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2022 SESSION


HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 205
Commending Colonel Eugene Y. Kim, USA.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 11, 2022

 

WHEREAS, Colonel Eugene Y. Kim, USA, has honorably served the nation for many years and is retiring from his position as chief of the Contract Litigation and Intellectual Property Division of the United States Army Legal Services Agency in 2022; and

WHEREAS, in preparation for his career, Eugene Kim earned degrees from New York University’s Leonard Stern School of Business, the Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law, The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, and the National Defense University’s Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy; and

WHEREAS, licensed to practice law in Maryland and the District of Columbia and a member of the bar of the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States Supreme Court, Eugene Kim received his commission as a United States Army judge advocate via direct appointment and spent approximately half of his career overseas, including service in Korea, Japan, Germany, and Iraq; and

WHEREAS, as chief of the Contract Litigation and Intellectual Property Division of the United States Army Legal Services Agency, Eugene Kim oversaw the division’s efforts to represent the United States Army’s interests in bid protests and contract disputes before various federal entities and provided legal support to the United States Army on patent, copyright, and trademark matters; and

WHEREAS, Eugene Kim previously served as the legal function lead for the United States Army Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps’ contract and fiscal law legal function, facilitating talent management to ensure the JAG Corps has a deep pool of talented judge advocates; and

WHEREAS, Eugene Kim was appointed by the Judge Advocate General to serve as a member of the United States Army JAG Corps Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, developing strategies to make the JAG Corps more inclusive and diverse for the benefit of service members and the nation; and

WHEREAS, Eugene Kim has served in a variety of capacities beyond contract and fiscal law, including service as an administrative law attorney, trial counsel, operational law attorney, claims attorney, and recruiting officer, and fulfilled leadership assignments as deputy staff judge advocate for the 21st Theater Sustainment Command and staff judge advocate for the former 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command; and

WHEREAS, in his retirement, Eugene Kim will have the opportunity to spend more quality time with his wife, Jeannie, and their daughter, Deborah; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Colonel Eugene Y. Kim, USA, hereby be commended on the occasion of his retirement as chief of the Contract Litigation and Intellectual Property Division of the United States Army Legal Services Agency; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Colonel Eugene Y. Kim, USA, as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for his service to the nation.