Alert
The LatestView All
January 22, 2024
Nashville partner Bob Wade will participate in the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) Anchorage Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference in Feb. 22-23. The conference will include topics on regulatory requirements, compliance enforcement, risk management, and maintaining an effective compliance program. Attendees will have the opportunity to earn live Compliance Certification Board (CCB) continuing education units (CEUs) and network with other professionals.
Anchorage Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference
Idea Exchange
Jae Lee
Partner
Suite 2200
San Diego, CA 92101
Dr. Jae Lee is a trial lawyer and physician who has represented clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, dietary supplement, food, cosmetics, consumer products, and aviation industries. Dr. Lee has litigated individual actions, class actions, coordinated cases, and multidistrict litigation across a broad range of matters in the fields of product liability, mass torts, toxic...
Dr. Jae Lee is a trial lawyer and physician who has represented clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, dietary supplement, food, cosmetics, consumer products, and aviation industries. Dr. Lee has litigated individual actions, class actions, coordinated cases, and multidistrict litigation across a broad range of matters in the fields of product liability, mass torts, toxic torts, trade secrets, patent disputes, FDA regulation, Proposition 65, concussions, and advertising disputes.
As a trial lawyer, Dr. Lee has experience in all stages of litigation, having represented clients in pre- litigation case assessment, pleadings, fact discovery, expert discovery, motion practice, trial preparation, trial, and post-trial motion practice. He has deposed numerous fact and expert witnesses, and has cross-examined fact and expert witnesses at trial. Dr. Lee has briefed and argued dispositive motions, Daubert motions, discovery motions, and evidentiary motions in both state and federal courts. He has maintained an active pro bono practice. Dr. Lee led the expert discovery team in Vietnam Veterans of America v. Central Intelligence Agency, helping to obtain health care benefits for military veterans who were the subjects of chemical and biological warfare experiments. He has been awarded the State Bar of California’s Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services multiple times over the course of his career.
As a medical professional, Dr. Lee uses his experience in public health, FDA regulations, quantitative methods, clinical research, basic science research, and biophysics to inform his practice. He has degrees from Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Dr. Lee completed a surgical internship at Yale prior to performing clinical research for five years at UCLA in traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular disease.
Dr. Lee has given numerous presentations at national and international conferences and frequently delivers seminars and webinars for clients. His publications include articles and commentary in legal journals, peer-reviewed medical journals and newspapers, including Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, Law360, Skywritings, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, The Baltimore Sun, Ventura County Star, The Laryngoscope, Experimental Neurology, Journal of Neurotrauma, Pediatrics and The Lancet. He also co-authored a book chapter, “Pharmaceutical Product Liability,” in Principles and Practice of Pharmaceutical Medicine (3rd Ed.).
torts, trade secrets, patent disputes, FDA regulation, Proposition 65, concussions, and advertising disputes.
As a trial lawyer, Dr. Lee has experience in all stages of litigation, having represented clients in pre- litigation case assessment, pleadings, fact discovery, expert discovery, motion practice, trial preparation, trial, and post-trial motion practice. He has deposed numerous fact and expert witnesses, and has cross-examined fact and expert witnesses at trial. Dr. Lee has briefed and argued dispositive motions, Daubert motions, discovery motions, and evidentiary motions in both state and federal courts. He has maintained an active pro bono practice. Dr. Lee led the expert discovery team in Vietnam Veterans of America v. Central Intelligence Agency, helping to obtain health care benefits for military veterans who were the subjects of chemical and biological warfare experiments. He has been awarded the State Bar of California’s Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services multiple times over the course of his career.
As a medical professional, Dr. Lee uses his experience in public health, FDA regulations, quantitative methods, clinical research, basic science research, and biophysics to inform his practice. He has degrees from Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Dr. Lee completed a surgical internship at Yale prior to performing clinical research for five years at UCLA in traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular disease.
Dr. Lee has given numerous presentations at national and international conferences and frequently delivers seminars and webinars for clients. His publications include articles and commentary in legal journals, peer-reviewed medical journals and newspapers, including Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, Law360, Skywritings, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, The Baltimore Sun, Ventura County Star, The Laryngoscope, Experimental Neurology, Journal of Neurotrauma, Pediatrics and The Lancet. He also co-authored a book chapter, “Pharmaceutical Product Liability,” in Principles and Practice of Pharmaceutical Medicine (3rd Ed.).
Experience
Representative Experience
- A major herbicide manufacturer in multidistrict litigation and individual state actions involving a leading herbicide product.
- A major nutritional supplement company in achieving favorable settlements in hundreds of pending cases in multidistrict litigation, by providing medical and scientific expertise, alternative causation assessments and representation at settlement discussions.
- A leading manufacturer of local anaesthetic drugs in pain pump litigation.
- U.S. military veterans, who were subjects in chemical and biological warfare experiments, to obtain health care benefits and government recognition of their long-term injuries.
