She received a B.A. and an M.A. in history from U.C. Berkeley in 1994 and 1996. She received her J.D. from Boalt Hall in 1999 and served as an articles editor of the California Law Review. After graduation, she clerked for Judge Jane Roth of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Ms. Kim began her litigation practice at the firm of Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, where she became a partner in 2007 and vice-chair of the Securities and Financial Services Litigation Group in 2009.