Helen Kim Hendrix is an attorney and former nonprofit executive. Helen is the Founding Partner of HKH Law LLC, where she counsels clients—including a number of non-profit entities—on corporate, employment and civil rights matters.  Prior to launching her law practice in 2017, she dedicated a decade of her career as a nonprofit lawyer and executive, culminating in founding the first Asian American civil rights nonprofit in the Southeast, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta (formerly AALAC). Helen began her legal career with a leading Wall Street law firm.

Helen was four years old when her family immigrated to the U.S., and she grew up in Columbia, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. She is familiar with the challenges of accessing quality healthcare, government benefits and other institutional services for immigrants in the Southeast and has dedicated much of her 25-year legal career to serving as an advocate, lobbyist, and activist for immigrants and refugees. Most recently, Helen was tapped to serve as a community liaison and facilitator for Gwinnett County’s 2022-2023 Comprehensive Human Service Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan, an assessment that had last been completed about 30 years ago, prior to the mass influx of Asian and Latino immigrants to the county.

Helen has been and remains active in the community by serving on boards of organizations she feels passionate about. Helen has served as the Vice Chair of Immigrant Hope – Atlanta, a board member of Mosaic (Gwinnett County’s sexual assault center), a member of the Emory University Board of Visitors, an Advisory Board member for the Alliance Theatre, the Program Co-Chair for the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, an Editorial Advisory Board member for Atlanta Magazine, Program Chair for the Gwinnett County Democratic Party, and Founding Board member of the Korean American Bar Association of Georgia, among others.

Helen lives in Atlanta with her husband, Glenn Hendrix, and daughter, Vega. Helen is also the proud stepparent of five adult children and seven grandchildren, all of whom reside in Atlanta.  When not engaging in family activities, Helen and Glenn love to travel, hike, and play pickleball in their free time.