Alison Renee Lee
Alison Lee | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Alma mater | Vassar College Tulane University |
Alison Renee Lee (born 1958) is a South Carolina Circuit Judge in the Fifth Judicial Circuit and is a nominee for United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Biography
Lee was born in 1958 in Washington, D.C.[1] She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979 from Vassar College. She received her Juris Doctorate in 1982 from Tulane Law School. She served as a law clerk for Judge Israel M. Augustine, Jr. on the Louisiana Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit from 1982 to 1983 and as a law clerk for Judge C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr. on the South Carolina Court of Appeals from 1983 to 1984. From 1984 to 1989, she practiced civil litigation with the McNair Law Firm. From 1989 to 1994, she worked as a staff counsel for the South Carolina Legislative Counsel. From 1994 to 1999, she served as an administrative law judge in South Carolina. Since 1999, she has served as a Circuit Judge in South Carolina's Fifth Judicial Circuit. In that role, she presides over both criminal and civil trials and handles appeals in municipal, magistrate and zoning cases.[2]
In 2013, Lee lowered the bail of two career criminals, who ended up murdering someone. One of the victims, Kelly Hunnewell, was a mother of four childern, aged 5 to 13.
Nomination to district court
On June 26, 2013, President Obama nominated Lee to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, to the seat being vacated by Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, who is taking senior status on October 3, 2013. Her nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[2]
References
  | This American law–related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |