Otto Lee | |||||||||||
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Santa Clara County Supervisor from District 3 | |||||||||||
Assumed office 2020 | |||||||||||
Preceded by | Dave Cortese | ||||||||||
Mayor of Sunnyvale, California | |||||||||||
In office 2006–2007 | |||||||||||
Member of the Sunnyvale City Council | |||||||||||
In office 2003–2011 | |||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||
Born | British Hong Kong | July 29, 1967||||||||||
Political party | Democratic | ||||||||||
Alma mater | UC Berkeley (B.S.) UC Hastings College of the Law (J.D.) Leiden University (LL.M.) | ||||||||||
Occupation | Patent attorney | ||||||||||
Military service | |||||||||||
Allegiance | United States of America | ||||||||||
Branch/service | United States Navy | ||||||||||
Years of service | 1989–1991, 2003, 2009–2010 (active) 1991–2018 (reserve) | ||||||||||
Rank | Commander | ||||||||||
Unit | Navy Supply Corps | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | Gulf War Operation Noble Eagle Operation Iraqi Freedom | ||||||||||
Awards | Bronze Star | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 李洲曉 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 李洲晓 | ||||||||||
Jyutping | Lei5 Zau1 Hiu2 | ||||||||||
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Otto Oswald Lee (born July 29, 1967) is a Hong Kong-born American politician, attorney, and military veteran who was a Sunnyvale, California city council member from 2003 to 2011,[1] before which he was on the Planning Commission, which he chaired from 2000 to 2001. From 2005 to 2006 he was vice mayor, and from 2006 to 2007 he was the 57th mayor of Sunnyvale.[2] He is a patent attorney, and a co-founder and partner of the Intellectual Property Law Group LLP.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Lee served in the U.S. Navy as a supply corps officer. He was a commander in the United States Naval Reserve and the executive officer of a Naval Aircraft Carriers Reserve unit based in San Diego.[3]