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.
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
- Associate Editor, 2021-present
- Research Editor, 2019-2021
- North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys
- Chair, Product Liability Group, 2021-present
- Vice Chair, Product Liability Group, 2020-2021
- North Carolina Bar Association
- Appellate Rules Committee, 2014-present
- Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Law Section, Council Member, 2021-present
- Appellate Practice Section Council, Young Lawyers Division Liaison, 2018-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
- What’s Fair?, Firm Blog, Contributing Author
- 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)
Awards/Recognition
- North Carolina Super Lawyers Magazine, Business Litigation, Rising Stars, 2022
Updates
News Posts
- Ellis & Winters Attorneys Recognized as 2022 Super Lawyers®
- Business North Carolina Announces 2022 Legal Elite Rankings
- Scottie Forbes Lee Appointed to Leadership by ABA Antitrust Law Section
- Scottie Forbes Lee and Michelle Liguori appointed to North Carolina Bar Association leadership positions
- Ellis & Winters Secures Victory in Asbestos Case on Issue of First Impression
Blog Posts
- Does Noerr–Pennington Immunity Apply to State-Law Tort Claims?
- N.C. Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Claims under State Constitution’s Anti-monopoly Clause
- N.C. Supreme Court: Quasi-municipal Corporations Are Immune from State Antitrust and Section 75-1.1 Liability
- Pleading Reliance in Unfair-Trade-Practice Claims Involving North Carolina’s Insurance Laws
- Nota Bene: Promissory Notes Can Be Securities