Extraordinary Attorney Woo

 Friendship, Legal, Family

Woo Gwang-Ho has an autism spectrum daughter, Woo Young-Woo. She did not speak a word until she was six. The first thing that she spoke was the acts of the criminal law. Woo Gwang-Ho was very happy and surprised that his daughter actually memorized all the criminal law books.

After 22 years, Woo Young-Woo grew up and became an attorney, who worked at Hanbada Law Firm. CEO Han Seon-Young personally picked her. She was assigned to Jung Myeong-Seok. Jung Myeong-Seok couldn’t believe that his boss actually sent a disability attorney to him. He gave her the first assignment before he accepted her. This case involved Choi Yeong-Ran and Park Gyu-Sik, whom the police believed that Choi Yeong-Ran was trying to murder her husband with an iron. Choi Yeong-Ran was happy to see Woo Young-Woo after so many years. She used to be her landlord and took care of her since she was young. After questioning Choi Yeong-Ran, Woo Young-Woo came to the conclusion that Choi Yeong-Ran did not find guilty. She explained to Jung Myeong-Seok and he was really impressed with her.

Before the court hearing, Woo Young-Woo seeks help from her friends, Donggeurami and Kim Min-Sik to train her speaking skill. Although she was nervous, she was able to overcome her fear and managed to defend for her client. In the end, she won the case and cleared Choi Yeong-Ran’s name. Even though, Choi Yeong-Ran’s husband passed away due to long term illness, she was glad that Woo Young-Woo helped her. She came to the office and hugged her tightly in order to express her gratitude.

Lee Jun-Ho was also worked along with Woo Young-Woo. He was the most handsome men in the office. Every woman was attracted to his looks. He found Woo Young-Woo was smart and amazing. He also liked to listen to her story of whale. Choi Su-Yeon and Kwon Min-Woo were Woo Young-Woo’s colleagues who worked under Jung Myeong-Seok. Choi Su-Yeon knew Woo Young-Woo since they attended the law school together.

Kim Hwa-Yeong was the bride whose wedding dress slipped off during the wedding ceremony. Kim Hwa-Yeong’s father, Kim Jeong-Gu blamed the hotel for it. He demanded 1 billion won for compensation. Other firms were unable to promise that. However, CEO Han Seon-Young from Hanbada Law Firm decided to take up the case. After a thorough investigation, Woo Young-Woo found an evident which allows her client to claim more than 1 billion won. She then proposed her claims to Kim Jeong-Gu and he was really happy about it. However, Kim Hwa-Yeong wasn’t happy about the lawsuit. Her intention was to break off the marriage. She asked Woo Young-Woo for some advice. She advised her to tell the judge that she wishes to drop the lawsuit to end the case. Due to Woo Young-Woo’s performance, Kim Jeong-Gu decided to let Hanbada Law Firm to handle all his legal case.

There was another case - Autistic Brother Case, whereby the autistic younger brother, Kim Jeong-Hun was charged for murdering his elder brother. Jung Myeong-Seok purposed assigned Woo Young-Woo to handle this case together with him. Woo Young-Woo found it difficult to communicate with someone who has autism spectrum disease just like her. She asked her father how did he able to communicate with her. She tried her best to communicate with Kim Jeong-Hun in his language. Surprisingly, it worked. Kim Jeong-Hun opened up and told Woo Young-Woo that he tried to stop his brother from committing suicide. Woo Young-Woo and Lee Jun-Ho went to his house to find the evidence. They found a diary written by Kim Sang-Hun.  It stated that Kim Sang-Hun tried to commit suicide several times and it has been witnessed by Kim Jeong-Hun. Woo Young-Woo tried her best to defend her client, however, the prosecutor did a personal attack towards her disability. Kim Jeong-Hun’s father decided to change another lawyer to handle the case. Woo Young-Woo was pretty upset that she was not be able to carry out her duty as a lawyer due to her disability. She handed in her resignation letter and left the office quietly.

