Lee Vail is an associate attorney in the New Orleans office of Kean Miller.  He joined the firm in 2010 and practices in the environmental and corporate litigation groups and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana and Wisconsin.  Lee is a registered Patent Attorney and is licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to joining Kean Miller, Lee served as Manager of Environmental Affairs for a worldwide oil and gas company.

Education

Lee earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1978.  He earned his M.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Tulane University in 1983 and his M.B.A. form the University of New Orleans in 1987. Lee earned his J.D., cum laude, in 2010 from the Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, where he was recognized as a Crowe Scholar.  He earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Tulane University in 1990.

Admitted

• Admitted, Louisiana, 2010; United States Patent and Trademark Office

Publications

• Meeting the Great Lake Discharge Challenge:  A Case Study, Environmental Progress, Winter 2000-01 (Volume 19 No. 4).
• A Case Study:  Biodegradation of Refinery Oily Sludge.  Presented at the Air and Waste Management Annual Meeting, Kansas City, June 1992.
• Refiner Biodegrades Separator Type Sludge, Oil and Gas Journal, November 11, 1991.