DIANA JESSUP LEE

dlee@rppmh.com

Diana Jessup Lee’s law practice emphasizes business disputes and litigation, particularly in connection with real estate, lease and landlord tenant issues, probate and trust litigation, partnership and corporate dissolutions, contract disputes, collection matters, and creditor representation in civil and bankruptcy courts.  She also handles commercial and residential leasing and sales transactions.  Additionally, Diana has received extensive training as a mediator and has served as a mediator for the Sacramento Mediation Center, the Santa Barbara County Court and the Santa Barbara Community Mediation Center.   

Diana graduated from UCLA in 1979.  After working as a senior litigation paralegal, Diana returned to law school and graduated from the University of California at Davis in 1991, graduating Order of the Coif.  Diana was an associate with the law firm of Schramm & Raddue in Santa Barbara before she joined the law firm of Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy when it was founded in 1996, and became a partner six months later.  She served as the firm's Managing Partner for three years.

During the course of her practice, Diana has been active in the Santa Barbara community serving as a member of the Boards of Directors of Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, Girsh Park and Young Life, the Regional Advisory Board for Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, a judge for Teen Court (a diversionary sentencing program for juveniles with pending criminal matters), and an elder at her church.  Diana spent a year at the University of Mexico in Mexico City and is conversant in Spanish.