John H. Kim handles high-stakes litigation for corporations and individuals in complex litigation. His legal work has earned many professional honors, including Tex-ABOTA 2018 Trial Lawyer of the Year, recognition by Texas Super Lawyers (Top 100 in Texas and Houston) since the list was first published in 2003, as well as being named a Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation since 2016. He also maintains the highest AV-Preeminent peer review rating in the national LexisNexis/Martindale-Hubbell legal directory, and is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Based in Houston, Texas, Mr. Kim focuses his practice on bet-the-company type energysector litigation, antitrust, breach of contract, trademark, product liability, pharmaceutical, and catastrophic injury/death trials. He also assists clients with product liability, pharmaceutical and catastrophic injury/death trials, in addition to being appointed to MDL committees and Class Action Counsel.
In 2021, Mr. Kim was appointed to the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee and elected by Members of the American Board of Trial Advocates Foundation (ABOTA) to serve as its 2022 national president. He also has been part of the faculty for the ABOTA National Trial college at Harvard and Yale.
Through Mr. Kim’s leadership, The Kim Law Firm has earned a stellar reputation for hard work, thorough preparation, and top-notch legal acumen. Mr. Kim and his team of trial lawyers have recovered over a billion dollars for clients through aggressive litigation. Mr. Kim has also erased billions of dollars of potential liability for companies.
The firm’s clients include entrepreneurs, business start-ups, mid-sized companies, and well established national and international corporations.
For more information about Mr. Kim and the attorneys at his firm, visit www.thekimlawfirm.com.
Practice area:
- Oil and Gas Litigation
- Complex Business and Commercial Litigation
- Trade Secret
Updated Sep 2023
