Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Lee gained substantive knowledge and experience while serving as a law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist on the U.S. Supreme Court and to Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Lee worked, in those capacities, on issues ranging from national security and terrorism, to Establishment Clause and free speech, to ERISA and other federal statutory schemes. Since entering private practice, Lee has focused on complex trial and appellate litigation and has substantial experience in the areas of federal jurisdiction and procedure, labor and employment, products liability, construction, and constitutional law. Lee also has experience in advising corporations on proceedings before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation and has assisted in the drafting and updating of the "Multi-District Litigation" chapter of Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts (West Pub. 2d ed).

Lee successfully has tried cases as a first- and second-chair litigator. He also successfully has drafted and argued numerous dispositive and other motions before state and federal trial courts in multiple jurisdictions and has served as primary counsel for negotiations and mediations through the American Arbitration Association. In addition, Lee successfully has drafted and argued cases before state and federal appellate courts and has been counsel of record in the United States Supreme Court.

Lee is a member of the Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, and Third Circuit Bar Associations. He also is a member of the Federalist Society, for which he is vice president of the Pittsburgh Lawyers' Chapter and serves on the national Federalism and Separation of Powers Executive Committee. Lee was appointed by Senator Arlen Specter to serve on the 2007 Federal Judicial Nominating Panel for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

In addition to his private practice, Lee serves as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh Law School, teaching a constitutional law class on the First Amendment religion clauses.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Issues & Appeals
• Appellate Advocacy in the U.S. Supreme Court
• Appellate Litigation in Other Federal & State Courts
• Trial Litigation in Federal & State Courts

Representative Cases

• Boim v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, 291 F.3d 1000 (7th Cir. 2008) (en banc)
• Brewer v. Parker-Hannifin Corporation et al., 447 F. Supp.2d 1166 (W.D. Wash. 2006), aff’d 2008 WL 4750343 (9th Cir. 2008)
• Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC v. Sompo Japan Ins. Co. of Am., C.A.No. 3-02-1117 (M.D. Tenn. 2002)
• East Coast Construction Corp. v. Dietrich Building Systems, et al., C.A. No. L-5757-05 (Camden Cty., Super. Ct. NJ)
• Feder v. Electronic Data Systems Corp., 429 F.3d 125 (5th Cir. 2005)
• Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez, 549 U.S. 183 (2006)
• Holiday v. Atlas Copco Construction Mining Technique, USA, LLC, et al., No. 64-CV-2007-900187.00, (Walker Cty., Ala. Circuit Ct.)
• Hurkmans v. The Sherwin-Williams Co., et al., Case No. 05-CV-418 (Marinette Cty., Wis.)
• In re Client K.K., Nos. 1304 WDA 2007, 1376 WDA 2007 and 1377 WDA 2007 (Pa. Super. Ct.)
• In re: Dovetail Gallery, Inc.; Dovetail Gallery, Inc. v. Ross Bianco Architects, P.C., Case No. 3-12454-WWB, Adversary Proceeding No. 05-01113-WWB (W.D. Pa. Bankr.)
• Kaufmann's Carousel, Inc. v. The City of Syracuse Development Agency, No. 06-1159 (U.S. 2007)
• Laskowski v. Spelling, 443 F.3d 930 (7th Cir. 2006), cert. petn. granted, vacated and remanded 127 S. Ct.3051 (2007) aff’d 546 F.3d 822 (7th Cir. 2008).
• Lindsley v. United States Steel Corp., et al., GD 05-23535 (Allegheny Cty., PA Common Pleas Ct.)
• MDL/309 Associates, L.L.P. v. Baggett, GD 04-28380, (Allegheny Cty., PA Common Pleas Ct.)
• MDL/309 Associates, L.L.P. v. Elliott's Pittsburgh III, Inc. d/b/a Elliott's Off Broadway Deli, GD 04-024597 (Allegheny Cty., PA Common Pleas Ct.)
• Prise v. Alderwoods Group, Inc., C.A. 2:06-cv-01470-JFC (W.D. Pa.)
• Shell Oil v. United States, No. 07-1607 (U.S. 2008)
• State of Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Assoc. et al., C.A. No. PC 99-5226 (R.I. Super. Ct.)
• Stevenson v. Carroll, 495 F.3d 62 (3d Cir. 2007), cert. denied 2008 U.S. Lexis 1250
• T. Roger Entress v. Club at Nevillewood, et al., G.D. 05-2110 (Allegheny Cty., Pa. Common Pleas Court)
• The Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Orbit Newark Development, LLC, et al., No. ESX–c-249-07 (Essex Cty., N.J. Super. Ct.)
• The Sherwin-Williams Company v. City of Columbus, et al., C.A. 2:06cv829 (S.D. Ohio)
• W.T. Kane, Inc. v. MDL/ 309 Associates, L.P., GD 06-19094 (Allegheny Cty. Pa. Common Pleas Ct.)
• W.T. Kane, Inc. v. MDL/309 Associates, L.P., No. 1943 WDA 2005 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2006)
• Ward v. Drummond Company, Inc., et al., No. 64-cv-2007-900170.00 (Walker Cty, Ala. Circuit Ct.)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Education

• U of Notre Dame

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