Born Wilmington, North Carolina, November 4, 1944; admitted to Bar, 1976, North Carolina.

EDUCATION: The Citadel (B.S., 1966); John Marshall Law School (J.D., with distinction, 1976). Associate Editor, The John Marshall Journal, 1975-1976. President, Fifth District Bar, 1995. Certified Mediator, and Arbitrator.

PROFESSIONAL: North Carolina Bar Association; North Carolina State Bar; North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers. Lee has been certified as a mediator since 1993 and was a member of the Duke Private Adjudication Center panel of mediators for five years. Mr. Crouch has an active mediation practice, he regularly participates in mediation training programs and is an arbitrator with The Arbitration Group. He has been active in local and state bar organizations, having served as president of the Fifth Judicial District Bar in 1995, and currently serving as secretary of the Construction Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association.

AREAS OF PRACTICE: Federal Civil Litigation; Construction Litigation. The types of cases he has litigated over the years include annexation, civil rights, condemnation, environmental, commercial contract and business disputes, insurance coverage, nursing and hospital malpractice, lender liability, products liability, real estate, trade practices, land use and zoning disputes. Since 1995 he has emphasized construction-related litigation and was named a member of the 2003 Legal Elite in the January 2003 issue of Business North Carolina.