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Soohyun Choi

Attorney

Soohyun Choi is an Attorney at Relman Colfax. She joined the firm in 2020. In her civil rights litigation practice, she works on a variety of cases involving discrimination in housing and policing.

Prior to joining the firm, Soo litigated civil rights and employment class actions at a Washington, D.C.-based public interest law firm. Prior to that, she clerked for the Honorable Senior Judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

During law school, Soo was a George Washington Scholar and Notes Editor for the Public Contract Law Journal. She received the Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Student Award for her work providing legal assistance to low-income D.C. residents in the Public Justice Advocacy Clinic.

Before becoming an attorney, Soo was a Senior Democratic Fellow at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and she earned a master’s degree at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Soo is bilingual in English and Korean.

Featured Cases

Fair Housing Council of Greater San Antonio v. HomeSpring Residential Services, LLC, et. al.
This lawsuit alleges that a large San Antonio, Texas housing development and management company discriminates against low-income tenants with disabilities who need reasonable modifications to use and enjoy their apartments.
Banks v. Fredericksburg
This lawsuit, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the First and Fourth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, challenges the excessive use of force and suppression of free speech by the City of Fredericksburg, the County of Stafford, and government and law enforcement officials in response to peaceful “Black Lives Matter” protests in summer 2020.
National Fair Housing Alliance v. Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae")
This systemic housing discrimination case against the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) challenges Fannie Mae’s discriminatory maintenance of its “real estate owned” (REO) properties around the country.

Publications

"Buy American and Hire American": President Trump's Options for Strengthening the Buy American Act, 47 Pub. Cont. L. J. 80 (2017)

Education

JD, The George Washington University Law School, with honors

MA, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University BA, Yonsei University

Admissions

District of Columbia
New York

Clerkships

Hon. Senior Judges, District of Columbia Court of Appeals

News & Updates

Relman Colfax Files Lawsuit on Behalf of ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters Who Suffered Police Violence in Fredericksburg, Virginia

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