Lee C. Mulligan

– ATTORNEY AT LAW –

Lee Mulligan is a native of Ohio, and is married to Thomas Mulligan, President of Summit Title Insurance in Hendersonville, NC. They have one son, Paul Morse, who lives in New Jersey along with his wife, Anna Pond, and their son, Sebastian.

Lee has been practicing law with Strauss Attorneys, PLLC since 1999 and is the managing attorney of the Hendersonville office. Prior to joining Strauss, she practiced in the areas of corporate law, environmental law and anti-trust compliance in New York and New Jersey.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

• Estate Planning
• Charitable Planning
• Trust & Probate Administration
• Business Formation & Succession
• Special Collection & Hard to Value Assets
• Pet & Equine Trusts

BAR ADMISSIONS

• New York, 1977
• District of Columbia, 1978
• New Jersey, 1991
• North Carolina, 2000

EDUCATION

• J.D., New York Law School, New York, New York, 1977
• B.A., New York University, 1971

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Member, New York Bar Association
• Member, North Carolina Bar Association
• Member, Past President, Land of Sky Estate Planning Council
• Past President, Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and the Folk Artists Foundation
• Past President of the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design

PAST EMPLOYMENT

• Ladas, Perry, Von Gehr, Goldsmith and Des Champs, New York, NY, Associate Attorney
• Schering-Plough Corporation, New Jersey, Legal Director
• Mulligan & Mulligan, Attorneys, Somerville, NJ, Partner
• Blue Ridge Community College Foundation, Executive Director
• Thoms Health Services Foundation, Executive Vice President

PRO BONO ACTIVITIES

• Numerous non-profit board service in New Jersey and North Carolina