Nicole (JungEun) Lee is an associate in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Washington, D.C. office. She currently practices in the firm’s Litigation Department, focusing on white collar criminal defense and civil litigation. Ms. Lee has represented clients in matters arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and U.S. securities regulations, as well as complex commercial litigation and trademark disputes.
Before joining the firm, Ms. Lee was a litigation associate at a national law firm’s Washington, D.C. office and worked on a variety of white collar defense matters and complex civil litigation, including but not limited to SEC and DOJ investigations, internal investigations, compliance policies & procedures review, securities litigation, commercial disputes, and environmental litigation.
Ms. Lee graduated cum laude from Northwestern University School of Law in 2014. While in law school, Ms. Lee won an Honorable Mention for Best Oralist and an Honorable Mention for Best Memorandum in the Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot Court. She also served as a senior editor for the Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business. Ms. Lee earned her Bachelor of Law degree from Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
Prior to attending law school, Ms. Lee worked for a Korean conglomerate in Seoul, Korea for several years. She is fluent in Korean, Mandarin Chinese, and English.