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Yongmoon Kim is the founding and managing attorney, concentrating on consumer class actions and complex personal injury cases. He currently serves as the chair of the Consumer Protection Law Committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association, advocating on behalf of consumers on pending legislation in the State of New Jersey, and as a member of the Class Actions Committee of the NJSBA. He also serves as the chair of the Consumer Law Committee and co-chair of the Civil Practice Committee of the Bergen County Bar Association.
Yongmoon also serves as the President of the Board of Directors of the Consumers League of New Jersey—a nonprofit, membership organization founded in 1900 which educates and advocates on behalf of consumers—and as a member of the Board of Directors for Northeast New Jersey Legal Services.
He has been recognized for his pro bono contributions and has been awarded the Champions of Justice Award from NNJLS and the Equal Justice Medals from the Legal Services of New Jersey. He is a frequent speaker at national, state, and local conferences on consumer law, class action, and trial advocacy topics. He was a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Special Civil Part Practice until the committee was dissolved.
Besides always working on cases, Yongmoon enjoys lifting heavy weights and spending time with his family.
Angela Yu is admitted to practice law in New Jersey and New York and focuses mainly on personal injury matters.
Before practicing law, Angela was a teacher for ten years working with young children. She cared very much about her students—she still remembers their names and thinks about them to this day. Likewise, as a lawyer, Angela cares about her clients and is dedicated to helping those who have been seriously injured through no fault of their own.
In law school as a student attorney in the Civil Justice Clinic, Angela successfully advocated for her clients in Social Security disability matters to get the benefits they deserve. She has also written for the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives Forum.
Angela enjoys good food, relaxing at the sauna, and spending time with her two young daughters.
Daniel M. Baczynski is Of Counsel to the Kim Law Firm. Daniel Baczynski is originally from Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois for his undergraduate before obtaining his Juris Doctorate from Loyola University in Chicago. With his wife Hannah he has traveled across the country, doing cases in a wide variety of states including Washington, Illinois, Utah, the Dakotas, and New Jersey. He enjoys seeking justice for the disadvantaged, which has led to a career in both consumer protection and civil rights. While the cases are often difficult, Daniel relishes the opportunity to champion those who have been exploited and fleeced. More than just cases, Daniel appreciates the person behind the harm. Representing the abused has led to many amazing relationships, all of which I continue to cherish even after the case has been resolved. In his free time, Daniel attempts (fruitlessly) to contain the two tornados he calls his children – Lulu and Rupert. He also enjoys snowboarding, bad horror movies, and playing board games with friends.
Sean F. Forlenza is Of Counsel to the Kim Law Firm. He is a licensed attorney in the State of New Jersey and the U.S. District Court. He received his J.D. from Widener University Delaware School of Law and his B.S. in Accounting from Rider University. Sean served as a law clerk for the New Jersey Division of State Police from 2005 to 2006. He has also practiced law as a solo practitioner since 2016 in the areas of consumer protection and criminal defense. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, biking, driving through the New Jersey Pine Barrens to visit the Jersey shore, and reading novels from his favorite authors: Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Victor Hugo, and Leo Tolstoy.
G. Scott Maynor is Of Counsel to the Kim Law Firm. Scott grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Charleston School of Law. Scott started his career as an Assistant District Attorney for Charleston County in 2015, where he successfully tried to verdict a number of criminal cases in the Charleston County Courthouse. He left the 9th Circuit Solicitor’s Office to practice civil litigation throughout South Carolina, successfully representing a number of businesses, HOAs, and professionals in the Lowcountry. In 2023, Scott expanded his practice to California and pivoted to mass tort litigation, specifically representing individuals, families, and businesses who have suffered catastrophic losses from wildfires. Scott takes a client-first approach to every case, learning each client’s story and seeking maximum compensation in every case. Besides helping clients, he enjoys spending time with friends and family.
Paul Zelenty focuses his practice on commercial real estate and general business matters. He has extensive experience in the representation of individual and corporate clients in connection with complex transactions including purchases, sales and leasing of commercial real property. In addition, Mr. Zelenty advises clients regarding real property development, zoning and land use, and commercial loans and loan workouts. Mr. Zelenty also renders advice to clients in connection with general business matters as well as business acquisitions and divestitures.
Mr. Zelenty received his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1982 and his J.D. from Rutgers University Law School – Newark in 1987.
Before joining Kim Law Firm LLC, he was a partner at Graham Curtin and later at McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, both firms based in Morristown, New Jersey. Mr. Zelenty has been honored for his pro bono legal work by Morris Habitat for Humanity as well as Interfaith Food Pantry. He later served on the Board of Trustees for IFP.
Outside of the office, Paul and his wife Cheryl enjoy the Jersey shore, traveling and, most of all, doting on their grandchildren.
Nick B. Gagua is admitted to practice law in New Jersey, as well as the District Court of New Jersey and the Third Circuit of the United States. His practice areas are consumer protection and class action litigation.
Before practicing law, Nick was trained to perform on stage from a very young age, participating in numerous Broadway plays and Ballroom competitions, where Nick wowed audiences with his singing and dance skills.
At the same time, Nick was dedicated to honoring his family’s musical legacy. Drawing on his background in New Jersey’s performing arts community, he co-founded and managed Natalie’s School of Performing Arts in his hometown of Millburn, an endeavor he continued into his early legal studies.
However, despite his success in these ventures, Nick knew his true calling was the practice of law—a path his teachers had encouraged from a young age. After being offered a significant merit scholarship to Rutgers Law School, he decided to fully commit to his legal education.
While in law school, Nick was a senior staff editor of the Rutgers International Law and Human Rights Journal, which was at the time, the only peer reviewed journal on campus. Nick also worked part-time for Professor Troutt, conducting juvenile justice reform research. Nick interned for Essex County based judiciary and criminal defense organizations, earning the Pro Bono Publico award and Saul A Wittes Scholarship.
After graduating law School, Nick worked as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Judge Karina D. Fuentes of the Essex County Superior Court’s Criminal Vicinage.
Away from the office, Nick enjoys lifting weights, reading magical realism, and spending time with his family, friends, and two dogs, and remains an avid car and video game enthusiast.
Jason M. Nichols is Of Counsel at the Kim Law Firm, where he brings more than a decade of legal experience. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, New York, and North Carolina.
His practice focuses on civil litigation, consumer law, and employment and labor law, with experience handling matters in both state and federal courts. He has represented clients across a wide range of disputes and advises on employment-related issues, including workplace policies, compliance, and risk management. Jason also practices real estate law, advising clients on a variety of transactional and property-related matters. Drawing on his combined legal and business background, he provides strategic, practical counsel tailored to each client’s objectives.
Outside of his practice, Jason is actively involved in his community as a youth hockey coach and serves as Vice President of the Kinnelon Youth Hockey Association, where he enjoys mentoring young athletes and fostering teamwork and discipline both on and off the ice.
