Speaker Bio

Hon. Matthew D. Lee is an associate judge for the 6th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois. He was appointed to the bench on February 25, 2021. Prior to his appointment, Judge Lee was an attorney and partner in private practice at Meyer Capel, P.C. in Champaign with a focus in criminal defense.

Judge Lee earned a bachelor’s degree with majors in political science and speech communication from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2000 and completed his J.D. at the University of Illinois College of Law in 2003. After graduating from law school, he began his legal career as an Assistant State’s Attorney with the McLean County State’s Attorney’s Office where he remained for over 10 years and prosecuted serious felony cases prior to joining Meyer Capel.

Born in Taiwan as the son of a minister, Judge Lee moved with his family to the United States as an infant and spent his childhood in Minnesota, Saskatchewan and Colorado before settling in Naperville in 1990. He and his wife Jennifer have four sons.