Paul Lee
Of Counsel at University of Michigan Law School
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Lee is an experienced banking and regulatory lawyer with a multi-decade career spanning senior in-house roles, private practice partnership, and public-sector supervisory work. As Of Counsel at Debevoise & Plimpton and former Chair of its Banking Group, he blends courtroom-caliber legal acumen with practical transactional and compliance experience gained as general counsel at major banks like HSBC USA and Republic New York. He also brings an academic perspective as a long-time adjunct and lecturer at Columbia, Michigan, and Penn law schools, shaping future banking lawyers. Paul’s background includes early Treasury and state banking department service, giving him rare insight into how policy and enforcement intersect with commercial banking. Based in New York, he is known for navigating high-stakes regulatory matters and translating complex supervision issues into actionable counsel.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at Georgetown UniversityDoctor of Law (J.D.), Doctor of Law (J.D.) at University of Michigan Law School
Github Skills (13)
css-library8
joomla-template7
fluid6
responsive5
sass5
grid-layout5
joomla-extensions4
php4
wordpress4
joomla-component4
joomla4
vue4
vdm3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
paulllee/dotfiles
Jan 2024 - Apr 2025
Contributions:375 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
paulllee/lamp-setup
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:102 commits, 81 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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