Lee DeJulius, a former law clerk to Chief Justice William Rehnquist, represents clients across industries and legal subjects in high-stakes trial and appellate matters throughout the country. He has tried cases to juries, judges, and arbitration panels. Lee also has appeared in dozens of appellate matters, presenting argument in several federal circuit courts and state supreme courts. Lee is Partner-in-Charge of the New York Office.
Many of Lee's matters involve high-profile disputes with the government. He has extensive experience in public nuisance lawsuits related to the manufacture, promotion, and sale of products. He has handled commercial, regulatory, and environmental cases brought by government entities and has defended clients in statewide investigating grand jury proceedings.
Lee serves as national counsel for Sherwin-Williams in litigation regarding historical use of lead pigments in paint. He also leads Chevron's defense of thousands of lawsuits, including a federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) and coordinated state proceedings, related to alleged health effects from a historical herbicide. Lee recently secured a unanimous reversal in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on a billion dollar dispute involving a consent decree with the Pennsylvania Attorney General regarding the provision of health care in the Commonwealth.
Some of Lee's additional successful representations include recovering over $200 million as a first-chair trial lawyer in a commercial arbitration; defending an oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) company in a $1.6 billion dispute before the High Court of Justice in London, England involving oil concessions in Kurdistan, Iraq; defeating a lawsuit against U. S. Steel alleging unfair competition from its participation in Department of Commerce tariff proceedings; and advising the University of Notre Dame in its investigation following a fatal videography lift collapse during football practice.
Experience
Additional Speaking Engagements
- May 8, 2024
US Insights: Litigation Trends and Regulatory Risks - May 6, 2024
US Insights: Litigation Trends and Regulatory Risks - April 26, 2023
Managing ESG Litigation and Enforcement Risks - June 7, 2018
Perils and Pitfalls for German Companies in U.S. Litigation - September 29, 2017
United States Supreme Court - November 29, 2016
CLE Academy: Supreme Court Review - October 26, 2016
Supreme Court Update: A Look at Significant Cases in the New Term - September 21, 2016
Conducting Business in Europe through the Walloon Region in Belgium - December 17, 2015
Success with Summary Judgment Motions: How To Win Before Trial - December 1, 2015
CLE Academy: Supreme Court Review - October 15, 2015
2015 Regional Energy Conference: Navigating Turbulences in Global Oil & Gas Markets - July 8, 2015
U.S. Litigation for Japanese Companies: How to Win at Trial and on Appeal - November 5, 2014
Moderator, American Lawyer's New Partner Forum - October 23, 2014
Speaker Series: Review and Preview of Business Cases at the Supreme Court - July 25, 2014
Jones Day Regional Energy Conference, International Implications of the Marcellus and Utica Shale - June 28, 2014
Supreme Court Wrap-Up, Glen Meakem Radio Show - December 18, 2013
Success with Summary Judgment Motions - November 4-5, 2013
What General Counsel Look For In Outside Counsel, moderator, American Lawyer's New Partner Forum - June 22, 2013
Supreme Court Wrap-Up. Glen Meakem Radio Show - April 2, 2013
Remembering Justice Marshall - November 29, 2012
The Development of the Marcellus and Utica Shale Plays: Reality or Illusion? - October 18, 2012
2012 Speaker Series
Supreme Court Update: A Look at Significant Cases in the New Term - October 3-5, 2012
NITA Motion Practice Program, faculty - April 19, 2012
Qui Tam Litigation: When Private Parties Pursue Claims for the Government - April 12, 2012
The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses, Christian Legal Society Lecture Series - December 15, 2011
2011 Speaker Series
Constitutional Limitations to Economic Regulation and Litigation - October 6, 2011
2011 Speaker Series
Supreme Court Issues: A Review of Key Cases as the Court Kicks Off the New Term - February 2-4, 2011
NITA Deposition Techniques, faculty - November 16, 2010
Panel discussion regarding legacy of Chief Justice William Rehnquist - May 19, 2010
NITA Motions Practice, Faculty: Introduction to Legal Writing - March 5, 2010
The Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine in Pennsylvania and Beyond - October 21, 2009
Supreme Court Review/ Preview - July 14, 2009
Supreme Court Roundup - March 10, 2009
NITA Motions Practice, Faculty: Introduction to Legal Writing - November 3, 2008
Interview regarding effect of election on Supreme Court nominations, The John Brown Mindset, KTRS-AM - October 28, 2008
Interview regarding impact of next president on federal courts, Max Stevens Show, WGET - October 28, 2008
Interview regarding effect of election on Supreme Court nominations, Bud Hedinger Live Show, WFLA - October 21, 2008
Debate against Professor Douglas W. Kmiec on the 2008 Election and Judicial Nominees, Allegheny HYP Club
"He is a brilliant legal strategist and an extremely strong and capable advocate in the courtroom, whether in trial or appeal."Chambers USA
- University of Notre Dame (J.D. summa cum laude 2002; Editor-in-Chief, Notre Dame Law Review; Executive Editor, National Symposium Editorial Board, Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy; Dean Joseph O'Meara Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement; Arthur Abel Memorial Award for Excellence in Writing); St. Louis University (B.S.B.A. magna cum laude 1998)
- New York; Pennsylvania; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits; and U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York and Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania
Thomson Reuters Stand-out Lawyer (2022-2024)
The American Lawyer: Northeast Trailblazer (2021)
Chambers USA: New York general commercial litigation (2021-2024)
Legal 500 United States (2020): dispute resolution/product liability
Law360 Healthcare MVP (2014)
"Litigation Team of the Year," The Lawyer Awards; "Dispute Resolution Team of the Year," Legal Business Awards; "Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year," British Legal Awards (2014, London, England)
Best Lawyers in America (2016-2022)
Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (2018-2021)
The American Law Institute (elected member)
Acritas "Star Lawyer" (2018-2021)
- Law Clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, U.S. Supreme Court (October Term 2003) and Law Clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (2002-2003)