I have learned that the key to being a successful litigator is there is no “key.” I cannot approach each case by rote, or by some formula that may have worked in the past. It is only when I devote my time and energy to a specific client that I can “win” the case for them, as winning is defined by them.
Ms. Lucey concentrates her practice on commercial litigation, with a particular focus on complex commercial litigation, professional negligence defense and the productive use of litigation technology to reduce litigation costs and increase efficiency. She represents clients across a broad range of matters, including construction and engineering, civil fraud and business torts, employment related matters, commercial contract disputes, banking and professional malpractice.
Honors & Awards
- Selected for inclusion by the New Jersey Law Journal on the 2016 list of "New Leaders of the Bar," the publication's annual listing of outstanding attorneys under the age of 40 and practicing in New Jersey
- Listed in Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition (a Thompson Reuters business) in the Business Litigation practice area (2011 – present)
- Recipient of the Young Lawyer of the Year Award from the Middlesex County Bar Association (2012)
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Representative Matters
- Significant trial participation in three legal and professional malpractice cases tried to verdict in New Jersey state and federal courts
- Extensive responsibility for day-to-day management of a $900 million federal multi-party litigation involving the collapse of 7 World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Specific roles included conducting all aspects of fact and expert discovery, analyzing multiple complex legal issues, engaging in dispositive motion practice and managing client relations
- Achieved favorable settlement for mid-market industrial company in New Jersey federal action concerning breach of contract and warranty claims
- Drafted significant portions of successful Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of financial advisory firm
Uniquely NJ
- Co-Chief Financial Officer, New Jersey Women Lawyers Association: former Co-Chief Operating Officer; former Co-Secretary; former Co-Chair, Judicial Outreach and Programming Committees
- Board of Directors, Historical Society of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Secretary and Executive Board Member, YWCA Bergen County
- Lead Barrister, The John C. Lifland American Inn of Court
- Member, New Jersey State Bar Association; Treasurer, Federal Practice and Procedure Section
- Member, Trial Attorneys of New Jersey
- Member, Association for Corporate Growth - New Jersey
- Regularly serves as a judge of the Seton Hall University School of Law’s Annual John J. Gibbons Moot Court Competition
More Activities & Experience
- Former judicial intern to The Honorable Ronald J. Hedges, United States Magistrate Judge
Presentations & Speaking Engagements
- Sponsor: Association of Corporate Counsel New Jersey, September 15, 2017
- Speaker, Legal Ethics of EmailSponsor: NBI Seminars, December 14, 2016
- Speaker, Demonstratives vs. Admissible EvidenceSponsor: Middlesex County Bar Association Young Lawyers 101 Civil Practice Basics Seminar, November 2011
- Presenter, Annual Summer Associates ProgramSponsor: New Jersey State Bar Association, June 2011
- Speaker, Electronic EvidenceSponsor: The John C. Lifland American Inn of Court, 2008
Publications & Alerts
- Author, Deconstructing History: Fenemore vs. The United StatesNunc Pro Tunc, publication of The Historical Society of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 2004
Departments
Practice Groups
Education
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 2003
Wake Forest University, B.S., 2000
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 2003
- New York, 2006
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2008
- U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 2003
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 2006
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2005
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found HERE. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.