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Dr. Jae Lee is a trial lawyer and physician focusing his practice on complex product liability and mass tort defense, specifically in the pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer product, automotive warranty and aviation industries. 

In the courtroom, Jae has handled all steps of litigation throughout his career. He has taken and defended numerous fact and expert depositions and examined both types of witnesses at trial. His work included preparing and arguing a variety of motions, including discovery, evidentiary, Daubert and dispositive motions. He brings over two decades of litigation experience defending clients in class actions, MDLs, mass and toxic torts, FDA regulation and patent disputes. 

Jae’s experience as a medical health professional includes five years spent at UCLA studying traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular disease. Now, he utilizes his credentials in public health, clinical research, biophysics and medical regulations to advocate for his clients. 

When he isn’t defending his clients, Jae dedicates time to his robust pro bono practice. Notably, he led the expert discovery team in Vietnam Veterans of America v. Central Intelligence Agency, obtaining medical benefits for military veterans who were subjected to chemical and biological warfare experiments. As recognition for his work, Jae has been awarded the State Bar of California’s Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services several times in his career.

 

Bar Admissions

  • California

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California

Education

  • University of California Berkeley School of Law, J.D., 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, M.P.H., 2001
  • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, M.D., 1993

    Penn Medical Scholar

    American Heart Association Medical Student Research Fellowship

    NIMH/Measey Foundation Training Grant in Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1987

    Departmental Honors in Biophysics

    Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society

    Major: Biophysics

     

Professional Associations

    • State Bar of California
    • California Physician’s & Surgeon’s License
    • Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners

Distinctions

    • Legal 500
      —Recommended Attorney, Product Liability and Mass Tort Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, 2010
    • State Bar of California
      —Wiley W. Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services, 2008, 2009, 2021
    • Louis M. Welsh American Inn of Court
      —Barrister, 2011 – 2013
    • Super Lawyers Magazine
      —Northern California Rising Star, 2015 – 2016
    • American College of Legal Medicine
      —Fellow, 2011 – 2025

Speaking Engagements

  • "Vaccine Liability in the COVID-19 Era," Presenter, Rossdale Group Webcast-Covid-19 Vaccine Legal Issues and Pharmaceutical Liability, January 2021
  • "Medical Monitoring Claims in Class Action Litigation: Legal, Medical and Public Health Perspective," Presenter, 59th Annual Health Law & Legal Medicine Meeting of the American College of Legal Medicine, February 2019
  • “Preparing for a Multiple Front War: Managing Litigation and Simultaneous Government Investigations,” Presenter, Medmarc Webinar, April 2015
  • "Changes to 510(k) Regulatory Process and Laboratory-Developed Tests,” Presenters, Navigators Insurance Advisory Council Meeting, October 2014

Publications

  • “You Can’t be an Expert at Everything,” Author, The Los Angeles Daily Journal, November 2023
  • “The 9th Circuit’s Surprising FDA Preemption Ruling,” Author, Law360, July 2012