Jurist; Supreme Court Justice (1993-1999)
| Life | 1939 |
| Era | 대한민국 |
| Clan | 영양 천씨 |
Cheon Gyeong-song was born in 1939 in Haenam, South Jeolla, a jurist of the Yeongyang Cheon clan. He graduated from Gwangju High School in 1957 and studied law at Seoul National University until 1962.
He passed the 13th higher civil service examination, followed a judicial career, and served as a Supreme Court Justice from March 1993 to February 1999. He is known as senior adviser at the law firm Hwawoo, per a Wikipedia description based on the Lawnb directory of legal professionals.
Specific rulings and assessments from his six years as a Justice were not confirmed in this research. As the Wikipedia entry is a short stub, no further career details were confirmed, and private information is not covered. Readers should consult Supreme Court case records or legal directories for his public career.
A Supreme Court Justice sits on the court's panels that decide cases in the last instance. Cheon Gyeong-song held the post from 1993 to 1999. The cases and opinions can be found in court judgments and were not covered here.
With only one civil graduate recorded for the clan in Joseon, Cheon Gyeong-song's rise to Supreme Court Justice is often counted as a representative legal career in the clan. Wikipedia's list also includes Cheon Dae-yeop as a Justice; any relationship between the two was not confirmed.