Lee Jun-Ho wanted to apologize on behalf of his friend for thinking of Woo Young-Woo as a disable person. He bought some gift for her. Dong Geurami came to see Woo Young-Woo. She asked her for help. Her uncles have been lying about the inheritance law and persuaded her father to sign the memorandum. The term and condition written in the memorandum was pretty unfair toward her father. After she understand the overall situation, she was confidence that they can win the case. Woo Young-Woo passed the case to Jung Myeong-Seok since she was no longer an attorney. Dong Geurami went to the lawyer firm to look for Lee Jun-Ho and Jung Myeong-Seok. Jung Myeong-Seok told Dong Geurami that her chance of wining is very low which contradict with Woo Young-Woo. Woo Young-Woo came straight to the office to meet Jung Myeong-Seok. As Jung Myeong-Seok did not process her resignation letter, Woo Young-Woo was still an attorney. She came back to work to find more evidence to win the case. Unfortunately, during the trial, Dong Geurami’s uncles and witnessed lied at the court. Woo Young-Woo still did not give up but come up with a plan. In the end of the trial, they won the case. Dong Geurami’s father was able to cancel the memorandum. Dong Geurami’s uncles apologized to her father. Her father decided to spilt the share between the 3 brothers.

Dong Geurami saw that Lee Jun-Ho has feeling for Woo Young-Woo. She gave them some personal space for them to spend time together. Woo Young-Woo used to be bullied at school. She felt safe when she was with Dong Geurami. Dong Geurami once helped her to teach those students a lesson when they bullied her. They were friends since then.

Han Seon-Young came to see Woo Gwang-Ho (Woo Young-Woo’s father). She heard about his daughter and she offered her to work at her firm. Woo Young-Woo has been unemployed for 6 months after graduated from university. Many of the firms rejected her application due to her disability. Woo Gwang-Ho was glad that she accepted her.

Kwon Min-Woo and Woo Young-Woo have been assigned to Ihwa ATM Injunction Case. However, Kwon Min-Woo never shared his material with her until last minutes. She met the client unprepared. Although she knew that her client has been lying for the patent issue, she pretended that she did not know. She even coached her client how to act during the court. Oh Jin-Jong wrote a letter to Woo Young-Woo and scolded her for not revealing the truth. Woo Young-Woo felt ashamed and embarrassed to face him. She tried to talk to Kwon Min-Woo, however, he told her that they did their best to help their client to win the case. Woo Young-Woo did not feel good even though she won the case this time. She told Lee Jun-Ho about how she felt. She sticked the letter on her wall in order to remind her to become an attorney to reveal the truth.

Tae Su-Mi is the CEO of Taesan Law Firm. She is also a candidate for Minister of Law. However, she has a secret that she wished to cover. She has a child before wedlock.

Woo Young-Woo and Choi Su-Yeon worked together to defend a North Korean defector. Gye Hyang-Sim and Kim Jeong-Hui came to Lee Sun-Yeong’s house to demand for some money. However, she refused to give them. Before they started to scare her with woods and brick, Lee Sun-Yeong already has bruise on her body. She has been beaten by her husband. However, she refused to talk the truth during the trial. Gye Hyang-Sim has a child. She escaped from hearing in order to take care of her child for the past 5 years. She placed her daughter in the children home before she surrendered herself to the police. Woo Young-Woo and Choi Su-Yeon tried their best to reduce the sentence of Gye Hyang-Sim. They even persuaded the judge to consider Gye Hyang-Sim’s situation as a mother who wanted her child to remember her before she went for prison.

