Speaker: Stephen Lee - Law Office of Stephen Chahn Lee, LLC
Topic: How Data Can Help You Help Attorneys
Description: CFEs are useful resources to attorneys. The speaker will provide case examples from his experience as a trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor to explain how forensic analysts and consultants can help attorneys utilize data in their cases. The presenter will explain how data can be used to: evaluate and design better cases; corroborate or impeach witnesses; make points that no witness may be testifying about; and avoid problems that could blow up.
CPE: 1 hour
CPE credits are based on a 50-minute hour. CPE is offered through the ACFE as well as the Accountancy Board of Ohio (sponsor number CPE.00467). Attendees must attend 50 minutes of the meeting and answer 3 polling questions during the meeting to validate attendance.
Learning Objectives: Promotion of improved fraud detection and deterrence and through expansion of knowledge in relation to the session's topic.
Prerequisites: None
Speaker Bio:
Stephen Chahn Lee's career journey combines the law, journalism, and medicine. Stephen was a pre-med student in college but switched to journalism and the law due to his love of those areas. He worked for major news organizations, two large law firms, and the federal government before starting his solo practice in 2022.
As an Assistant United States Attorney and in his former practices, Stephen excelled in high-profile cases and public service that impacted the legal landscape. He served as the senior counsel to the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office’s health care fraud unit, helping advise and train prosecutors and law-enforcement agents. He also advised Medicare’s Center for Program Integrity on ways to deter fraud, waste and abuse more efficiently. In his former practices, Stephen worked on large internal investigations, one of the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations, and a high-profile defamation suit.
Beyond his professional achievements, Stephen's creative ventures and community involvement include writing an analysis of the Sherlock Holmes stories that led to his induction in the oldest Sherlock Holmes literary society, organizing events about Asian-American legal history, and serving on the boards of bar associations in Chicago.
Now residing in Chicago with his family, Stephen continues to influence through his legal practice, writing, and volunteer work.
