Mr. Lee was born and raised in Sterling, Illinois and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) for his undergraduate work. There, he majored in Political Science while participating in the UIC-Chicago-Kent Accelerated B.A.-J.D. Program. After three years of undergraduate study, Mr. Lee attended Chicago-Kent College of Law. While at Kent, Mr. Lee concentrated in Labor and Employment Law and was awarded a Certificate in Labor and Employment Law from Chicago-Kent's Institute for Law and the Workplace. After law school, Mr. Lee worked at Asher, Gittler, & D'Alba, a union and employee-side boutique firm in downtown Chicago. Mr. Lee then returned to Sterling, Illinois to work as a campaign assistant to Fmr. Congressman Phil Hare (D-IL) for the 2010 election cycle. After the election, Mr. Lee opened his own practice in Sterling concentrating on transactional work and advising NFPs. In July 2011, Mr. Lee joined Pignatelli & Associates, P.C. in Rock Falls, Illinois, a full-service general practice firm.
