A federal and state court trial attorney whose civil rights scholarship has been published in two academic legal journals, a rarity among attorneys, Attorney Newbill excels in the courtroom and on paper.

Lucas has been selected by Thompson Reuters’ Super Lawyers as a Rising Star for six years running, a distinction based on peer evaluation and limited to just 5% of attorneys each year. Boston Magazine has named Attorney Newbill a Top Lawyer for Civil Rights.

As a law clerk at the Superior Court of Connecticut, Attorney Newbill was designated to the Complex Litigation Docket, where he helped resolve some of the state’s most complex and high profile cases.

Attorney Newbill is admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, the United States District Court of Massachusetts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Having lived five years in Milano, Italy, Attorney Newbill is fluent in Italian. Avvocato Newbill parla Italiano.

Lucas finished law school in the top ten percent of his class at City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law, then ranked number one in the nation for public interest by National Law Journal and number three in the nation for clinical training by U.S. News and World Report.