Letter from Managing Attorney

When I first came to the United States, I quickly learned something that many Korean families discover the hard way: working hard is not enough. You also have to protect what you build.

I've been fortunate to work at the intersection of law, finance, and public service, as a reporter covering global markets, as a senior aide to a Prime Minister, and as a planning consultant helping families protect generational wealth. What I saw, again and again, was the same gap: smart, hardworking Korean families making decisions about their businesses, their properties, and their estates without the right legal framework to protect them.

Today, the rules are changing faster than ever. One Big beautiful Bill (OBBBA) raised the estate tax exemption to $15 million for U.S. citizens. That's good news for many families  but it also means existing plans need a fresh look. And for Korean nationals who own U.S. assets without citizenship, the exemption is still only $60,000. Same law, completely different outcome.

That is why we built Summit Pro Law the way we did. Not as a general practice firm that happens to speak Korean but as a firm designed from the ground up to serve the specific legal and financial realities of American lives: cross-border families, first-generation business owners, and individuals navigating two countries, two legal systems, and two sets of rules simultaneously.

If you've spent decades building something, you deserve advisors who understand exactly what's at stake.

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​                                                                                               Managing Attorney, Summit Pro Law