ADA Joe Gim is the Chief of the Criminal Court Unit where he oversees Criminal Court operations and trains and mentors new Assistant District Attorneys who join the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. ADA Gim has over twenty years of prosecutorial experience which span trial, investigative and supervisory duties. Prior to joining the Kings County District Attorney’s Office in December of 2022, ADA Gim was an Assistant District Attorney in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. There he served as a Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Public Corruption Bureau and also a Deputy Bureau Chief in the Felony Trail Bureau. He also served as the Chief of the Hate Crimes Unit. ADA Gim began his career in the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office where he served as the first Crime Strategies Unit Chief, and prior to that served as the Career Criminals Unit Chief and also Gang Unit Chief. As the Crime Strategies Unit Chief he oversaw the development and implementation of an advanced case management system (PCMS) that integrated NYPD, OCA, and RCDA data to automate, organize, and digitize the office data resources. ADA Gim has tried over twenty trials in multiple jurisdictions and has participated in long term investigations in Narcotics, Public Corruption and Organized Crime. ADA Gim is a Fordham Law School Graduate where he is an active Alumnus who has received the Hon. Denny Chin Alumni Award for Excellence in the Legal Profession. ADA Gim also has a B.A. from the George Washington University in International Affairs with a concentration in International Economics. He has also been active in legal groups serving the AAPI community. He has served as a Co-chair and co-founder of the Prosecutors Committee in the Asian American Bar Association and has also served as a Vice President in the Korean American Lawyer’s Association where he continues to actively engage the immigrant Korean community regarding hate crime awareness and bystander training. As a member of AABANY’s Anti-Asian Hate Task Force he assisted in drafting legislative proposals contained in their report, Endless Tide: The Continuing Struggle to Overcome Anti-Asian Hate in New York.

Joe graduated from George Washington University in 2000. He received his Juris Doctor in 2003 from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a member of the moot court board and served on the IP Law Journal.

Joe is a speaker for the Trial Advocacy Program.