STEVEN S. LUCAS (Marin County office) is a partner specializing in political law, including campaign, election, lobby and ethics laws in various federal, state and local jurisdictions. He specializes in state and local ballot measures, and maintains a nationwide practice in the area of political law compliance.

In 1999, he was appointed by the Governor of California as Chairman of the Bipartisan Commission on the Political Reform Act. Before joining the firm and following his clerkship with Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas of the California Supreme Court, he practiced corporate litigation in the Los Angeles office of a New York law firm. During that time he served as Counsel to the Webster Commission, appointed by the Los Angeles Police Commission to investigate the LAPD's preparedness for and response to the 1992 riots.

He has published numerous opinion-editorial columns relating to constitutional and other legal issues in the Los Angeles Times as well as other California newspapers, and has experience working for federal and state public officials and political campaigns.

He graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles, and received his law degree from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, where he was cross-enrolled at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Institute of Press, Politics and Public Policy.