Although Lee Jun-Ho has feeling for Woo Young-Woo, he just hid it. Kwon Min-Woo thought he has feeling for Choi Su-Yeon. He told Choi Su-Yeon about it. initially, Choi Su-Yeon also thought the same way. However, she soon realized that he actually has feeling for Woo Young-Woo. She told Woo Young-Woo that Lee Jun-Ho actually like her. She also purposely gave them some space. Woo Young-Woo wanted to test whether she has feeling for Lee Jun-Ho. She asked him for permission to touch him. When he came near to her, Woo Young-Woo was too nervous and quickly ran away. The other day, Lee Jun-Ho asked her why did she ran away. She explained that her heart beat was very fast, so she thinks that she in love with him.

Jung Myeong-Seok was in-charged of Sodeok Neighborhood's Highway Zoning Case. Woo Young-Woo, Lee Jun-Ho, Choi Su-Yeon and Kwon Min-Woo also took part in this case. They were opposed to Tae Su-Mi from Taesan Law Firm. Tae Su-Mi was impressed with Woo Young-Woo’s performance during the trial. Woo Young-Woo also admired with her professionalism. She told her father about it. Woo Gwang-Ho wasn’t happy about it. The next day, he came to the firm to look for CEO Han Seon-Young. He asked her not to use his daughter to go against with Tae Su-Mi. While he was on his way out, Woo Young-Woo and Kwon Min-Woo were surprised with his present. Kwon Min-Woo wasn’t happy that Woo Young-Woo get the job through connection. Thus, he wrote in the firm bulletin to criticized CEO Han Seon-Young for unfair employment. At night, Woo Gwang-Ho admitted that he used his connection to help Woo Young-Woo to get a job. Woo Young-Woo was disappointed to her father who always looked at her in the way that she had autism.

In the workplace, other employees pointed at Woo Young-Woo due to the unfair employment in the bulletin. Choi Su-Yeon knew that it was done by Kwon Min-Woo. She tried to help and defend Woo Young-Woo’s rights. Woo Young-Woo did not feel happy working at Hanbada Law Firm. In fact, she received an offer from Tae Su-Mi to work for her.

Woo Young-Woo decided to move out from her house as she wanted to be an independent adult. She also planned to work with Tae Su-Mi. Her father stopped her and told her that Tae Su-Mi was her mother. Woo Young-Woo was surprised and accidentally fall from the staircases. She was sent to the hospital for treatment. Her father told her about her mother and how he made a deal with her. Woo Young-Woo did not resent her father and mother. The next day, she came to see Tae Su-Mi. she introduced herself as Woo Gwang-Ho’s daughter. She rejected her offer to work at Taesan Law Firm. Tae Su-Mi was shocked that she was her daughter.

Woo Young-Woo told her friend that she confessed her feeling for Lee Jun-Ho, but he has not response to her yet. Her friend suggested her to treat him good instead of asking him again. She pulled the chair for him, helping him to carry document and even called a cab for him. He felt very uncomfortable and asked her why did she treat him that way. She told him that because she liked him. Lee Jun-Ho kept thinking about it as he was unsure whether he should date with her. After hearing the advice from Kwon Min-Woo, he decided to not hide his feeling anymore. He came to firm and confessed his feeling for her.

Tae Su-Mi came to see Woo Gwang-Ho at his store. The reporter captured her photos from the outside. Tae Su-Mi asked him to convince their daughter to work at Taesan Law Firm at oversea. She also willing to send her for treatment. Woo Gwang-Ho was angry when she gave such offer. He yelled at her and refused to take her offer. Tae Su-Mi then left the store. The reporter wondered as if Woo Young-Woo was her child. He asked Kwon Min-Woo about it. Kwon Min-Woo was surprised when he heard from the reporter that Woo Young-Woo was Tae Su-Mi’s daughter. He checked with his senior about Tae Su-Mi’s past.

Woo Young-Woo introduced a guy for Choi Su-Yeon whom she wanted to find a decent boyfriend. However, the guy wasn’t what she was looking for. Woo Young-Woo told her friend about how Lee Jun-Ho had confessed to her. However, she did not know what to do next. After her friends gave her some suggestions, she came out with a list. She shared with Lee Jun-Ho. She told him that she can only hold hands for about 57s.

