N. Warner Lee

{{Short description|American lawyer and politician (born 1937)}}

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|name = N. Warner Lee

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|office = 18th Attorney General of Arizona

|governor = Jack Williams

|term_start = July 1, 1974{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-considers-hiring-fr/170792893/|date=July 13, 1974|page=B-1|title=Considers hiring friends: Attorney general plans reassignments|newspaper=The Arizona Republic|location=Phoenix, Arizona|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 21, 2025}}

|term_end = January 6, 1975

|predecessor = Gary K. Nelson

|successor = Bruce Babbitt

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|6|5}}

|birth_place = Terre Haute, Indiana

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|party = Republican

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N. Warner Lee (born June 5, 1937) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Attorney General of Arizona from 1974 to 1975.

Lee attended Arizona State University and the University of Arizona,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen-legal-post-foes-careers/170793249/|date=October 31, 1974|page=5|title=Legal post foes' careers varied: Law, basketball interested Lee|newspaper=Tucson Citizen|location=Tucson, Arizona|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 21, 2025}} getting his B.A. in 1960. He received his law school degree from the University of Arizona in 1965. He served as an assistant U.S. Attorney from 1970 to 1974. Lee was appointed Attorney General of Arizona in 1974 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Gary K. Nelson. He was defeated in the subsequent election by Democrat Bruce Babbitt. He then went into private practice. Lee eventually joined the Phoenix law firm Ryley Carlock & Applewhite.[http://www.lawyerdb.org/Lawyer/Warner-Lee/ N. Warner Lee at Ryley Carlock & Applewhite A Professional Association]{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-castro-ahead-of-willi/170792795/|date=November 6, 1974|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-castro-running-ahead/170792849/ 10A]|first=Ben|last=MacNitt|title=Castro Ahead Of Williams As Democrats Run Strong: Republican Incumbents In Trouble|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|location=Tucson, Arizona|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 21, 2025}}