Lee Wolosky

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Lee Wolosky is a partner in Willkie’s Litigation Department. He is based in the Firm’s New York and Washington, DC offices. Lee is an internationally-recognized litigator and former U.S. ambassador who has counseled Presidents, CEOs, boards of directors, corporations, governments, media leaders, and entertainment figures in significant, high-profile matters. He is known for leading precedent-setting cases related to national security matters and foreign affairs, and for representing high-profile clients in multibillion-dollar litigation, including complex multi-jurisdictional disputes. Prior to joining Willkie in 2025, Lee served as co-Chair of the Litigation Department of an international law firm and also served on that firm's Management Committee. Lee represents both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation, including complex commercial and cross-border disputes and serves as Chair of Willkie’s National Security and Cross Border Litigation Practice Group. In addition to his active litigation practice, he also frequently guides clients through congressional investigations and hearings and recently served as government-appointed Monitor of a tier-one financial institution under three separate consent decrees. Lee has served under four U.S. Presidents in senior legal and national security positions, most recently as Special Counsel to President Biden at the White House. He previously served under President Obama as Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure. President Obama accorded him the personal rank of ambassador in 2016.

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JD, Harvard Law School, 1995; AB, Harvard University (magna cum laude), 1990.

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