Born and raised in Singapore, Erik Lee received a bachelor of arts degree from the National University of Singapore in 1995 with majors in European Studies and Sociology. While in college, Erik spent his summers organizing hiking tours to Nepal and Tibet. Soon after graduating, he moved to Bangkok, Thailand. In 1996, he was hired by Electronic Arts, a NASDAQ-50 company, to start a branch office in Thailand. Here he was responsible for developing the fledging markets in Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. Erik left for San Francisco in 2000 with a dot com business. A former client of the Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, he joined the firm in 2001. Here he assists Mr. Jobe in all aspects of the business side of the practice, helping maintain the firm's delicate balance between business growth and public interest. Erik enjoys Bikram yoga and swimming. Erik has traveled widely across Asia; in 1992 he took a backpack and traveled from Singapore to Moscow overland, detouring in many parts of China. Erik speaks Mandarin and Thai.