Rachel Lee
Overview
Rachel Lee is an associate in Crowell & Moring’s San Francisco office, where she practices in the Litigation and the Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources groups.
Career & Education
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Judicial Extern, 2024 - Superior Court of San Francisco County
Judicial Extern, 2020 - Department of Justice: U.S. Attorneys' Office
Central District of California, Criminal & National Security Extern, 2023
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- Bark & Co Solicitors, Intern, 2021
- Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association, Family and Guardianship Unit Intern, 2021
- Boston Court Service Center, Intern, 2020-2021
- University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2025
- Boston University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2022
- California
- Cantonese
Rachel's Insights
Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.09.26
UCMR 6: EPA Sidesteps Microplastics, For Now
On July 1, 2026, EPA proposed the sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 6), which will require public water systems (PWS) to monitor 30 unregulated contaminants — including certain PFAS chemicals — but not microplastics. For now, EPA is using other tools, such as the Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), to learn more about microplastics before requiring PWSs to monitor for them.
Client Alert | 4 min read | 06.04.26
Surveillance Pricing Update: California’s Sweeping AB 2564 Passes Assembly and Heads to Senate
Client Alert | 5 min read | 06.01.26
California Court Upholds Insurer’s Duty to Defend After Covered Claim Is Dismissed
Insights
State AG News: Deceptive Practices, Privacy Violations, Antitrust Lawsuit (May 8-14, 2026)
|05.15.26
Crowell & Moring's State AG Blog
Landmark Verdicts Against Meta and YouTube Signal New Era of Social Media Platform Liability
|04.01.26
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
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03.06.26
Crowell & Moring’s State AG Blog
State AG News: Consumer Protection Enforcement, Federal Funding, AI (December 18-24, 2025)
|12.30.25
Crowell & Moring’s State AG Blog
Industries
Rachel's Insights
Client Alert | 4 min read | 07.09.26
UCMR 6: EPA Sidesteps Microplastics, For Now
On July 1, 2026, EPA proposed the sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 6), which will require public water systems (PWS) to monitor 30 unregulated contaminants — including certain PFAS chemicals — but not microplastics. For now, EPA is using other tools, such as the Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), to learn more about microplastics before requiring PWSs to monitor for them.
Client Alert | 4 min read | 06.04.26
Surveillance Pricing Update: California’s Sweeping AB 2564 Passes Assembly and Heads to Senate
Client Alert | 5 min read | 06.01.26
California Court Upholds Insurer’s Duty to Defend After Covered Claim Is Dismissed
