Attorneys Charles D. Lee

Direct Line: 620.694.6108

Cell: 620.727.4747

Chuck Lee is a partner resident in the firm's Hutchinson office. His practice is focused on representation of banks, business and agribusiness enterprises in business and litigation matters, including mergers & acquisitions. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Kansas and Colorado.

Chuck has made presentations at the American Bar Association annual meeting on franchising issues and at meetings and seminars sponsored by the Kansas Bar Association on the rights and liabilities of corporation officers and directors, Uniform Commercial Code issues, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation and third party opinion letters.He is the author of numerous articles on business law issues, including a chapter in the Kansas Corporation Law and Practice Handbook devoted to a discussion of the rights and liabilities of corporate shareholders, officers and directors and an article in the American Bar Association Journal on business acquisitions.

Mr. Lee has been inducted as a Fellow by the Litigation Counsel of America. The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation. He has also been named a Kansas-Missouri Super Lawyer.

Chuck is active in bar association activities and has served the Kansas Bar Association as a member of the Board of Editors for the Journal of the Kansas Bar Association and as the President of the Corporation, Business and Banking Law Section and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kansas Bar Foundation. He is also a member of the American Bar Association and has worked as the Co-Chair of the Business, Business Opportunities and Commercial Law Committee of the Association's General Practice Section. He has for many years been a member of the ABA's Business Section and Litigation Section.

In the community, Mr. Lee has served on the Board of the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce; as the Chair of the Hutchinson Recreation Commission; the Chair of the Hutchinson Art Association and as a member of the Board of the Reno County Museum/Kansas Underground Salt Museum.

Principal Areas of Practice

Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Business, Banking and Corporation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Agricultural Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights

Bar Admissions

Kansas
Colorado
10th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court For The District Of Kansas

Professional Memberships, Affiliations and Honors

Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America www.litcounsel.org
Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer www.superlawyers.com
American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Business, Business Opportunities and Commercial Law Committee, General Practice Section 1991 - 1992, 1996 to 2004); Member, Business Section, Litigation Section, Labor and Employment Law Section www.abanet.org
Kansas Bar Association (Member, Board of Editors, Journal of the Kansas Bar Association 1991 to 2003; President, Corporation, Business and Banking Law Section 2005) www.ksbar.org
American Arbitration Association (Panel of Arbitrators, Complex Commercial and Securities, 1987 to present) www.adr.org
Fellow Silver, Kansas Bar Foundation www.ksbar.org/public/kbf
Member, Board of Trustees, Kansas Bar Foundation http://www.ksbar.org/public/kbf/bot.shtml

Publications

"Managing the Process - Sales of Closely-Held Business Entities," in the American Bar Association Journal (July 1999)
Co-author, Kansas Corporation Law and Practice (4th Edition, 1997) ("Rights, Obligations and Liabilities of Promoters, Stockholders, Officers, Directors and Successor Corporations")
"The Kansas Venue Statute: Where Does A Cause Of Action Arise?", 64 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association No. 6, 20 (1995)
"When Professionals Collide-Lawyers' Responses to Auditors' Requests", 61 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association No. 2, 27 (1992)
"The Auditor Cometh", The ABA Compleat Lawyer, No. 3, 18, 199
"Private Financing for Small Businesses", 58 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association No. 9, 15, (1989)
"Equipment Leases Under The Uniform Commercial Code", 57 Journal of the Kansas Bar Association No. 1, 27, (1988)

Seminar Presentations

Acquiring or Selling the Privately Held Company. 2010, Kansas Bar Association, Kansas City;
Revised Article 9, Kansas Bar Association Annual Meeting, 2006
Negotiating and Drafting Business Acquisition Agreements, Kansas Bar Association Corporation Law VideoCast Seminar, 2005;
Growth of the Family Business - Growth Capital and Executive Compensation, 2001 Kansas Bar Association, Kansas.
Kansas Corporation Law, 1998 Kansas Bar Association, Kansas and Washington D.C. (Satellite)
Third Party Opinion Letters, 1995 Kansas Bar Association Business Institute, Wichita
Franchise Law, 1991 American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta

Community Involvement

Past Member, Board of Directors, Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce, www.hutchchamber.com
Member and Chair, Hutchinson Recreation Commission, www.hutchrec.com
Past Member, Board of Directors, Reno County Museum/Kansas Underground Salt Museum, www.undergroundmuseum.org
Past Member and Chair, Board of Directors, Hutchinson Art Association, www.hutchinsonartcenter.com
Member, Hutchinson Trails Committee

Education

Washburn University (J.D., 1979)
Phi Delta Phi
University of Kansas (B.G.S., 1976)
Pi Sigma Alpha