Steve R. Lee is an expert in forensic economics / forensic accounting. He specializes in high-stakes, complex commercial matters including fraud investigation, business regulation, class action defense, transaction advisory services, loan workouts, financial services standards, insolvency and reorganization, business strategy, intellectual property and competitive intelligence.
Mr. Lee and his firm recently were litigation consultants and forensic advisors to Discover Card and Morgan Stanley in the largest antitrust commercial damages lawsuit in United States history. The matter settled favorably for Mr. Lee's clients in the amount of US$ 2.8 billion. Mr. Lee and his firm are currently engaged in a number of active fraud and asset recovery operations on behalf of creditors both domestically and abroad.
For more than twenty years, Mr. Lee has specialized in providing management consulting, economic and business analysis and expert advice in the areas of litigation, insolvency, M&A, process improvement, governance, and investigations to leading financial services firms, major industrials, growth companies, troubled enterprises and their counsel. Mr. Lee has provided litigation consulting, expert testifier and other advisory services for disputed matters in the financial services, payment processing, airline, telecommunications, high technology, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, distribution, retail, life sciences, environmental, professional services, oil and gas, and automotive industries. His practice has included matters venued in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Mr. Lee has provided professional services associated with the calculation of damages, antitrust and regulatory matters. He has served the litigation and business needs of creditors, debtors, trustees, examiners and counsel in bankruptcy proceedings including acting as financial advisor, expert testifier and examiner-with-expanded-powers. Mr. Lee has extensive fraud investigation and asset tracing experience. He has led consulting and litigation engagements arising out of bank frauds, Ponzi schemes, securities violations, compromises of corporate and governmental security matters, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Patriot Act and other white-collar crimes.
Mr. Lee is a CMC and a CFE.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: M.Sc. Management
M.A. Economics
B.S. Economics
C.M.C.
C.F.E.
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 22
