Kenneth K. Lee

Kenneth K. Lee is a partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department and a member of the Complex Commercial Litigation Practice. Mr. Lee’s practice crosses a wide range of subject areas, including healthcare, financial services, consumer class action, and insurance coverage litigation. In addition to civil litigation and arbitration matters, Mr. Lee has experience with federal appeals and internal corporate investigations.

Before joining Jenner & Block, Mr. Lee was an Associate Counsel to the President of the United States. In this capacity, he represented the White House in various investigations, and coordinated with the Department of Justice on numerous litigation matters. Mr. Lee also served as the White House’s legal liaison to the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. In addition, he assisted in the selection of district and circuit court judges for the Ninth Circuit and with Presidential pardons. He also served as special counsel to the staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee for the confirmation of John Roberts to the U.S. Supreme Court.

His private practice experience includes serving as a member of the trial team that represented the leaseholder of the World Trade Center in a multi-billion dollar insurance coverage dispute in the aftermath of September 11th; defending Fortune 500 companies against securities fraud and shareholder derivative suits; and conducting various types of internal investigations.

Mr. Lee has an active pro bono practice. He has, in the past, won reversal of a drug conviction of an indigent client, filed a Second Circuit amicus brief on behalf of a slain police officer’s widow, and written an amicus petition for certiorari in a capital criminal case.

He previously practiced for several years at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York, and was also a clerk to Judge Emilio Garza of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Lee has written widely for both legal and non-legal publications, including The New Republic and The Weekly Standard. He has also authored a book on immigration policy and law titled Huddled Masses, Muddled Laws (Praeger Publishers, 1998).

He is a 2000 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. He is also a 1997 summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University. Mr. Lee is admitted to practice in California and New York.