Patricia Lee | |
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Justice of the
Nevada Supreme Court Seat F | |
Assumed office November 21, 2022 | |
Appointed by | Steve Sisolak |
Preceded by | Abbi Silver |
Personal details | |
Born | Patricia Thompson 1974 or 1975 (age 48–49) [1] South Korea |
Education |
University of Southern California (
BA) George Washington University ( JD) |
Patricia Lee (born 1974 or 1975) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Nevada Supreme Court since 2022.
Lee was born in South Korea to an African American military father and a native Korean mother. [2] [3] She graduated from Lompoc High School in 1993. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and communications from the University of Southern California in 1997 [4] and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School in 2002. [5]
From 2002 to 2022, Lee worked at the law firm Hutchison & Steffen, becoming partner in 2009. [6]
In October 2022, Lee was one of six applicants for the vacancy on the Nevada Supreme Court. [1] [7] On November 21, 2022, Governor Steve Sisolak appointed Lee as a justice of the Nevada Supreme Court to fill the seat left by the resignation of Justice Abbi Silver. [6] [8] She is the first African American woman and the first Asian American to serve on the Nevada Supreme Court. [2] [9]
Lee married her husband Ronnie in 2006 and they have two children. [6]