Cho Hanchang
Cho Hanchang is a South Korean jurist who serves as a [Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea|Constitutional Court of Korea|justice] of the Constitutional Court of Korea. He was nominated by the National Assembly on December 26, 2024, upon the recommendation of the People Power Party and officially appointed to the court by acting national president Choi Sang-mok on January 1, 2025.
Early life and education
Cho was born on May 14, 1965, in Suwon. After he graduated from, he attended Seoul National University School of Law where he graduated in 1987. He passed the 28th bar examination in 1986. In 2004, he obtained a master's degree in intellectual property law from Korea University.Early legal career
Cho's legal career began when Cho was appointed as a judge for the in 1992. In 1994, he joined the before heading to Seoul in 1996 where he served as a judge for the. In 1998, he was transferred to the before rejoining the in 1999. In 2001, he became a judge for the and served as a research judge for the Supreme Court in 2002. From 2004 to 2005, he was promoted to the position of chief judge for the.In 2006, he became a professor for the Judicial Research and Training Institute. In 2008, he joined the as a chief judge and then transferred to the of the Suwon District Court in 2011. In 2012, he served as a chief judge for the and then rejoined the Seoul High Court as chief judge in 2013. He also served as acting chief judge for the in 2015. In 2021, Cho left the court and started his own law firm.