Jeanne Marie (“Jeannie”) Lee joined our firm in February 2017. Her civil litigation practice focuses primarily on landlord‐tenant, personal injury, premise liability and real estate/real property disputes. Ms. Lee has successfully handled and resolved a variety of cases, including wrongful eviction and habitability matters, wrongful death and other injury cases, contentious neighbor disputes (trespass to trees, boundary disputes, assault and nuisance and trespass issues), homeowners association (HOA) disputes, Labor Code violations, landslides, fire cases and defamation claims.
Ms. Lee received her Juris Doctorate from Golden Gate University Law School where she was a member of the Honors Lawyering Program, an honors program for students to maximize their practical experience while in law school. Prior to attending law school, she received her bachelor’s degree in Law and Society and Communication from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2007.
Before her time at the firm, Ms. Lee was a partner at Harbinson, Harbinson & Lechich, PC where she represented the interests of corporations, insurance companies, and municipalities in all aspects of Workers’ Compensation and asbestos litigation. Ms. Lee is admitted to practice in all California state courts and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
When she is not litigating, Ms. Lee is staying active with her family and rooting for the San Francisco Giants and 49ers.
Honors
- Commencement Student Speaker, Golden Gate University, School of Law, 2011
- Rose Elizabeth Bird Award Nominee, 2011 (given for exemplary professionalism and integrity)
- CALI Award for Future Success, Civil Procedure, Golden Gate University, School of Law, 2008
- Dean’s List, Fall 2008, Summer 2009 and Fall 2010