James K. Lee Joins K&L Los Angeles as Partner in Litigation Group
Los Angeles, CA–The Los Angeles office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) is pleased to announce the arrival of partner James K. Lee to its business litigation practice.
Lee is a litigator who has represented numerous Korean companies in complex business disputes involving industries such as electronics, semiconductors, automotive, heavy industries, and telecommunications. He also has extensive experience counseling senior management of Korean companies doing business in the United States on general business and transactional matters. He comes to K&L from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld LLP, where he was a partner in the litigation and Korea practice groups. Prior to Akin, Lee was an associate at K&L’s predecessor firm in Los Angeles, Freshman, Marantz, Orlanski, Cooper and Klein.
Paul Sweeney, Administrative Partner in K&L’s Los Angeles office, commented: “It is a pleasure to work with James again, particularly as our litigation group continues to experience growth both domestically and abroad. James’ vast experience in U.S. and international business matters is invaluable to our clients, especially those in the Korean community. We are pleased to welcome him to the firm and to the practice.”
K&L serves a dynamic and growing clientele in regional, national and international markets that includes representation of over half of the FORTUNE 100. Currently approximately 800 lawyers strong, K&L’s practice embraces three major areas–litigation, corporate and regulatory–and related fields. On January 1, 2005, K&L will combine with the English firm Nicholson Graham & Jones. Once the combination is finalized, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, as the firm will then be named, will have approximately 950 lawyers located in London and ten U.S. cities, including Boston, Dallas, Harrisburg, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit K&L’s web site at: www.kl.com, or Nicholson Graham & Jones’ web site at www.ngj.co.uk.