One day, when Lee Jun-Ho and Woo Young-Woo went out for a date, coincidently met up with Lee Jun-Ho’s friends. They were surprised when he told them that he was dating with her. They gave him a piece of advice to consider his parents whether they are able to accept her. Woo Young-Woo also handled a case which involved sexual assault between a guy and an intellectual disability woman. Shin Hye-Yeong’s mother told her to sue against Yang Jeong-Il for being sexual assault her. Yang Jeong-Il denied that charges and asked Woo Young-Woo to defend him. He expressed that they were truly in love with one another. Shin Hye-Yeong also came to see Woo Young-Woo. She did not want to send him to the prison. However, her claims were unable to defend Yang Jeong-Il. In the end, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison. Shin Hye-Yeong cried sadly in the court after the judge present his verdict.

Woo Gwang-Ho saw Woo Young-Woo and Lee Jun-Ho kissed in front of the house. When he asked her whether she was seeing someone, she denied it. She did not think that she was in relationship but they were getting to know one another. She told Lee Jun-Ho about it. Lee Jun-Ho was hurt when she said that they were not dating but getting to know one another. Lee Jun-Ho mentioned about weird dating experience and he did not find it fun to do all those things. He did just because he liked her. Woo Young-Woo was surprised and felt sorry for him.

When dealing with Lottery Ticket Case, Woo Young-Woo and her team managed to defend their client’s right and able to get the division of the lottery prize. However, she later found out that the husband was cheating on his wife and did not intend the share prizes with his family. He wanted to divorce with his wife. Woo Young-Woo wanted to tell his wife about it, however, she was unable to tell her directly. Before his wife managed to proceed with the lawsuit, her husband passed away due to car accident. Thus, his wife was able to inherit the lottery prize and insurance claims.

Woo Gwang-Ho thought about the offer given by Tae Su-Mi. He then asked Woo Young-Woo whether she wanted to receive a better consultation or treatment for her autism. She said that sometimes she really needed those expert advice to teach her how to overcome her issues.

Kwon Min-Woo came to see Tae Su-Mi. He presented to her that he already knew her secret and he wanted to work for her. However, Tae Su-Mi did not deny nor admit that she was her daughter. She asked him to make Woo Young-Woo quit or fired from the company before she accepts his employment. Kwon Min-Woo secretly sent a legal consultation statement under Woo Young-Woo’s name to the Attorney Ryu Jae-Sook. However, she did not use the document. In fact, she returned it to Woo Young-Woo. She advised her to be careful as someone in her firm might want to get her in trouble. Woo Young-Woo was amazed by Attorney Ryu Jae-Sook’s bravery to stand by the customer and fight for their right. Attorney Ryu Jae-Sook also offered her to work together with her, but she did not accept it.

CEO Han Seon-Young told Jung Myeong-Seok to be careful when one of his colleagues has been attacked by ex-prisoner. Jung Myeong-Seok worried about his safety and he always being alert when he saw some suspicious man in the firm. He can finally rest assured when the ex-prisoner has been caught by the police. Jung Myeong-Seok has been suffering from stomach cancer. He did not tell anyone about it.

One day, Kim Yeong-Bok approached to Woo Young-Woo regarding Cultural Heritage Admission Fee. She told Jung Myeong-Seok about the case and asked as if she can go for a business trip in Jeju Island. Jung Myeong-Seok agreed right away. He also asked Choi Su-Yeon, Kwon Min-Woo and Lee Jun-Ho to join them.

Lee Jun-Ho’s sister and her husband have been staying in Jeju Island. He decided to introduce Woo Young-Woo to them. Woo Young-Woo was nervous and she did not know what to do. She asked her friends about it. After visiting his sister, Lee Jun-Ho’sister truly against their relationship. Their conversation has been overheard by Woo Young-Woo. At night, Woo Young-Woo asked her father why he wanted to meet Lee Jun-Ho. Her father told her that he wanted to find out whether Lee Jun-Ho is capable to take care of her like he does. He also wanted to make sure that he can make his daughter happy. Woo Young-Woo knew that he was able to take care of her and make her happy, but she wondered is she able to make him happy as well.

