IAAO Board of Directors, Region 2

Robert 'Bobby' T. Lee, Esq., AAS

Lawyer, Lee Law Firm
Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

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Robert (Bobby) T. Lee has 37 years of experience in the property taxation and assessment profession.

He worked for the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury for 30 years before retiring in February 2015 when he started his solo law practice. He has worked extensively with state and local officials on property tax issues.

Bobby has been a member of the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) since 1994 and achieved the Assessment Administration Specialist (AAS) designation in 2018.

He served as President of the Tennessee Chapter of IAAO in 2010. He has served 5 terms on the IAAO Legal Committee/ Legal Task Force, serving as Chairman for 2020 and 2021. He served as IAAO State Representative for Tennessee for several years.

He is a Senior Specialty Instructor for IAAO teaching Assessment Administration and Tax Policy and is also an instructor for TEAM Consulting, LLC.

Bobby is a graduate of Tennessee Technological University (1984) and earned his law degree in 1989 from Nashville School of Law.

He has been a frequent speaker and presenter on property tax and assessment issues and authored the Tennessee Assessment Law course offered by the Tennessee Division of Property Assessments.

Goals
  • Explore and develop incentives for IAAO members to maximize benefits and increase membership.
  • Enhance transparency to provide more information to members.
  • Continue and enhance IAAO commitment to providing affordable and timely educational programs by developing additional courses and webinars.
  • Enhance research capabilities to enable members to access legal decisions on appraisal and property taxation issues to assist in appeals.