Bill Lann Lee

Bill Lee
Bill Lee
Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division
	In office; December 15, 1997 – January 20, 2001; Acting: December 15, 1997 – August 4, 2000
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Deval Patrick
Succeeded by	Ralph Boyd
Personal details
Born	February 5, 1949 (age 75); New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Carolyn Yee
Children	3
Education	Yale University (BA); Columbia University (JD)
Chinese name
Chinese	李亮畴
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lǐ Liàngchóu
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Lei5 Loeng6cau4

Bill Lann Lee (born February 5, 1949) is an American civil rights attorney who served as Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton.^[2]

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^ Holmes, Steven A. (June 12, 1997). "Asian-American Is Named To Top Civil Rights Position". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2021.