moring today announced that a group of 16 highly regarded health care litigation partners is joining the firm, together with their team, and led by accomplished trial attorney Martin J. Bishop. The strategic combination creates one of the largest health care practices in the country and expands the firm’s ability to provide clients across the industry with the full spectrum of litigation, investigations, regulatory, transactional, and recovery capabilities. The team joins from Reed Smith, where Bishop served on the firm’s executive committee....

Junga 's Insights

Firm News | 5 min read | 08.06.25

Leading Health Care Practices Combine to Provide Comprehensive Counsel to Clients at a Time of Tremendous Change Across the Industry

Chicago – August 06, 2025: Crowell & Moring today announced that a group of 16 highly regarded health care litigation partners is joining the firm, together with their team, and led by accomplished trial attorney Martin J. Bishop. The strategic combination creates one of the largest health care practices in the country and expands the firm’s ability to provide clients across the industry with the full spectrum of litigation, investigations, regulatory, transactional, and recovery capabilities. The team joins from Reed Smith, where Bishop served on the firm’s executive committee....