LeRoy C. (Lee) Paddock

LeRoy C. (Lee) Paddock is in his second stint as a Visiting Scholar for ELI. He was a Visiting Scholar from 1999-2002 working on issues related to the Clean Air Act acid rain program and environmental enforcement issues. He is also co-editor of the ELI book on Next Generation Compliance and Enforcement and co-author of a March 2019 ELR News & Analysis article on citizen science. Lee’s current work at ELI focuses on the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement, serving as Managing Director for the organization for which ELI is the host organization. He is also working with ELI on the ELI/George Washington University Law School “Reimagining Environmental Law” project.

Lee was Associate Dean for Environmental Law Studies at The George Washington University Law School from 2007-2019, Director of Environmental Law Programs at Pace University School of Law from 2002-2007, and an Assistant Attorney General for the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office from 1978-1999 where he was Director of Environmental Policy for several years. Lee continues to teach at GW Law part-time as a Distinguished Professorial Lecturer of Environmental Law. He also is a member of the Academic Advisory Group on Energy for the International Bar Association’s Section on Environment, Energy, Resources, and Infrastructure Law. He is also the Secretary of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources Council.

Lee holds a degree in American History from the University of Michigan and his law degree is from the University of Iowa. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable Donald Lay of the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.