Peter Lee Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Berkeley, CA

• Provide advice and counsel to HR Executives relating to employment and labor issues such as termination and contract interpretation.
• Conduct legal research on employment issues such as the FLSA and FEHA to develop EEO policies, training materials, and employee classification questionnaires.
• Assist supervising attorneys in researching complex labor issues to be argued in appellate briefs.
• Propound and respond to discovery requests and managed large document requests and… Show more
• Propound and respond to discovery requests and managed large document requests and productions.
• Defend public entities from alleged violations of California and Federal labor laws through the drafting of administrative responses and fully preparing and participating in administrative hearings.

Davis, CA

• Administered the employee complaint process, including interpreting policies and contracts, conducting grievance meetings, and drafting decisions in response.
• Prepared administrative hearings and arbitrations as a University advocate.
• Conducted a workplace investigation, including interviewing witnesses and drafting a report on factual, credibility, and UC policy findings.
• Participated in UC system-wide collective bargaining negotiations.
• Advised managers and supervisors… Show more
• Advised managers and supervisors across different departments on labor issues.

UC Davis

• Assisted in above and below the line edits to law review articles.
• Researched issues related to criminal procedure.

Sacramento, California Area

• Prepared and conducted a range of hearings such as preliminary, suppression, and restitution hearings.
• Drafted motions and memoranda regarding investigations and legal issues.
• Appeared regularly and spoke on record at misdemeanor arraignment court to argue various motions.

Elk Grove, CA

• Drafted legal research memos relating to FEHA, Unruh Civil Rights Act, and the Ralph Civil Rights Act.
• Lead investigations and interviews regarding complaints of discrimination.
• Helped prepare attorneys for trial through drafting trial briefs and participating in mock trial.

Sacramento Superior Courthouse

• Conducted research and drafted memoranda regarding a variety of civil, criminal, and writ cases.
• Assisted in preparing jury instructions for trial.

• Litigation Specialist II April 2012-April 2013
• Received the Gold Award for exceeding goals and all around excellence.
• Managed a portfolio of over two hundred mortgage related court cases.
• Prepared and proofread legal documents to ensure accuracy prior to filing.
• Formulated strategy with in-house counsel to bring high-risk cases to resolution.Intake Litigation Specialist II… Show more Litigation Specialist II April 2012-April 2013
• Formulated strategy with in-house counsel to bring high-risk cases to resolution.Intake Litigation Specialist II April 2010-April 2012

Law

Activities and Societies: Co-President, APALSA- Asian Pacific American Law Student Association 2015-2016 General Member, King Hall Labor.

Aba Certified Paralegal Certificate, Paralegal Studies Corporations/Litigation

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science/English