Lee Wolosky

Lee Wolosky is a partner in Willkie’s Litigation Department. He is based in the Firm’s New York and Washington, DC offices and serves as Chair of the National Security and Cross Border Litigation Practice Group.

Lee is an internationally-recognized litigator and former U.S. ambassador who has counseled Presidents, CEOs, boards of directors, corporations, governments, media leaders, and entertainment figures in significant, high-profile matters. He is known for leading precedent-setting cases related to national security matters and foreign affairs, and for representing high-profile clients in multibillion-dollar litigation, including complex multi-jurisdictional disputes.

Lee represents both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation, including complex commercial and cross-border disputes. His experience includes suits and investigations concerning terrorism and state-sponsored hacking along with suits involving the Anti-Terrorism Act, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, the invocation of the state secrets doctrine, corrupt payments, money laundering, the Foreign Agents Registration Act, and the espionage laws. He has led some of the most high-profile matters in recent years, having successfully resolved numerous multibillion-dollar civil disputes, regulatory proceedings, and governmental investigations, and he recently served as government-appointed Monitor of a tier-one financial institution under three separate consent decrees. He also frequently guides clients through congressional investigations and hearings.

Lee has served under four U.S. Presidents in senior legal and national security positions, most recently as Special Counsel to President Biden at the White House. He previously served under President Obama as Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure. Under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Lee served as director of Transnational Threats on the National Security Council. President Obama accorded him the personal rank of ambassador.