Adam R. Lee is a skilled litigator and appellate attorney with substantial experience representing municipalities, businesses and individuals in various venues. Adam also serves the communities of Downtown Auburn and New Auburn in the Maine House of Representatives. While serving as a member of the legislature, Adam continues to practice of counsel at the firm in the areas of civil rights, employment, municipal, administrative and government law. He is as comfortable arguing cases to the Maine Supreme Court as he is advising planning boards in small Maine towns.  

Adam’s first legal job was clerking for Justices Jabar, Marden, Mills and Nivison at the Maine Superior Court. Since 2008, he has practiced at firms in Lewiston/Auburn. He also served as in-house counsel and primary litigation attorney for the City of Portland where, in addition to litigating several cases in Federal and State Courts, he provided in-house advice, guidance and representation to the Zoning Board of Appeals, Building Inspections/Code Enforcement Division, Business Licensing, and Fire Department. In this capacity, he built a new and successful housing inspection protocol in the wake of a destructive and dangerous fire in the City.     

Adam earned his Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of Texas, at Austin and his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Vermont Law School. He and his wife, Heidi, live in Auburn with their young son. When he’s not working, serving, hanging out with his son, traveling, or volunteering, he’s running (slowly) in an attempt to reach the goal of running a 5K in all 50 states before age 50.