Lee received his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi School of Law, and a Bachelor of Science in History from the University of West Alabama. While in law school he was a Moot Court Board member, and was the co-champion of the Mississippi Moot Court Competition, as well as a Student Editor on the Journal of Space Law.
Prior to forming his own law practice, he clerked for Judges R.I. Prichard, Michael Eubanks, and Prentiss G. Harrell in the Fifteenth Circuit Court District. He is also a junior officer in the United States Coast Guard Reserve assigned to Sector New Orleans.