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Lee, Bethany Mito

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Bethany Mito Lee is a partner in Lee & Lee, PS. Prior to founding the firm with Nelson K.H. Lee in 2010, she practiced in Washington, D.C. with Crowell & Moring LLP as a counsel in the antitrust group. Ms. Mito Lee has focused on litigation and counseling throughout her legal career, advising clients from a broad range of industries, including but not limited to the health care, technology, government contracts, telecommunications, energy and transportation industries. Ms. Mito Lee has over a decade of immigration law experience specializing in family-based, employment-based, and investment-based visas including EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, L-1, E-1/2, H-1B, O-1, etc. In addition, she has served as pro bono counsel in asylum and trafficking cases involving complex immigration issues.

Published Works

  • ABA Section of Antitrust Law, State Antirust Practice and Statutes (4th Ed. 2009) – Nebraska

Representative Cases

  • Defense of a subcontractor accused of multi-million dollar RICO violations by a government contractor that supports U.S. military bases overseas.
  • Defense of a large hospital system involved in Cason-Merenda, et al. v. Detroit Medical Center, et al. (E.D.Mich. 2008), a class action brought by registered nurses against hospital employers, alleging a conspiracy to depress wages and exchange competitively-sensitive compensation information in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
  • Defense of a Class I railroad in a nationwide antitrust class action litigation (D.D.C. 2008), alleging a Section 1 conspiracy to fix the fuel surcharges that are applied to freight rail services.
  • Defense of an egg producer in re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation, a class action against the United Egg Producer cooperative and its members.
  • Provision of counseling to Capper-Volstead exempt cooperatives on structuring their organizations, conduct of the organizations and members, and responses to federal and state inquiries pertaining to the same.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Bars of the District of Columbia , Member
  • Maryland Bar, Member
  • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • American Bar Association – Antitrust (Vice Chair of Daily Digest Committee) and Litigation Sections, Minority Trial Lawyer Committee

Past Employment Positions

  • Crowell & Moring LLP, Counsel

Languages

  • English
  • Mandarin Chinese
  • Japanese

Fraternities/Sororities

  • Phi Beta Kappa

Areas Of Practice

  • Criminal
  • Immigration

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia, 2003
  • Maryland
  • U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of International Trade
  • Washington
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
  • Supreme Court of the United States of America

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
    • J.D. - 2003
  • Princeton University
    • A.B. - 2000
    • Honors: summa cum laude
    • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
    • Major: English
  • Lakeside School, Class of 1996

CRIMINAL DEFENSE »

We defend people from crimes such as marijuana growth and distribution, DUI, white collar crimes, robbery and assault, domestic violence, as well as crimes affecting immigration status and deportation.

CIVIL LITIGATION »

We can assist you with forfeiture cases when you've been accused of illegal activity and the government seizes your assets. We also represent breach of contract and tort claims.

IMMIGRATION LAW »

We handle deportation and criminal cases. Our immigration attorneys have the experience to solve complex visa issues, focusing on business and investor immigration concerns.

PERSONAL INJURY »

We represent people injured by the negligent acts of others, including motor vehicle accidents, sex abuse such as human trafficking, medical malpractice and wrongful death cases.