Education
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Emory University, J.D., 1974
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University of North Carolina, B.A., 1969
Bar Admissions
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District of Columbia
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Georgia
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Lansing B. Lee, III concentrates his practice in a full spectrum of public policy matters at both the state and federal levels in the United States, as well as in the international arena.
Mr. Lee began his career of forty years in public policy and later law, working in Georgia for then-Governor Jimmy Carter following his election in 1970, ultimately becoming Administrative Assistant to the Governor, and later executive director of the Democratic Party of Georgia.
During the 1970’s and 1980’s, Mr. Lee was a lawyer in Georgia and the South, serving as law assistant to several Justices of the Georgia Supreme Court, and later as assistant district attorney in the Augusta Judicial Circuit. He entered private practice as a general practice partner in his family’s small firm in Augusta, Georgia and as of counsel to a medium-sized Atlanta, Georgia firm whose primary representation was Emory University, before moving his practice to Washington, DC in the late 1980’s.
In the international arena, Mr. Lee is currently representing the largest private school system in India, with over 200,000 students as it is expanding globally. Over his more than twenty years in Washington, Mr. Lee has led a team of lawyers in the firm, representing a major New York international financier’s interest in a dispute involving a Siberian oil field, one of the largest in the world, and its dealings with an international financial institution. Additionally in Russia, he has represented an independent nationwide television network and two large investment banking firms, one Russian-American-owned and one British-owned. He also represented an NGO in its operations in one of the former Soviet republics dealing with the Inspector General of a large U.S. agency.
He further has served as Washington counsel for one of the East African Presidents. In this role, he identified business development opportunities and worked on formulating strategies to improve human rights relationships between the host country and multinational human rights organizations. Mr. Lee further served as international business counsel for one of the West African Presidents, working on procuring business investments for that country. Mr. Lee has served as U.S. counsel for one of the leading East African businesses in their dealings with international financial institutions. He also represented a pan-African business coalition in their advocacy for the original passage of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act.
In the domestic arena, Mr. Lee has counseled local governments in coalition with the business community to affect federal legislation and regulations for their benefit, and he has represented multinational corporations in their workings with state and local governments, including state governors, mayors, state legislators, and local councils.
Mr. Lee has represented counties, cities, museums, chambers of commerce, and an international airport which serves as a hub for one of the largest air carriers in the country. He has also represented one of the largest banks in the United States.
Professional Affiliations:
District of Columbia Bar
State Bar of Georgia
American Bar Association
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