Joshua Lee is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Irell & Manella LLP, where he is a member of the firm's insurance and litigation workgroups.

Mr. Lee earned his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2009.  He received his M.A. and B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, and B.A. in German, from the University of Southern California in 2001.

Mr. Lee was a Student Director of the Yale Supreme Court Advocacy Clinic. In that role, he co-authored merits briefs, amicus briefs and petitions for certiorari in six pro bono cases before the United States Supreme Court including Negusie v. Holder and Baze v. Reese. Mr. Lee was also a member of Yale’s Affirmative Litigation Project, coordinating consumer protection litigation with the San Francisco City Attorney and the California Department of Insurance.

Before attending law school, Mr. Lee was a senior analyst at the firm Strumwasser & Woocher LLP. There, he participated in the California Department of Insurance's investigation of alleged illegal rebating schemes in the title insurance industry and in drafting new regulations governing title insurance rates. While at Strumwasser & Woocher Mr. Lee also investigated allegations of illicit energy trades at the California Independent System Operator and Title VI compliance in the L.A. Unified School District's distribution of billions of dollars of state bond funding to its schools.

Bar & Court Admissions

• 2009, California