Professional and Civic
Lee is a member of the law firm of Thompson, Sweeny, Kinsinger & Pereira, P.C. He received his undergraduate degree from Mercer University and his law degree from the University of Georgia. Lee has practiced law in Lawrenceville for thirty-eight years. Lee has served as City Attorney for the cities of Sugar Hill, Duluth, and Grayson, and Lawrenceville. The law firm also serves as attorneys for the Gwinnett County Board of Education. Lee is a Past President of the City Attorney’s section of the Georgia Municipal Association. Lee became a certified mediator in 1990, and has mediated numerous cases in the Gwinnett County area. His mediations have included a number of condemnations, tax appeals, and land use matters. Lee serves on the Board of Directors of the Justice Center of Atlanta, a non-profit organization that provides mediation services and training. Lee was a graduate of the first Leadership Gwinnett class in 1986, and has been active in many civic organizations through the years. Lee was a founding member of the Gwinnett Tech Foundation, and was a founding member and the first President of the Central Gwinnett Cluster Foundation. He has also served on the Red Cross Board of Directors.

Political
Lee has been active in State and local politics for many years. He served on the campaign staff of Congressman Ed Jenkins. Later he served as Campaign Chairman of the campaigns of Bartow Jenkins who served as a Gwinnett County Commissioner and as Mayor of Lawrenceville. Lee has also served on the Executive Committee of the Gwinnett Democratic Party and on the State Committee of the Georgia Democratic Party. In 2008, Lee was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and served one term representing the Lawrenceville area. While in the House of Representatives, he served as a Deputy Whip for the Democratic Caucus, and was a member of the Natural Resources and Environment Committee, the Judiciary Non -Civil Committee, and the joint Senate and House MARTOC Committee that provides oversight of MARTA. In 2010, Lee was recognized by the Georgia Conservation Voters for having a perfect score on votes of environmental importance. Out of the Two Hundred and Thirty-six members of the Georgia General Assembly, Lee was one of only twenty-five legislators to receive this recognition.

Family
Lee is a native of Gwinnett County and resides in Lawrenceville with Connie, his wife of twenty-nine years. Lee and Connie are elders at the First Christian Church of Lawrenceville. They have one child. Their daughter, Rebecca, is a senior at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Rebecca attended Gwinnett County Public Schools and was the 2016 valedictorian of Central Gwinnett High School.