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About Joon Hong
Joon Hong is a Partner and Trial Lawyer at Claggett & Sykes Trial Lawyers. He specializes in medical malpractice, construction accidents, motor vehicle collisions, premises liability, products liability, and nursing home negligence cases.
Hong earned his Juris Doctor from New York Law School in 2008 and his Bachelor of Arts from University at Albany in 2000. He is admitted to practice in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.
Korean translation is available through his profile. Before joining Claggett & Sykes, Hong practiced at a large New York-based firm. He has recovered tens of millions of dollars for clients and serves as a consultant and coach to trial attorneys nationwide. He is a descendant of Grandmaster Hwang Kee, founder of Tang Soo Do martial arts.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Claggett & Sykes Trial Lawyers
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A Utah judge entered a $951 million default judgment against Steward Health Care after newly trained nurses, an excessive Pitocin drip, and a delayed C-section at Jordan Valley Medical Center left a newborn permanently brain damaged.
A Rio Arriba County jury held Acadia Healthcare and its New Mexico foster care subsidiaries responsible for placing an 8-year-old girl with a foster father who raped her repeatedly, returning one of the largest single-plaintiff sexual abuse verdicts in the country.
A 20-year-old painter suffered a traumatic brain injury in a 2021 ladder fall in Utah. A Denver jury found his workers' compensation carrier, NorGUARD Insurance, knowingly and unreasonably delayed and denied his care, including inpatient rehabilitation. It awarded $145.26 million, made up of $85.26 million in compensatory and $60 million in punitive damages.
A retrial jury in Utah's Fourth District Court awarded $81 million against Beacon Roofing Supply after one of its trucks struck and killed a 12-year-old boy who was crossing legally in a marked crosswalk.
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