Nooree Lee Receives NAPABA's Best Under 40 Award

Nooree Lee Receives NAPABA's Best Under 40 Award

September 25, 2019

WASHINGTON—The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) has recognized Nooree Lee with its Best Under 40 Award.

The award recognizes talented individuals within the Asian Pacific American legal community under the age of 40 who have achieved prominence and distinction in their fields of endeavor—be it the practice of law, academia, business, civic and charitable affairs, the judiciary, or politics—and who have demonstrated a strong commitment to Asian Pacific American civic or community affairs.

Mr. Lee represents government contractors in a wide variety of transactional, litigation, and compliance matters at Covington. His primary areas of practice include corporate transactions involving contractors, international contracting (including foreign military sales) and domestic sourcing issues, and grants and cooperative agreements. Relatedly, he represents companies seeking to protect their confidential data from disclosure under the federal Freedom of Information Act and state law equivalents. Mr. Lee currently serves on the ABA Public Contract Law Section Council and previously served on the board of the directors for the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area.

NAPABA is the preeminent professional development organization and voice for 50,000 Asian Pacific American attorneys, judges, law professors, and law students. NAPABA represents the interests of nearly 90 national, state, and local Asian Pacific American bar associations.