Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Lee has represented clients around the world in cases involving banking, securities, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, media and entertainment, white-collar criminal, governmental investigations, contracts, construction, employment law, shareholder and partnership disputes, fraud, and other business torts. His experience is in high-stakes, complex disputes. He has acted as lead trial counsel in jury and bench trials in several jurisdictions, successfully trying cases on behalf of clients in industries ranging from banking and financial disputes to intellectual property actions to construction litigation. Most recently, in February 2008, Lee represented The Royal Bank of Scotland and Citizens Financial Group at trial in a federal trademark infringement case in Michigan, obtaining a dismissal of all claims and a complete victory for these institutions. Lee has handled high-profile cases in the entertainment field. For example, he defended movie producers at the highly publicized jury trial involving Woody Allen, resulting in a settlement after two weeks of trial. In another case, he secured a unanimous jury verdict in favor of famed jewelry company Harry Winston in a case brought by a former employee.

Lee often advises clients faced with parallel civil and criminal proceedings as well as investigations that involve regulatory, criminal, civil, and public relations issues. Several of Lee's cases involve clients, litigation, and discovery outside the United States; and his work includes advising foreign corporations regarding the business and legal implications of doing business in the United States. For several years now, Lee has defended foreign-based financial institutions in the large securities and other litigation relating to the collapse of Enron, one of the largest and most complex cases involving well over 100 million documents and 1,000 depositions. He has handled numerous preliminary injunction hearings in various venues, securing orders protecting company trade secrets, defeating attempts to block mergers, successfully enjoining a proposed merger, and freezing assets. He also has successfully argued before appellate courts and represented clients at arbitration proceedings.

Lee is regularly called upon by the media to comment on legal issues of national interest. He has been quoted in various print media and has appeared numerous times on national television, providing legal analysis and debating high-profile cases. He can be seen weekly on the nationally televised show America's Newsroom. Lee also teaches courses on litigation topics and trial skills for continuing legal education programs and clients.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Construction

Representative Cases

• Air Products v. Sandhu, et al.
• Beezhold v. Allegiance Healthcare Corp., 2002 WL 398681 (S.D.N.Y.)
• Bothamley v. Harry Winston
• Citizens Banking Corporation v. Citizens Financial Group, Inc., et al. No. 2:07-cv-11514-AJT-DAS (E.D. Mich.)
• Donald H. Beezhold v. Allegiance Healthcare Corporation
• Harry Winston v. Kerr
• Honeywell International Inc. v. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., C.A. No. 20434-NC
• In re Enron Corporation Securities Litigation, MDL No. 1446 (S.D. Tex., Houston Div.)
• Moses Production v. Sweetland Films, et al.
• New York Times v. Bovis, Inc. (N.Y. Cty. Sup. Ct.)
• Photobition v. Fanno, et al.
• Richtree v. Movenpick, et al., 605383/01
• Washington Group, Int'l v. San Roque, et al.
• Zauderer v. Citibank, N.A.

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Capital Markets, Class Actions, Commodities, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Foreign Investment, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Private Placements, Public Offerings, Securities Fraud & Insider Trading, Securities Law, Securities Regulation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• New Jersey
• New York

Education

• Fordham University

Address

222 East 41st Street
New York, NY 10017-6702

Phones

1.212.326.8340 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.212.755.7306 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com