Mr. Lucas represents debtors, creditors' committees, creditors, and trustees in chapter 11 cases and companies in out-of-court restructurings with an emphasis on transportation, financial products, food services, retail, automotive, and technology. Mr. Lucas is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles and received his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law and was a member of the Oregon Law Review. Mr. Lucas is admitted to practice in California and New York and is a resident in our San Francisco office.
News
•Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones: Five M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards
February 2014
•American Suzuki Swiftly Glides to Plan Confirmation
March 6, 2013
•Third Edition of First Day Motions Guide Published
American Bankruptcy Institute, June 2012
•Delaware Bankruptcy Court Determines Debtor’s QSub Status to Be Property of the Bankruptcy Estate, Protected by the Automatic Stay and Section 549 Avoidance Powers
March 2012
•Passive Investors With the Right to Control a Company Are Subject to Liability Under the Perishable Agriculture Commodities Act
January 2012
•PSZJ Represents Floramoda in Nurserymen's Exchange Asset Purchase
August 2011
•Pachulski Stang Wins Corporate Turnaround Deal of the Year Award
June 2011
Events
•363 Sales: Pertinent Issues and Alternatives
32nd Annual NW Bankruptcy Institute
Portland OR, April 5, 2019
•Very Good Debates
26th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Southwest Bankruptcy Conference
Las Vegas, September 7, 2018
•Very Good Debates
25th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Southwest Bankruptcy Conference
Coronodo CA, September 8, 2017
•Addressing Environmentally Contaminated Property: A Primer
90th Annual National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
San Francisco, October 28, 2016
•Very Good Debates
24th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Southwest Bankruptcy Conference
Las Vegas, September 9, 2016
•Very Good Debates
23rd Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Southwest Bankruptcy Conference
Las Vegas, September 11, 2015
•Report of the ABI Task Force on Plan Confirmation: Recommendations for Sale Cases
American Bankruptcy Institute 33rd Annual Spring Meeting
Washington DC, April 18, 2015
•363 Sales: Is the Fast Track the Right One?
American Bankruptcy Institute 21st Annual Southwest Bankruptcy Conference
Incline Village NV, August 23, 2013
Publications
•Debtor-in-Possession Financing
Funding a Chapter 11 Case
December 2012
•Creditor's Self-Interest Precludes Fee Reimbursement From the Estate
September 2012
•First Day Motions (3d ed.)
A Guide to the Critical First Days of a Bankruptcy Case
American Bankruptcy Institute, June 2012
• Approval of the DIP Financing Order in Debtor-in-Possession Financing: Funding a Chapter 11 Case (ABI 2012)
•Coauthor, The Role and Retention of the Chief Restructuring Officer, in The Americas Restructuring and Insolvency Guide (2008/2009)
• The Article 9 Buyer’s Seller Rule & The Justification for Its Harsh Effects, 83 Oregon Law Review 289 (2004)
•Law clerk, Judge Robert D. Drain (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2004-06)
