Robert W. Lee, judge in historic 2000 recount, is retiring NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

Judge Robert W. Lee, who witnessed history and played a key role in the 2000 presidential election, is retiring after almost three decades on the bench. 

“I have been a judge for 27 years,” Lee said when he sat down with NBC6 to talk about his career in and out of the courtroom. 

“Some folks may remember the trapeze sex club cases,” Lee recalled one of the many cases he has been assigned. 

Lee is retiring at the end of the year. Professionally, the list of accomplishments is lengthy. It includes presiding in more than 300 jury trials, but he gained national and international notoriety as the county judge was assigned to Broward’s canvassing board during the historic election between Al Gore and George W. Bush. 

As he packed his office, he set aside a special box filled with memorabilia that can easily end up in Washington’s Smithsonian history museum. 

There is an album filled with newspaper articles. 

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