- A leading manufacturer of consumer plumbing products in the dismissal of three consecutive Proposition 65 cases without the need for public monetary settlements.
- The brand-name manufacturer of a widely used anticoagulant pharmaceutical product in multiple litigation matters, achieving favorable settlements for the client.
- A leading manufacturer of ophthalmologic products in performing scientific analysis and recruiting a top biostatistics expert to help in an advertising dispute with a major competitor.
- A European manufacturer of cosmetic products in FDA regulatory counselling.
- A pharmaceutical company in reviewing and drafting FDA regulatory documents, including "Dear Healthcare Provider" letters and adverse event reports.
- A manufacturer of pet products in a class action product liability suit.
- An electronic components manufacturer in a trade secrets lawsuit.
- A major medical device company in a nearly three-month trial as trial counsel.
- A beverage company in litigation relating to concurrent investigations by the FDA, Institute of Medicine and the United States Congress.
- A manufacturer of fire-fighting foam in toxic tort actions.
- A manufacturer of analgesic products in numerous state and federal class action suits.
- A leading pharmaceutical company in opioid litigation in California, Idaho, and Arizona.
- A major medical device company in multidistrict litigation involving hernia and pelvic mesh products.
- One of the best-known cosmetic companies in asbestos-related litigation.
- A homeowner in litigation concerning the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in California.
- A food manufacturer in various Proposition 65 claims.
Previous Work Experience
- Counsel, Dechert LLP (2018-2023)
- Of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP (2016-2018)
- Of Counsel, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP (2014-2016)
- Associate, Morrison & Forester LLP (2005-2013)
Education
-
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law,
JD
(2005)
- Fellow, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
- Grace C. Barbee Fellowship in Law & Medicine
- Prosser Prize (Law & Technology Writing)
- Law and Technology Certificate
- Harvard University, MPH (2001)
-
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
MD
(1993)
- Penn Medical Scholar
- American Heart Association Medical Student Research Fellowship
- NIMH/Measey Foundation Training Grant in Behavioral Neuroscience
-
Johns Hopkins University,
BA,
Biophysics
(1987)
- Departmental Honors in Biophysics, Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Practice Areas
Representative Experience
- A major herbicide manufacturer in multidistrict litigation and individual state actions involving a leading herbicide product.
- A major nutritional supplement company in achieving favorable settlements in hundreds of pending cases in multidistrict litigation, by providing medical and scientific expertise, alternative causation assessments and representation at settlement discussions.
- A leading manufacturer of local anaesthetic drugs in pain pump litigation.
- U.S. military veterans, who were subjects in chemical and biological warfare experiments, to obtain health care benefits and government recognition of their long-term injuries.
- A leading manufacturer of consumer plumbing products in the dismissal of three consecutive Proposition 65 cases without the need for public monetary settlements.
- The brand-name manufacturer of a widely used anticoagulant pharmaceutical product in multiple litigation matters, achieving favorable settlements for the client.
- A leading manufacturer of ophthalmologic products in performing scientific analysis and recruiting a top biostatistics expert to help in an advertising dispute with a major competitor.
- A European manufacturer of cosmetic products in FDA regulatory counselling.
- A pharmaceutical company in reviewing and drafting FDA regulatory documents, including "Dear Healthcare Provider" letters and adverse event reports.
- A manufacturer of pet products in a class action product liability suit.
- An electronic components manufacturer in a trade secrets lawsuit.
- A major medical device company in a nearly three-month trial as trial counsel.
- A beverage company in litigation relating to concurrent investigations by the FDA, Institute of Medicine and the United States Congress.
- A manufacturer of fire-fighting foam in toxic tort actions.
- A manufacturer of analgesic products in numerous state and federal class action suits.
- A leading pharmaceutical company in opioid litigation in California, Idaho, and Arizona.
- A major medical device company in multidistrict litigation involving hernia and pelvic mesh products.
- One of the best-known cosmetic companies in asbestos-related litigation.
- A homeowner in litigation concerning the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in California.
- A food manufacturer in various Proposition 65 claims.
Previous Work Experience
- Counsel, Dechert LLP (2018-2023)
- Of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP (2016-2018)
- Of Counsel, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP (2014-2016)
- Associate, Morrison & Forester LLP (2005-2013)
Media
Recognitions
- Fellow, American College of Legal Medicine (2011-Present)
- State Bar of California Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services (2008, 2009, 2021).
- Super Lawyers Northern California Rising Star (2015-2016)
- Barrister, Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court (2011-2013)
- Legal 500 US 2010: Recommended Attorney, Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
- Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners
Professional Activities
- American College of Legal Medicine
- American Medical Association
Dr. Jae Lee is a trial lawyer and physician who has represented clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, dietary supplement, food, cosmetics, consumer products, and aviation industries. Dr. Lee has litigated individual actions, class actions, coordinated cases, and multidistrict litigation across a broad range of matters in the fields of product liability, mass torts, toxic... torts, trade secrets, patent disputes, FDA regulation, Proposition 65, concussions, and advertising disputes.
