John W. Lucas

John Lucas, resident in the firm’s San Francisco office, concentrates his national practice representing debtors, official committees, trustees, and lenders in corporate bankruptcies and out-of-court restructurings. Among his many engagements, John was instrumental in the representation of the creditors’ committee in Boy Scouts of America, the creditors’ committee in Madison Square Boys & Girls Club, Mesa Airlines, American Suzuki Motor Corporation, A.M. Castle & Co., Sedgwick LLP, Lehman Brothers, Response Genetics, Silicon Graphics, and numerous national and regional restaurant chains. John is an author on a wide range of bankruptcy topics. John is a board member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and a member of its Education Committee. John holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California at Los Angeles (1992) and a Juris Doctor degree from University of Oregon School of Law (2004) where he was a member of the Oregon Law Review. After graduating from law school, John clerked for the Honorable Robert D. Drain in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (2004-2006).