Robert W. Lucas
1375 Exposition Blvd.
Suite 250
Sacramento, CA 95815
Phone: 916.565.0300
Fax: 916.565.1636
Admissions
- All courts in the State of California
- United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California
- United States Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Education
- J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 1989
Managing Editor of the Pacific Law Journal - B.A., Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1986
Robert W. Lucas
Senior Associate
Mr. Lucas joined Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney in 2002, after practicing for several years in Southern California and later in Sacramento. Mr. Lucas' practice emphasizes litigation in state and federal court, and administrative proceedings before local and state agencies. His practice focuses on the defense of professionals, including attorneys and architects, products liability, unfair business practices, employment law, and commercial general liability with a special emphasis on complex law and motion, writ and appellate proceedings.
Prior to joining Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney, Mr. Lucas served as an Extern Clerk to the Honorable Richard M. Sims, III, Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, and as a Deputy City Attorney for the City of Tustin, California.
Highlights
- Obtained a doubled attorney fee award of over $61,000.00 and an additional $9,800 in sanctions against the plaintiff's counsel in successfully defending a law firm and its attorneys against conspiracy and malicious prosecution claims
- Obtained a judgment in favor of two law firms who failed to include a farmer in a lawsuit that had obtained a seven figure verdict with regard to price fixing in the tomato market
- Defended motor vehicle dealerships in lawsuits with defective automobiles, snowmobiles, personal watercraft, and ATVs.
- Class counsel for the retiree class in Sacramento County in the coordinated statewide matter involving county retirement benefits, In re Retirement Cases (2003) 110 Cal. App. 4th 426.
- Acted as amicus curiae counsel for numerous California cities before both the California Supreme Court and United States Supreme Court
Selected Appellate Decisions
Secress v. Ullman (9th Cir. 2005) 147 Fed.Appx. 636
Wells Fargo Bank v. Zinnel (2004) 125 Cal.App.4th 393
Barthelemy v. Chino Basin Municipal Water District (1995) 234 Cal.App.4th 1609
Board of Supervisors of Sacramento County v. Local Agency Formation Committee (1992) 38 Cal.4th 1609, cert. denied, 507 U.S. 988 (1993) (amicus curiae).
Orange County Employees Association v. County of Orange (1991) 234 Cal.App.3d 833
Selected Published Articles
The Lawyer's Litigation Privilege published by the Defense Research Institute, October 2011
Falling on the Sword - How to Protect Your Client and Yourself, published by the Defense Research Institute, December 2010
Professional Contributions
Mr. Lucas is a member of the Labor and Employment and Antitrust and Unfair Competition sections of the State Bar of California. He is also a member of the Sacramento County Bar Association, in which he belongs to the Appellate and Labor Law sections.
Community Contributions
Mr. Lucas, an Eagle Scout, is the Committee Chair for Boy Scout Troop 633 in Rancho Murieta, and is a lector and usher at Trinity Episcopal Church in Folsom. Mr. Lucas is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Rancho Murieta and he is on the Board of Directors for the Rancho Murieta Association.