Youli Lee

Lecturer in Law
B.S., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
J.D., Boston University School of Law

Youli Lee has served with distinction as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. As a prosecutor in the Criminal Division, Ms. Lee has extensively briefed and argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Consequently, Ms. Lee has a broad knowledge of the federal and local criminal-appeals systems. Ms. Lee has successfully briefed a myriad of issues before both courts, including allegations of unlawful search and seizure, claims of Miranda violations and custodial interrogation, ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims, challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence, habeas petitions, claims of prosecutorial misconduct and trial-court error, evidentiary objections, allegations of Sixth Amendment Crawford violations, Innocence Protection Act and Jencks Act claims, jurisdictional challenges, allegations of improper jury selection and voir dire, and illegal-sentencing claims.

Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Ms. Lee was an associate in the Intellectual Property section of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, LLP, in New York, New York, where her practice primarily consisted of patent litigation and prosecution.  While at Stroock, Ms. Lee's trial team litigated a patent-infringement case that resulted in the award of one of the largest patent judgments in 2002.  Ms. Lee also prosecuted patent applications relating to technology dealing with the biochemical arts, as well as mechanical, electrical, and biomedical engineering. 

In 2002, Ms. Lee co-authored "Centralizing Congressional Oversight: The Need for a Select Committee on Terrorism," which was published in Perspectives on Preparedness, a publication of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.  From 2003 to 2004, Ms. Lee served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Division - Judge Advocate General of the New York Guard, where she was awarded two citations for meritorious service. 

Ms. Lee received her J.D. in 2001 from Boston University School of Law.  Ms. Lee also received a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University in 1996.