Lee is a partner in the business group in the New Orleans office. He has an extensive transactional-based practice representing clients in a wide variety of fields. He practices primarily in the areas of banking and business and finance, representing both lenders and borrowers. Finance transactions include real estate construction, vessel construction and equipment and inventory and accounts receivable-based lending and borrowing. Prior to joining Phelps in 1992, Lee was an attorney with Winston & Strawn in New York.

• Tulane University, J.D., cum laude, 1988
• Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1985

• Member: Louisiana State Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; American Bar Association
• Civic Activities: STAIR (Start the Adventure in Reading), President (2006-2008); Summerbridge, a Breakthrough Collaborative Educational Program, Board of Advisors; Isidore Newman School, Former Board of Governors; Newman Alumni Association, Former President; New Orleans Vanderbilt Club, Former President; Young Leadership Council's Recreate New Orleans

• “Financing Vessel Construction,” American Bar Association meeting (August 1996).

• General corporate representation of affiliated companies in the marine services industry.
• Representation of gaming company regarding real estate matters.
  
• Representation of a publicly-held utility holding company and its regulated utility subsidiary and its other non-regulated subsidiaries in regards to overseeing and negotiating debt transactions.
  
• Representation of owner in the acquisition of a minority share of NBA franchise.
  
• Representation of lenders and borrowers in loan transactions providing working capital facilities, term loans and construction and permanent financings of vessels, movie theaters, nursing homes, paper mills, hotels, restaurants, riverboat casinos, manufacturing plants, and television and radio stations.
  
• Representation of lenders in motion picture finance.
  
• Acquisitions, sales and financings of office buildings.
  
• Local counsel for borrowers and lenders in various multi-state secured loan transactions, ranging from $10 million to over $500 million.
  
• General representations in structuring and closing private placements.