| Biography | Experience Lee began his legal career in the real property area. Within a few years, he developed a practice of commercial, construction and surety litigation and general business law. Lee also concentrates in trademark and copyright prosecution and he is a member of the GrayRobinson Technology Team, which serves the special needs of technology companies. Lee has considerable experience in drafting contracts involving proprietary technology, trade secrets, copyrights, and trademarks, and has handled the purchases and sales of businesses and loan closings involving millions of dollars. Lee's diverse background serves him well in counseling his business clients, in negotiating commercial transactions, and the ability to successfully mediate business and transactional disputes. His practice includes negotiating software development agreements and licensing arrangements for both vendors and users. Lee served as a director of a publicly-held software company and during his career has represented both privately and publicly-owned companies. Lee has assisted his clients in beginning transnational business operations and engaging in international transactions by assisting in the formation of foreign corporations and branches, as well as preparing contracts for the sale and distribution of products and services overseas. Lee has represented clients doing business in the Far East, Australia, and Europe. In addition, Lee argued a landmark case concerning real estate taxation decided by the Florida Supreme Court. Background: Lee, a Shareholder of the firm, is almost a native of Florida, having moved to Dade City, Florida from Massachusetts at the age of six years. He graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature. For the next six years he served in the Navy flying various aircraft, including helicopters, aboard carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam conflict. After fulfilling his military commitment for the Naval Aviation program, he attended Vanderbilt University College of Law where he was Treaty, Case and Note Editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. After receiving his Juris Doctorate degree, he returned to Florida to practice. He and his wife, Marilynn, live in Orlando and have eight adult children. Professional · "AV" Martindale-Hubbell Rating · Best Lawyers in America, 2010-2012 · Orlando Business Journal, "The Best of the Bar," 2006 · Certified Circuit Mediator, Florida Supreme Court · American Bar Association
- General Practice Section
- Past Newsletter Editor for the Business and Commercial Law Committee · The Florida Bar
- Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, 2010-2014
- Professional Ethics Committee, 2010-2013
- Grievance Mediation & Fee Arbitration Committee, Member; Former Chairman
- Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee, Former Chairman
- Business Law Section, Member of Select Committee that analyzed and re-wrote the Florida Business Corporation Act
- Fifth District Court of Appeals, Judicial Nominating Commission, Appointed by Governor Crist, 2008-2012
- Ninth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, appointed by Governor Bush, 2001
- Ninth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee, Past Member · Orange County Bar Association
- Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, 1996-2010
- Recipient of Professionalism Award, 2000
- Professionalism Committee, 2000-present
- President, 1993-1994
- Executive Council, Member, two three-year terms
- Executive Council Member Award three times
- Corporate and Business Law Committee, Past Chairman · Orange County Bar Association Foundation, Inc., President, 1996 · Florida Council of Bar Association Presidents, Outstanding Past President Award, 2003 Civic · Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Member of Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Former Treasurer, Volunteer Classroom Teacher, Fundraising · WMFE Past Member of Board of Trustees, Past Executive Committee · Rotary Club of Orlando, Member, Former Director · Better Business Bureau of Central Florida, Past Director · International Visitors Council, Past Director · Winter Park YMCA, Fundraising · Boy Scouts of America, Fundraising · Orlando Healthy Community Initiative, Stakeholder · Leadership Orlando, Class 78 · Rotarian of the Year, Rotary Club of Orlando, 2011 · Junior Achievement of Central Florida, Henry Cragg Volunteer Award, 2011 Publications · Wrote and continually updates chapter in practice aid book for Florida lawyers on Corporate Practice in Florida |