Scottie Forbes Lee

Overview

Scottie Lee focuses her practice on complex litigation, antitrust, and appeals. She has represented clients in high-stakes disputes in a variety of industries. Scottie’s experience includes representing and advising clients on matters involving class actions, complex business and contract disputes, and trade secret disputes. She has represented clients in claims involving unfair and deceptive business practices, and is an editor of What’s Fair?, a blog on the law of unfair trade practices.

Scottie is active in the legal community, both locally and nationally. She serves on the leadership of the American Bar Association’s Antitrust Law Section, and is on the editorial board for the ABA’s Antitrust Law Journal. Scottie is a member of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Appellate Rules Committee, where she is an editor of the committee’s Guide to Appealability of Interlocutory Orders.

Before joining Ellis & Winters, Scottie served as a law clerk to Chief Judge James L. Gale on the North Carolina Business Court.

During law school, Scottie was an intern for Justice Paul M. Newby at the North Carolina Supreme Court, Judge Richard A. Elmore at the North Carolina Court of Appeals, Judge James L. Gale at the North Carolina Business Court, the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office, and the general counsel’s office for the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives. She served as the editor-in-chief of the Campbell Law Review.

Legal Assistant

Crystal Boyd

Direct: 336-389-5695

E-mail: crystal.boyd@elliswinters.com

Credentials

Education

J.D., Campbell University School of Law, 2014
- Campbell Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
M.P.A., North Carolina State University, 2014
- Graduate Certificate: Public Policy
M.B.A., North Carolina State University, 2014
B.A., North Carolina State University, 2009

Bar Admissions

North Carolina

Court Admissions

Eastern District of North Carolina
Middle District of North Carolina
Western District of North Carolina
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

American Bar Association
- Antitrust Law Journal, Research Editor, 2019-present
North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
- Vice Chair, Product Liability Group, 2020-present
North Carolina Bar Association
- Appellate Rules Committee, 2014-present
- Appellate Practice Section Council, Young Lawyers Division Liaison, 2018-present
- Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Law Section, Council & Communications Chair, 2020-present

Experience

Prior Work Experience

Clerkship, North Carolina Business Court, Hon. James L. Gale, Chief Business Court Judge, 2015-2017

Presentations/Publications

Presentations

Closely Held: Ethical Issues that Arise in Small-Business Disputes, North Carolina Bar Association Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Law Section CLE, Cary, NC, February 13, 2020
Appeals Before a Final Judgment: Substantive and Procedural Strategies for Appealing “Final” Decisions, Strafford Publications CLE Webinar, October 17, 2019
North Carolina Business Court Update, 2019 Winter Workshop, North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, Durham, NC, January 25, 2019

Publications

An Insurance-Coverage Dispute Not Worthy of Prime Time: Murphy Brown vs. Its Insurers, The Resource, North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys (May 12, 2020)
This Can’t Be Fair! How Vague Legal Standards Can Fuel Big Damages Against Consumer-Goods Companies, DRI Annual Product Liability Conference (February 9, 2018)
Co-editor, Guide to Appealability of Interlocutory Orders, Appellate Rules Committee of the North Carolina Bar Association
Case Note, Bumpers v. Community Bank of Northern Virginia, Antitrust & Complex Business Dispute News, Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association (December 2013)