Licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in North and South Carolina, Lucas focuses his practice on commercial and fiduciary litigation. Known to be aggressive, but with a keen sense of his clients’ business or personal goals, Lucas has significant experience throughout all stages of litigation. He has successfully tried jury and bench trials to verdict in both state and federal court and has handled appeals in North Carolina and the Fourth Circuit. Lucas also routinely practices in the North Carolina Business Court.
His litigation practice covers a wide range of disputes including:
Commercial Litigation
- Claims involving business torts
- Shareholder disputes and derivative actions
- Products liability
- Breach of contract
- Trademark and copyright disputes
- Construction disputes
- Employment claims involving covenants not to compete, non-solicitation agreements, and trade secrets
- Tax disputes
- Real estate disputes and title curative actions
Fiduciary Litigation
- Will caveats and trust disputes
- Litigation regarding fiduciary duties of executors, trustees, and power of attorneys
- Claims involving trust accountings
- Declaratory judgment actions to construe provisions in wills and trusts
- Actions to reform, modify, or terminate trusts
In addition to being a litigator, his broad-ranging experience in complex litigation has led many of his clients to seek his advice in a general counsel role. Whether it is risk management advice or utilizing litigation to achieve business goals—he prides himself on guiding international, national, regional, and local companies through disputes in the most efficient and effective manner.
A native Charlottean, Lucas has significant ties to the local community. He attended the University of South Carolina for his undergraduate studies where he majored in corporate finance and graduated magna cum laude. After his undergraduate studies, Lucas graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law. While in law school, he served as Executive Editor of the Wake Forest Law Review and clerked for the Honorable Frank Whitney, United States Chief District Court Judge for the Western District of North Carolina.
In his spare time, Lucas enjoys playing golf, fishing, traveling, and watching the South Carolina Gamecocks and Carolina Panthers.
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