Ms. Jee is a Partner with Jones Mayer. She has been a Certified Appellate Law Specialist since 2018. Her primary practice areas are civil and appellate litigation, as well as land use and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). She acts as deputy city attorney for various cities, advising elected officials and staff in all areas of municipal law, including contracts, code enforcement, inverse condemnation, elections, administrative hearings, franchises, state and federal compliance, drafting municipal codes, etc. Ms. Jee specializes in appeals, and has significant experience with complex litigation cases, including CEQA, police litigation, writs, nuisance, land use, and many other civil actions brought against city and agency clients. She has successfully concluded numerous cases by pre-trial motions and settlement. She has briefed and argued many cases at the appellate level, participating in numerous cases with published opinions, whether representing a party to the litigation or on behalf of amicus curiae. She has researched, briefed, argued and/or supervised more than 30 appeals, with either published or unpublished opinions. She has briefed as amicus curiae numerous matters brought to the United States Supreme Court for review and prepared more than a dozen other amicus curiae briefs in State appellate courts.
Ms. Jee is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts within the State of California, and she is also admitted to practice, since 2008, in the State of Texas.
Ms. Jee has been with Jones Mayer for more than twenty years. She graduated magna cum laude from Whittier College, School of Law in 1998 and was admitted to practice law in the State of California the same year. She received a certificate of academic focus in Children’s Law and was a Fellow of Whittier Law School’s Center for Children’s Rights. She enjoys creative writing, running and spending time with her children.