{"id":213,"date":"2016-08-29T18:23:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T23:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richardvleeattorney.com\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2023-03-31T21:15:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T02:15:33","slug":"our-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/richardvleeattorney.com\/?page_id=213","title":{"rendered":"Our Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nRick and Christina, our anniversary June 2017<\/span><\/h4>\n

Richard V. Lee:<\/span>\u00a0 Rick is originally from So. California.\u00a0 After high school, he spend 10 1\/2 years in the Unites States Air Force.\u00a0 His tour of duty in the military took him from California to England, and then to Oklahoma.\u00a0 After he left the Air Force he completed college and law school.\u00a0 He graduated from the U of Oklahoma with a Doctorate of Law in 1988 and immediately set up a private practice.\u00a0 He relocated his private practice from Oklahoma to Florida in 1995.\u00a0 He has been practicing law for 35 years.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

He has maintained a general law practice and is well versed in all the areas of practice listed on the<\/span> Home<\/a> page over his career.\u00a0 He has been married to his Wife, Christina, for over 50 years.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

His community involvement includes:\u00a0 An active member, a Deacon, and an Advisory Director to the Board\u00a0 at The Family Church at Christian Retreat, and playing guitar on the Worship Team there for 23 years.\u00a0 Other community involvement includes a Director on the Boards of Brocks Upper Room, Inc., Heart of Mercy Ministries, Inc., Love-Link Ministries, Inc., Elisha Company of Prophets, Inc., Gospel Crusade International, Inc.\u00a0 Previously held Director’s positions include Dietz Ministries, Inc., and Manatee County Cultural Alliance, Inc., <\/span><\/strong>Secretary of Ruach Ministries, Inc., and of Ruach Ministerial Fellowship, Inc.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In his spare time Rick tinkers in his wood shop designing and building guitars mostly for himself, he is an avid gardener and an herbalist, loves raising super hot peppers and making his own extremely hot, hot sauce from his peppers.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Christina (Tina) M. Lee:<\/span>\u00a0 Christina is also originally from So. California.\u00a0\u00a0 She met Rick in December 1971 at a Youth Choir Snow Camp Retreat.\u00a0 They were married in June 1972.\u00a0 Christina is the law office administrator, Rick’s Legal Assistant, the bankruptcy legal specialist, and the 501(c)(3) Application for Exempt Organization Status specialist.\u00a0\u00a0 She has worked in the law practice with Rick since 1989, and works closely with the clients.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Christina graduated from Western Oklahoma State College with a degree in Jewelry Design in 1986.\u00a0 She was a stay at home mom while their children were young.\u00a0 Christina has been involved in the local arts community in Bradenton for many years, a member former member of Art Center Manatee, Inc. and the Crochet Guild of America, Inc., The Glass Dragons, Inc. (a group of glass artists).\u00a0 She owned and operated her own art gallery, Lee Shore Gallery, in the Village of the Arts, in Bradenton from March 2007 – December 2010.
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Her community involvement includes:\u00a0 Current Board of Directors positions on Brocks Upper Room, Inc., Heart of Mercy Ministries, Inc., and pHealth, Inc.\u00a0 Previously was an Advisory Director on the Board of Manatee County Cultural Alliance, Inc., and held both Director and Treasurer’s positions on the Board of the Artist Guild of Manatee, Inc., Treasurer of The Glass Dragons, Inc., and the President of Lee Creations, Inc.\u00a0 Over her 28 years in Bradenton, she has ran the sound for the television cameras, sung on the Worship Team, and has been the overhead projection computer technician at The Family Church at Christian Retreat.\u00a0 Christina also teaches art classes out of her home art studio, Lee Shore Studio, and designs and sells her one-of-a-kind original Jewelry designs in fused glass and handmade glass (lampwork) beads, her original design hand painted silks, weavings and other fiber arts locally and on the web, http:\/\/www.christinamleedesigns.com<\/a>
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Rick and Christina have 2 wonderful children, 2 very special children-in-law, 7 grandchildren, and 12 great grand children.\u00a0 They feel very blessed indeed.\u00a0 Christina loves teaching art to their children, grandchildren and great grand children.\u00a0 Rick and Christina love spending time with their family and spoiling their grandchildren.\u00a0 They love kayaking the many beautiful Florida waterways with their best friends, their children and grandchildren, and they love the Florida beaches.\u00a0 Here are a couple of pics for your enjoyment of a recent kayaking adventure on the Braden River, from Linger Lodge to Jiggs Landing:
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