Christopher J. Lee

Associate Counsel at Lyft, Inc.

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Chris is an attorney on the Litigation & Risk team at Lyft, where he provides legal advice to mitigate risk and manages ongoing commercial disputes across various jurisdictions. Prior to Lyft, Chris was an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, where he worked on litigation, trial, and counseling teams representing clients such as Meta, Microsoft, IQVIA, Synopsys, AliExpress, Apple, Workday, TikTok, Take-Two Interactive, and the University of Maryland Medical System. Chris earned his J.D. from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, where he was an editor on the Northwestern University Law Review and graduated cum laude. He earned his A.B. in English Literature and History from Duke University, where he received the Cassell/Saperstein Trinity Scholarship, which covered the full cost of attendance, and graduated magna cum laude.

Experience

  • Associate Counsel, Litigation & Risk at Lyft
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Litigation Associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
    May 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Litigation Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Sep 2021 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • Associate Editor at Northwestern University Law Review
    Aug 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs

  • Student Attorney at Center on Wrongful Convictions
    Aug 2020 - May 2021 · 10 mos