Amber S. Lee

Amber S. Lee is a partner at Stoel Rives in Minneapolis who practices energy regulatory law. Lee advises utilities, energy companies, and other clients on ratemaking, public-utility regulation, project permitting, legislative issues, and related disputes. Her work includes matters involving electric and natural gas regulation, generation and transmission projects, resource planning, and energy transactions. She helps clients navigate agency proceedings and policy questions that can affect operations, infrastructure development, investment, and long-term regulatory strategy.

Lee earned a J.D. cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School and a B.A. from the University of Minnesota. Her education supports a practice that requires close analysis of statutes, administrative rules, regulatory records, and energy policy. Her professional background adds practical industry knowledge to that training. She has worked in private practice, consulting, public utility regulatory and legislative affairs, and the Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings, giving her perspective on multiple sides of regulated energy matters.

Lee handles electric and natural gas rate cases, resource planning, project development, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory proceedings affecting public utilities and their customers. She has advised on generation and transmission permitting and on energy standards involving regulatory and legislative requirements. Before returning to private practice, she led an energy consulting business and directed regulatory and legislative affairs for Minnesota utilities. This experience helps her connect legal strategy with the operational realities of regulated energy organizations.

Amber S. Lee serves in professional leadership roles related to administrative law and women in the energy and legal professions. Lee combines regulatory practice with prior utility, consulting, and administrative-hearing experience, allowing her to evaluate legal questions from business, agency, and policy perspectives. She helps clients manage complex regulatory proceedings, plan energy projects, and respond to changing requirements with practical advice grounded in a detailed understanding of utility regulation and the energy sector.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Stoel Rives LLP
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Former Secretary Treasurer, Vice Chair and Chair, Minnesota State Bar Association, Administrative Law Section
• Former Vice Chair, Minneapolis Clean Energy Partnership
• Steering Committee Chair, Women Empowered (2022-Present)

Licensed State

• Minnesota

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD) Cum Laude
• University of Minnesota
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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