Offices in Golden, CO, and Seoul, South Korea
Services Provided: Southerton provides strategy, expert opinion testimony, litigation testimony, and case review for the Defense and Plaintiff.
Moreover, he has extensive experience in preparing and executing U.S-South Korean MOUs, LOIs, NDAs, and Licensing and Business Agreements for startups, SMEs and those international in scope. Experience As an expert witness and legal consultant, Southerton has worked on cases involving IP, Trade, Commercial Law, International Family Law, Labor Law, and Personal Injury and Wrongful Death. By virtue of his education, experience, training, and skills courts in Illinois, Pennsylvania, and California have accepted his testimony and expertise.
On a personal level, Don is accomplished martial artist and master instructor, an inductee in the Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame. In his free time, Don is a climbing enthusiast based in Golden, CO.
B. A. History. University of Colorado, Denver. With honors, Magna cum laude
M. A. History. University of Colorado, Denver.
Currently USC Gould Law student
Post Graduate Study
University of Southern California (USC).
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Intercultural Institute of California, San Francisco (IIC).
University of California at San Diego (UCSD).
Professionally, Southerton is an author, advisor, consultant, and strategist working with most of the top Korea-based global corporations, along with major western firms that have ventures with South Korea.
In addition, Southerton has advised and supported Korean Ministry of Knowledge, The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, KOTRA and Invest Korea, and U.S. Korea Connect (the Korean Embassy in Washington, DC). With over 30 years experience,
Don's expertise has been extensively covered in The Economist, Bloomberg TV, The BBC World News, US Korea Connect, eFM Seoul, The Wall Street Journal, Korea Times, Yonhap, Forbes, CNN Fortune, and a growing number of local American and global media sources.
His most recent book Korea 2020: A Workplace in Transition shares current South Korean corporate workplace trends and the impact of Change, specifically among the major Chaebol.
Clients have included: Hyundai Motor America Kia America Mobis Parts America HATCI Hyundai Capital LG Electronics USA Bristol-Myers Squibb
