Professor Lee is a nationally-recognized scholar in both legal ethics and intellectual property law. Within the field of legal ethics, Lee examines the extent to which lawyer codes and disciplinary procedures promote ethical practice and protect the public. Their work in intellectual property law explores the outer limits of trademark protection and the lawyer’s role in trademark prosecution. Lee's articles have been published in the Minnesota Law Review, Boston College Law Review, North Carolina Law Review, George Washington Law Review, BYU Law Review, Cardozo Law Review, and Tulane Law Review, among others.
In 2024, Lee received the Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship in Professional Responsibility, awarded to the outstanding article in the field. In 2023, his co-authored work on Sound Marks was selected for the Harvard-Penn-NYU Trademarks and Unfair Competition Roundtable.
Professor Lee is a member of the LGBTQ+ community, having grown up homeless as a queer youth, and is also a person with a disability.