Lee is a Shareholder and member of several practices in the Litigation section at Maynard Cooper.
Lee has extensive experience in complex civil litigation, particularly in the areas of class actions, punitive damages, insurance, antitrust, and business and commercial litigation. Lee is a fixture in the courtrooms of Alabama, both state and federal. He has represented clients in cases in nearly every Alabama county and has handled numerous appeals before the Alabama Supreme Court.
His history as a successful and knowledgeable litigator dates back to the 1980s and 1990s when Alabama was known as “tort hell.” During that time, Lee represented numerous Fortune 500 companies in hundreds of punitive damages and class action cases across Alabama.
Since the early 1980s, Lee has handled class action and complex commercial cases in federal and state courts throughout the United States and has presented oral arguments in the Second, Fifth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits. He has defended class action litigation throughout the country, including cases in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
Lee has appeared as an attorney of record in cases that have resulted in more than 100 published opinions.
His talents and success in the field have been recognized by numerous organizations and peer-review lists, among which is his distinction as a Leading Practitioner by Chambers USA in both Litigation: Commercial and Litigation: Appellate. Lee is consistently listed in The Best Lawyers in America©, Super Lawyers and Benchmark Litigation for his work at a litigator. In addition, he has been rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell since his seventh year of practice.
Lee received his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his A.B. from Harvard University.
Lee is one of the foremost class action attorneys in the country. He brings a high degree of knowledge in that area. – Client Testimonial