Patricia Lee (judge)

{{Infobox judge

|name = Patricia Lee

|office = Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court

|appointer = Steve Sisolak

|term_start = November 21, 2022

|term_end =

|predecessor = Abbi Silver

|successor =

|birth_name = Patricia Thompson

|birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|47|2022|10|10}}

|birth_place = South Korea

|death_date =

|death_place =

|education = University of Southern California (BA)
George Washington University (JD)

}}

Patricia Lee (born 1974 or 1975){{Cite press release |title=Four Attorneys and Two Judges Apply to Fill Empty Nevada Supreme Court Seat |date=October 10, 2022 |publisher=Supreme Court of Nevada |url=https://nvcourts.gov/Supreme/News/Four_Attorneys_Two_Judges/}} is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Nevada Supreme Court since 2022.

Early life and education

Lee was born in South Korea to an African American military father and a native Korean mother.{{Cite web |last=Stutz |first=Howard |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Las Vegas attorney Patricia Lee named to Nevada Supreme Court |url=https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/las-vegas-attorney-patricia-lee-named-to-nevada-supreme-court |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=The Nevada Independent |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Sisolak appoints Patricia Lee to Nevada Supreme Court |url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2022/nov/21/sisolak-appoints-patricia-lee-to-nevada-supreme-court/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=www.nevadaappeal.com}} She graduated from Lompoc High School in 1993. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and communications from the University of Southern California in 1997{{Cite web |title=Commission on Judicial Selection Application: Nevada Supreme Court Seat F |url=https://nvcourts.gov/uploadedFiles/courtsnvgov/Content/AOC/Committees_and_Commissions/Judicial_Selection/Lee%20Public%20Application.pdf |access-date=November 26, 2022}} and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School in 2002.{{Cite web |title=Patricia Lee Profile |url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/patricia-lee-2777585/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=www.martindale.com}}

Career

From 2002 to 2022, Lee worked at the law firm Hutchison & Steffen, becoming partner in 2009.{{Cite press release |title=Governor Sisolak announces appointment of Patricia Lee to the Nevada Supreme Court, Seat F |date=November 21, 2022 |location=Carson City, Nevada |url=https://gov.nv.gov/News/Press/2022/2022-11-21_NVSupremeCourtAppt/ |access-date=November 26, 2022}}

= Nevada Supreme Court =

In October 2022, Lee was one of six applicants for the vacancy on the Nevada Supreme Court.{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=Nevada Appeal Capitol |date=October 11, 2022 |title=6 file for open Nevada Supreme Court seat |url=http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/2022/oct/11/6-file-open-nevada-supreme-court-seat/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=www.nevadaappeal.com}} On November 21, 2022, Governor Steve Sisolak appointed Lee as a justice of the Nevada Supreme Court to fill the seat left by the resignation of Justice Abbi Silver.{{cite web |title=Patricia Lee Appointed to Nevada Supreme Court, Seat F |url=https://nvbar.org/patricia-lee-appointed-to-nevada-supreme-court-seat-f/ |website=State Bar of Nevada}} She is the first African American woman and the first Asian American to serve on the Nevada Supreme Court.{{Cite web |last=Newberg |first=Katelyn |date=November 21, 2022 |title=First Black woman, Asian-American named to state's high court |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/first-black-woman-asian-american-named-to-states-high-court-2680450/ |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=Las Vegas Review-Journal |language=en-US}}