Hon. Clayton R. Lee is an associate judge for the 14th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois in Rock Island County. He joined the bench in 2017.
The 14th Judicial Circuit Court includes Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, and Whiteside Counties.
Prior to beginning his judicial career, Lee practiced alongside his father, Graham J. Lee, at Lee & Lee Attorneys in East Moline, having joined the firm in 2003. The firm was first started by his grandfather several decades earlier. As a general practitioner, Lee handled contracts, real estate, civil litigation, collections, landlord/tenant law, probate, estate planning, municipal law, felony and misdemeanor defense, and juvenile law matters.
He received a bachelor’s degree from St. Ambrose University in 1999. Lee went on to complete a J.D. at Northern Illinois University College of Law in 2002.
A native of East Moline, he and his wife, Lindsay, have three children. His sister, Meeghan Lee, served as the State’s Attorney in Mercer County.