Jehan Pernas Kim
Senior Counsel
T: 949.476.8700
F: 949.476.0900
jpkim@kelleranderle.com
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PRACTICE AREAS
Trials
Commercial Litigation
White Collar Criminal Defense
EDUCATION
University of Michigan Law School, J.D.; Associate Editor, Michigan Journal of International Law
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
CLERKSHIP
Law Clerk, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania
Jehan is a seasoned trial lawyer who represents companies and individuals in complex civil litigation, government investigations, and white-collar matters. Drawing on more than fifteen years of experience as both a federal prosecutor and commercial litigator, she has successfully handled high-stakes matters involving fraud, racketeering, money laundering, securities, healthcare, and other complex business disputes.
Before joining the firm, Jehan served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, where she currently serves as Deputy Chief of the Southern Division. She previously served as Deputy Chief of the Transnational Organized Crime Section in Los Angeles. In those leadership roles, she supervised significant federal investigations and prosecutions, reviewed charging decisions and pleadings, trained Assistant United States Attorneys, and managed complex matters involving RICO, money laundering, narcotics trafficking, extortion, and international criminal organizations.
Jehan has served as lead trial counsel in numerous federal jury and bench trials and has extensive appellate experience, having authored appellate briefs and argued multiple cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Jehan Pernas Kim
Senior Counsel
T: 949.476.8700
F: 949.476.0900
jpkim@kelleranderle.com
vCard
Linkedin
EDUCATION
University of Michigan Law School, J.D.; Associate Editor, Michigan Journal of International Law
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
CLERKSHIP
Law Clerk, United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania
EXPERIENCE
Jehan is a seasoned trial lawyer who represents companies and individuals in complex civil litigation, government investigations, and white-collar matters. Drawing on more than fifteen years of experience as both a federal prosecutor and commercial litigator, she has successfully handled high-stakes matters involving fraud, racketeering, money laundering, securities, healthcare, and other complex business disputes.
Before joining the firm, Jehan served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, where she currently serves as Deputy Chief of the Southern Division. She previously served as Deputy Chief of the Transnational Organized Crime Section in Los Angeles. In those leadership roles, she supervised significant federal investigations and prosecutions, reviewed charging decisions and pleadings, trained Assistant United States Attorneys, and managed complex matters involving RICO, money laundering, narcotics trafficking, extortion, and international criminal organizations.
Jehan has served as lead trial counsel in numerous federal jury and bench trials and has extensive appellate experience, having authored appellate briefs and argued multiple cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.