As a trial lawyer, Dr. Lee has experience in all stages of litigation, having represented clients in pre- litigation case assessment, pleadings, fact discovery, expert discovery, motion practice, trial preparation, trial, and post-trial motion practice. He has deposed numerous fact and expert witnesses, and has cross-examined fact and expert witnesses at trial. Dr. Lee has briefed and argued dispositive motions, Daubert motions, discovery motions, and evidentiary motions in both state and federal courts. He has maintained an active pro bono practice. Dr. Lee led the expert discovery team in Vietnam Veterans of America v. Central Intelligence Agency, helping to obtain health care benefits for military veterans who were the subjects of chemical and biological warfare experiments. He has been awarded the State Bar of California’s Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services multiple times over the course of his career.
As a medical professional, Dr. Lee uses his experience in public health, FDA regulations, quantitative methods, clinical research, basic science research, and biophysics to inform his practice. He has degrees from Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Harvard School of Public Health, and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Dr. Lee completed a surgical internship at Yale prior to performing clinical research for five years at UCLA in traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular disease.
Dr. Lee has given numerous presentations at national and international conferences and frequently delivers seminars and webinars for clients. His publications include articles and commentary in legal journals, peer-reviewed medical journals and newspapers, including Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, Law360, Skywritings, Berkeley Technology Law Journal, The Baltimore Sun, Ventura County Star, The Laryngoscope, Experimental Neurology, Journal of Neurotrauma, Pediatrics and The Lancet. He also co-authored a book chapter, “Pharmaceutical Product Liability,” in Principles and Practice of Pharmaceutical Medicine (3rd Ed.).
Experience
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.Representative Experience
- A major herbicide manufacturer in multidistrict litigation and individual state actions involving a leading herbicide product.
- A major nutritional supplement company in achieving favorable settlements in hundreds of pending cases in multidistrict litigation, by providing medical and scientific expertise, alternative causation assessments and representation at settlement discussions.
- A leading manufacturer of local anaesthetic drugs in pain pump litigation.
- U.S. military veterans, who were subjects in chemical and biological warfare experiments, to obtain health care benefits and government recognition of their long-term injuries.
- A leading manufacturer of consumer plumbing products in the dismissal of three consecutive Proposition 65 cases without the need for public monetary settlements.
- The brand-name manufacturer of a widely used anticoagulant pharmaceutical product in multiple litigation matters, achieving favorable settlements for the client.
- A leading manufacturer of ophthalmologic products in performing scientific analysis and recruiting a top biostatistics expert to help in an advertising dispute with a major competitor.
- A European manufacturer of cosmetic products in FDA regulatory counselling.
- A pharmaceutical company in reviewing and drafting FDA regulatory documents, including "Dear Healthcare Provider" letters and adverse event reports.
- A manufacturer of pet products in a class action product liability suit.
- An electronic components manufacturer in a trade secrets lawsuit.
- A major medical device company in a nearly three-month trial as trial counsel.
- A beverage company in litigation relating to concurrent investigations by the FDA, Institute of Medicine and the United States Congress.
- A manufacturer of fire-fighting foam in toxic tort actions.
- A manufacturer of analgesic products in numerous state and federal class action suits.
- A leading pharmaceutical company in opioid litigation in California, Idaho, and Arizona.
- A major medical device company in multidistrict litigation involving hernia and pelvic mesh products.
- One of the best-known cosmetic companies in asbestos-related litigation.
- A homeowner in litigation concerning the Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program in California.
- A food manufacturer in various Proposition 65 claims.
Previous Work Experience
- Counsel, Dechert LLP (2018-2023)
- Of Counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP (2016-2018)
- Of Counsel, Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP (2014-2016)
- Associate, Morrison & Forester LLP (2005-2013)
Education
-
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law,
JD
(2005)
- Fellow, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
- Grace C. Barbee Fellowship in Law & Medicine
- Prosser Prize (Law & Technology Writing)
- Law and Technology Certificate
- Harvard University, MPH (2001)
-
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
MD
(1993)
- Penn Medical Scholar
- American Heart Association Medical Student Research Fellowship
- NIMH/Measey Foundation Training Grant in Behavioral Neuroscience
-
Johns Hopkins University,
BA,
Biophysics
(1987)
- Departmental Honors in Biophysics, Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society
Admissions
- California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Products Liability
- Life Sciences - IP
- Products Liability - Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices
- Intellectual Property
Industries
- Fellow, American College of Legal Medicine (2011-Present)
- State Bar of California Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services (2008, 2009, 2021).
- Super Lawyers Northern California Rising Star (2015-2016)
- Barrister, Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court (2011-2013)
- Legal 500 US 2010: Recommended Attorney, Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
- Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners
- American College of Legal Medicine
- American Medical Association
Highlights from the Firm’s Insights
