Bio

Mike Lucey began his legal career at Gordon & Rees in 1980, and has been a partner in the San Francisco office since 1987. Mr. Lucey served as firm wide Managing Partner from 1998 to 2006, where he led Gordon & Rees through a transition from a regional law firm to a national platform. Mr. Lucey started the Employment Group at Gordon & Rees, which is now the largest firm-wide practice group. For over 30 years he has specialized in employment law and related litigation and has obtained defense verdicts in numerous cases involving discrimination, harassment and retaliation under Title VII, FEHA, ADA, FMLA, and B&P Code Sec. 17200. Mr. Lucey also advises management on compliance with employment laws, including the investigation and evaluation of internal complaints of harassment and discrimination. He is also outside employment counsel to several Bay Area law firms, to whom he provides employment advice. Mr. Lucey is one of the most experienced trial lawyers at Gordon & Rees. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the American Board of Trial Advocates, the premier legal associations of trial lawyers in America and the world. Fellowship in these associations is extended by invitation only to experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality.