Biography

Mr. Lee is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw’s Chicago office.  He advises both domestic and foreign companies on all aspects of labor and employment law and human resources issues. Mr. Lee has extensive experience representing clients in EEO litigation, collective bargaining, organizing campaigns, strikes, arbitrations, layoffs and closures, wage and hour audits and class actions. He represents clients before federal and state courts, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, as well as numerous other governmental agencies, in matters arising under a wide range of federal and state labor laws. He has extensive experience representing parties in employment, separation, change-in-control, independent contractor and restrictive covenant agreements and has served as primary labor counsel on numerous M&A transactions and restructuring matters.  Mr. Lee has extensive experience working with clients in several industries, including: hotel, trucking, airline, publishing, media, financial services and manufacturing.  Mr. Lee is also one of the partners in charge of coordinating the firm’s international practice.  He advises clients in the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe on both inbound and outbound legal matters.  Before entering private practice, Mr. Lee spent several years as a trial attorney for the federal government.  In 2006 the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) recognized Mr. Lee one of its "Best Lawyers Under 40."  In 2007 Law Bulletin Publishing Company named Mr. Lee as one of  the “40 Illinois Attorneys Under Forty to Watch.”  Mr. Lee is proficient in Korean.

Education

J.D., University of Illinois (1995)

A.M., University of Illinois - Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations (1995)

B.A., Northwestern University (1990)

Admissions

• Illinois

Courts

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

The Supreme Court of Illinois does not recognize certifications of specialties in the practice of law and no certificate, award or recognition is a requirement to practice law in Illinois.