Lee McGraw Brewer is a shareholder in the firm and practices in the Columbus, Ohio office. Lee is licensed to practice in Ohio. She is also admitted to U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio, and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio.

Lee McGraw Brewer secured the degree of juris doctor from Capital University Law School (cum laude) in 1989 and was invited to Law Review. Lee also has a Masters in Business Administration from Capital University (1982) and a Bachelor of Science (major – Accounting) from the University of Tennessee (1978).

Lee opened the Columbus office of Alber Crafton in August 2002. Before joining Alber Crafton, Lee was a partner in the firm Brewer, McGraw & Associates, where she provided consulting services to the fidelity and surety industry from January 1986 through August 2002. Prior to forming Brewer, McGraw & Associates, she worked in-house for Underwriters Adjusting Co. from 1978 to 1985 where she last served as the Eastern Regional Manager for fidelity and surety claims. Her practice concentrates primarily in the area of Fidelity and Surety Law and construction disputes.

Lee has been a speaker before the National Bond Claim Association, American Bar Association TIPS/FSLC, National Association of Surety Bond Producers, Fidelity and Surety Claim Institute, Surety Association of Ohio, Fidelity Law Association and RIMS on both surety and fidelity topics. Lee was a contributing Author to “Terminating a Contractor: Three Perspectives,” published in OhioConstructionLaw.com. Lee was the Author “Ohio – Contractor’s State License Bonds,” published by the American Bar Association, a co-author of “Claims and Defenses Asserted By Principals or Indemnitor Against A Surety” published by the ASA/TIPS/FSLC in the “Law of Performance Bonds” 2nd Edition 2009, Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, and co-author of “Exhaustion, What Does It Mean” published by the Fidelity Law Association 2010. Lee published two papers that are not reflected: “Tom the Piper’s Son – Has He Ruined His Life Forever?” (National Bond Claim Association) and “A Practical Guide to Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine for a Surety” (Surety Claims Institute). Lee is a member of the National Bond Claims Association, where she has served as a past director, the American Bar Association, Tort and Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee (“FSLC”) and Forum on the Construction Industry Section, the Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association, Surety Association of Ohio, where she is a member of the Board, and Vice Chair of the American Bar Association Women’s Development Committee of the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and Surety and Fidelity Claims Institute.