The next day, Woo Young-Woo told Lee Jun-Ho about the break up. Lee Jun-Ho was disappointed and he wanted to know the reason why. She did not tell him, and kept apologized to him. Lee Jun-Ho was in hurt. Choi Su-Yeon and Kwon Min-Woo accompanied him for a drink. Choi Su-Yeon asked Kwon Min-Woo what made him changed so much. She noticed a drastic changes in Kwon Min-Woo. When Kwon Min-Woo asked whether does she like him, Choi Su-Yeon silent for a while. After wining the trials, all of them went back to Seoul.

CEO Han Seon-Young met up with a reporter. She decided to use Woo Young-Woo’s identity to revenge against Tae Su-Mi. She was going to reveal her identity to the world so that Tae Su-Mi was unable win the seat at the Minister office. CEO Han Seon-Young approached to Woo Gwang-Ho to talk about her plan to reveal Woo Young-Woo’s identity. He did not want to do that to hurt his daughter, but he has no choice since they agreed to let Woo Young-Woo to work for her.

Woo Young-Woo and Lee Jun-Ho were awkward when they were at the firm. One day, Lee Jun-Ho asked her why did they broke up. She explained that she did not know whether she was able to give happiness to him. she wondered if he was with her, he will feel lonely instead. Lee Jun-Ho told her that he was happy when he was with her.

Jung Myeong-Seok has been undergo surgery for his stomach cancer. At the moment, all his subordinates worked under Attorney Jang. Attorney Jang pissed off with Woo Young-Woo whom he felt not being respected by junior attorney. She corrected his pronunciation and also talked about laws. Same thing applied by the judge to Attorney Jang. Choi Su-Yeon felt that Attorney Jang threated her unfairly even though she has her point. During the trial, Choi Su-Yeon and Kwon Min-Woo used Woo Young-Woo’s point to defend their client. Fortunately, they won the trial.

Kwon Min-Woo come to Tae Su-Mi to informed her that Woo Young-Woo has broken up with her boyfriend and also her superior did not like her. When she asked him about making Woo Young-Woo quit or fired, he decided to give up on this. He wanted to be a fool for once just like what Choi Su-Yeon said.

Tae Su-Mi asked her man to send a brochure for Woo Young-Woo so that she can consider to work at the oversea branch. At the same time, CEO Han Seon-Young also asked her father to persuade her to leave the country before she spilled out her secret. Woo Young-Woo don’t understand why she had to leave when she has nothing to do with Tae Su-Mi. she refused to leave either.

There was a case regarding Raon Spear Phishing Case. Woo Young-Woo’s stepbrother, Choi Sang-Hyeon was the hacker. He told his mother about his wrongdoing, but she stopped him from telling anyone about it. Then, he approached to Woo Young-Woo. He told her the truth and also admitted his wrongdoing. Woo Young-Woo convinced Tae Su-Mi to allow him to present as witness at the court. Choi Sang-Hyeon confessed his wrongdoing and also told the truth about the hacking incident. He also willing to accept punishment given by the judge. Tae Su-Mi has been stepped down from being a minister candidate.

Lee Jun-Ho talked to Woo Young-Woo so that they can get back together. Woo Young-Woo was touched and convinced to get back together with him. Jung Myeong-Seok’s surgery was successful. He was also able to get back with his ex-wife. His ex-wife wanted him to resign from the company. However, he likes his job so much, he still needs some time to think about it.

Everyone gathered at Dong Geurami’s restaurant. Dong Geurami and Kim Min-Sik served everyone nice food. Everyone was happy and chit chatting with one another.

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