Lucas has a passion for helping businesses successfully manage a wide variety of legal issues. His practice focuses on data privacy and security, including GDPR and state privacy law compliance, U.S. federal privacy law compliance, data breach response, and privacy policy development, as well as AI governance and compliance; contract drafting and negotiations; employment law, and corporate law.
Prior to joining Hutchison, Lucas worked in the life sciences and clinical trial industry as in-house legal counsel for PRA Health Sciences. In this role, he drafted and negotiated commercial contracts and assisted PRA on regulatory compliance issues and privacy issues. Before his work at PRA, Lucas presided over unemployment benefits hearings while working with the North Carolina Division of Employment Security. He has practiced at other North Carolina firms advising clients on employment law and a variety of corporate transactions. Before attending law school, Lucas worked in the financial industry.
Lucas enjoys being active in the Chapel Hill community having previously served as a member of the Chapel Hill Public Library Advisory Board for 8 years, a member of Chapel of the Cross, various committees at the Chapel Hill Country Club, and serving on his HOA board.
