Dong Joo Lee is an Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey in the Criminal Division. From 2024-2025, he was detailed as a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice in its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET) of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section. Previously, he was a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia in its Fraud and Public Corruption Unit. Dong Joo held clerkships with Judge D. Michael Fisher (United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit), Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf (United States District Court, Eastern District of New York), and Chief Judge Dora L. Irizarry (USDC, EDNY). He is a veteran of the United States Navy and a volunteer firefighter in his hometown.

In 2017, Dong Joo was selected by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) as a “Best Under 40 Attorney.” He was awarded the “Hometown Heroes” Congressional award by U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey’s 5th District. In 2019, he was chosen as a “Distinguished Alumnus” by Brooklyn Law School’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association. In 2022, he received the “Rising Star” award from Brooklyn Law School’s Alumni Association.

Dong Joo received his B.A. from Boston College, his M.P.A. from Brooklyn College, and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. He is a co-chair of NAPABA’s Military & Veterans Network and of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of New York’s Military and Veterans Affairs Committee. He is also on the Associate Board of the Korean American Community Foundation (KACF) and a member of Boston College’s Veterans Alumni Network.