Lee Winston

Lee Winston is a partner at Gray Winston Hart and practices in the area of property tax consulting, property tax litigation, mediation and arbitration. Prior to joining GWH, Lee practiced commercial and real property litigation in Dallas, Texas.

In a very short time, Lee has distinguished himself with his quick aptitude for property tax valuation, as well as property tax law, including appellate litigation. As one indication of Lee’s rapid ascension as a leader in property tax law, his case law analysis in GWH’s “News You Can Use” column is read by more than 500 property tax professionals. Lee’s most recent appellate court success was on behalf of a client whose property tax consultant made a mistake on her Freeport Exemption application. Harris County Appraisal District refused to recognize this clerical error, which increased the taxpayer’s property tax liability by over $125,000.  After previous council was unsuccessful at trial, Lee filed and won the appeal at the 14th Court of Appeals.

Lee is a graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, where he was the editor-in-chief for the Texas Environmental Law Journal and associate editor for the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law. In addition, Lee worked as a legislative intern for Texas State Senator Judith Zaffirini. Prior to law school, Lee graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics.

A member of both the State Bar of Texas, and the State Bar of Oklahoma, Lee is licensed to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and all United States District Courts in Texas. Lee also serves as the Vice-Chairman for the State Bar of Texas Tax Section Property Tax Committee and as a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, an invitation-only organization consisting of the top 1/3rd of 1% of lawyers in Texas.