May Y Lee

Attorney May Y. Lee is a Criminal Defense and Family lawyer practicing in Milwaukee County.

In 2020, Atty. May Y. Lee was recognized by The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, a professional organization composed of top trial lawyers from each state or region. Membership is by invitation only and is extended exclusively to trial lawyers practicing civil plaintiff and/or criminal defense law. Each distinguished Top 40 under 40 member strives to encompass the knowledge, skill, experience and success held by only the best lawyers in America.

Attorney Lee began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney with the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office. That experience gives Attorney Lee a unique perspective to advocate for her clients. She knows first hand the resources that the government has. When charged with a crime, many people are overwhelmed with even tackling the legal process. Most have no idea what legal defenses they have and fear the power of the government. Attorney Lee has the experience to navigate the system. When you hire Attorney Lee, she uses her experience and understanding of the system to fervently fight for you and walk you through every step of your case.
The foundation of LEE LAW FIRM is rooted in the responsibility to speak up for our clients, to ensure justice for them!

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University of Wisconsin Law School

J.D.

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

M.A. | General Education

Honors: 4.0 cumulative GPA

University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

B.S. | English Education

Honors: Graduated Magna Cum Laude

Member

National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40

2020 - Current

The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40 is a professional organization composed of top trial lawyers from each state or region. Membership is by invitation only and extended exclusively to the select few of the most qualified attorneys from each state who demonstrate superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature and public profile measured by objective and uniformly applied standards in compliance with state bar and national Rule 4-7. Invitees must exemplify superior qualifications, trial results, and leadership. Selection is based on a thorough multi-phase objective process which includes peer nominations combined with third-party research. Each of our distinguished Top 40 under 40 members strives to encompass the knowledge, skill, experience and success held by only the best lawyers in America.

Member

National College for DUI Defense

2020 - Current

It is the mission of the National College for DUI Defense® to provide the finest advanced-level training available to the DUI Defense Law practitioner. The College offers, or co-sponsors, a minimum of four legal and scientific seminars each year. The Summer Session, conducted at the Harvard Law School in July, is the signature program to develop skills for trial, including methods for attacking field sobriety tests, breath and blood tests, for making opening statements and closing arguments, for learning techniques in cross-examining police officers and prosecution experts, and for developing and using defense expert witnesses.

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Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

2017 - Current

WACDL is committed to promoting the proper administration of criminal justice; fostering and maintaining the integrity, independence and expertise of the defense lawyer in criminal cases; and encouraging an unyielding concern for the protection of individual rights and due process.

State Bar of Wisconsin  # 1093976

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Current