Elijah “Eli” Lee

Eli Lee handles complex litigation, government-facing disputes, and financial regulatory matters. His practice involves cases with state and federal government agencies, crisis-response work, and pre-litigation negotiations. Before law school, Eli spent three years at a nonprofit focused on government accountability, where he produced exhibits for constitutional litigation, drafted responses in Freedom of Information Act cases, and wrote regulatory comments on campaign finance, foreign agent registration, and lobbying disclosure rules.

Eli focuses on case strategy and timelines on civil litigation matters, drafting pleadings, motions, and discovery requests. He also prepares advisory memoranda and correspondence for clients navigating negotiations and disputes. Eli handles document review and due diligence, and develops deposition outlines and prepares witnesses for testimony.

Before his litigation career, Eli worked as a law clerk at an environmental nonprofit, where he researched case law for agency-facing litigation on federal and state pollutant standards and drafted responses in FOIA litigation related to federal oil and gas leasing. He also served as a student attorney in a public law clinic, where he conducted community stakeholder interviews and authored policy memoranda for a member of the D.C. Council.