HON. CAMPBELL M. LUCAS (Ret.)

LEGAL CAREER AND EXPERIENCE

Administrative Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, 1989-1991

Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 5, 1988-1991

Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 1, 1984-1988

Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court (Law and Motion, Writs and Receivers, Class Actions, Civil Trials and Settlement Conferences Panel), 1970-1984

Supervising Judge, Los Angeles Superior Court, Civil Law and Discovery Departments, 1974

Private law practice, Lucas, Lucas & Deukmejian (specializing in business and corporate law), 16 years

ADR SPECIALTIES

Justice Lucas presently serves as an Arbitrator, Mediator, Settlement Judge, Referee, Special Master and Private Judge for all types of civil cases, with an emphasis on business and commercial matters

Served as Special Master for Federal Court cases

Served as General and Special Referee and Temporary Judge for Superior Court

Conducted numerous settlement conferences as a Superior Court Judge

Conducted numerous settlement conferences as an Appellate Justice for civil cases on appeal.

EDUCATION

J.D., University of Southern California Law School, 1952
B.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1949
California Institute of Technology, 1946-1947

PROFESSIONAL BAR ACTIVITIES:

• State Bar Futures Commission, Committee Chair, 1993-1995
• USC Law School Alumni Association, President, 1985
• California Judges Association, Chairman of Civil and Law Procedure Committee, 1985
• California Judges Association, Chairman of Ethics Committee, 1980
• Long Beach Bar Association, Board of Governors, 1968-1969
• State Bar, Administrative Committee for Los Angeles, 1968-1970
• State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, Public Member, 1968-1970

CONTINUING EDUCATION (LECTURER/PANELIST)

• Second Annual Employment Litigation Institute, Prentice Hall, 1993
• Competitive Business Practice Institute, CEB Program, 1991
• "Good Faith Settlement After Tech Bill-How to Prepare and Win," Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 1987
• USC Institute for Trial Advocacy Skills, 1978
• CEB programs, including "Business Torts, "Injunctions," "Creating and Implementing Discovery Plans," and "New Developments in Civil Procedure"
• Fourth Annual Institute for Trial Advocacy Skills, 1975