Elizabeth Lee is the new Managing Partner of Womble Bond Dickinson’s Washington, D.C. office, effective Feb. 1, 2018. Lee, a real estate finance lawyer who has practiced at the firm since 1989, also currently serves as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law.

Lee’s practice includes guiding life insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions through complex secured lending transactions. Clients rely on her to structure and negotiate eight- and nine-figure commercial real estate loans in the D.C. area and across the country. In the community, Lee serves as Senior Warden of Grace Episcopal Church, and recently helped lead that historic building’s award-winning restoration project.

As Office Managing Partner, Lee will lead a team of40 lawyers and 72total team members.

She replaces long-time Womble Bond Dickinson D.C. Office Managing Partner Pam Rothenberg, who led the D.C. office for the last 13 years. During her tenure, Pam worked to establish a collaborative and innovative office culture. She started Operation Access, which was an initiative where Womble lawyers provided legal and business guidance to existing or aspiring entrepreneurs in the Washington, D.C. region. She also introduced Womble to the Gallup Organization and engaged the entire DC office as the first to undertake Strengths-Based Training. Pam has been instrumental in initiating and building the Firm’s relationship with the Association of Corporate Counsel National Capital Region. She will continue to grow her award-winning Commercial Real Estate practice and will continue to lead the Impact Economy business, which she founded at the firm. In August 2011, Rothenberg led the D.C. Office’s move to its current location at 1200 Nineteenth Street, giving the firm a modern, efficient space in the heart of downtown.

“I am honored to be entrusted by my colleagues with leading the Washington, D.C. office,” Lee said. “Pam did an outstanding job as Office Managing Partner, fostering an environment focused on client service and innovation. I intend to continue thatwork in helping Womble Bond Dickinson grow and thrive as part of the Washington community.”

About Womble Bond Dickinson

Womble Bond Dickinson is a transatlantic law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers based in 27 UK and US office locations. The firm provides core legal services including: Commercial, Corporate, Employment, Pensions, Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Finance, Banking, Restructuring, Insolvency, IP, Technology and Data, Private Wealth, Projects, Construction and Infrastructure, Real Estate and Regulatory Law.

Womble Bond Dickinson has a particular focus on eleven key sectors: Energy & Natural Resources, Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Retail & Consumer, Transport & Infrastructure, Pharmaceuticals Biotechnology & Life Sciences, Communications & Technology and Private Wealth.

The firm’s UK offices are in Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Plymouth and Southampton. The US offices are in Atlanta; Baltimore; Boston; Los Angeles, Orange County, Palo Alto and Sunnyvale, Calif.; Wilmington, Del; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park and Winston-Salem, N.C.; Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, S.C.; Charlottesville and Tysons, Va.; and Washington, D.C.

Through the firm’s association with Lex Mundi, the world’s largest association of independent law firms, Womble Bond Dickinson also can offer clients access to quality-tested local counsel in more than 120 countries.