Gary Lucks

Mr. Gary Lucks JD, CPEA is a partner at Bay Law Group. He has deep expertise in environmental, health, and safety (EHS) law, legislative affairs, and sustainability strategy. He has four decades of experience advising Fortune 500 clients in most industry sectors. He is a licensed attorney, a scientist, and a Certified Professional Environmental Auditor (CPEA) specializing in environmental compliance counseling, environmental auditing, environmental management systems (EMS), permitting, and training.. He has completed or overseen close to 500 major EHS compliance and EMS conformity audits across the country and overseas

He wrote environmental policy briefing papers for Governor Newsom, Senator Feinstein, Senator Steinberg, State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones, and Marin County Supervisor Charles McGlashan.

Gary founded the Progressive Action East Bay (PAEB) in 2004 which raised money to help Nancy Pelosi win back Congress in 2006. He later founded the Resistance Action East Bay (RAEB) Indivisible Group which provided the first seed money to Activate America and raised $650K in 6 months to support Democrats in swing districts. RAEB has grown to 500 members. Gary recently wrote: You Are Not Alone: Your Roadmap to Effective Political Action.

Mr. Lucks has extensive teaching experience. He serves on the faculty of the Presidio Graduate School, Sustainability MBA program where he teaches courses on environmental law, environmental policy, and sustainability. He has taught courses on environmental law, auditing, sustainability, climate change, and legislation for over 30 years for the Continuing and Professional Education program at the University of California, for the Institute of Internal Auditors, and for industry.

He serves on the California Lawyer’s Association Environmental Law Section’s Executive Committee environmental legislation, sustainability, and education committees. He also served as an Advisor to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and co-founded the Sustainable Earth Initiative–a non-profit dedicated to helping public agencies improve environmental performance and advance sustainability initiatives. He also served on the Friends of the River Rafting Chapter Board of Directors, the Sacramento City/County Hunger Commission, and as a board member for ECOS (Environmental Council of Sacramento).

Mr. Lucks has published extensively on environmental law, legislation, and policy. He co-wrote a book on environmental law (California Environmental Law and Policy: A Practical Guide (https://solano.com/products/california-environmental-law-and-policy) which is used in law schools, colleges, by practitioners, and which has been cited in legal opinions. He also wrote the Environmental Auditing Chapter in the California Environmental Law and Land Use Treatise and recently completed a new chapter on greenwashing law. He has been a regular contributor to the California Environmental Law Reporter and the Environmental Law News for over 30 years.

 

Gary is a licensed California attorney and holds a JD from the University of Pacific, McGeorge School of law and a BS in biology and environmental sciences from Tulane University.

Gary enjoys trail running, hiking, and whitewater rivers.