Brief Resume for Alice Neff Lucan

Solo Practice
Washington, D.C. January 4, 1991 - Present

Regular clients include newspaper publishers who are members of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, and the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association. Representation of individual publishers includes The Washington Examiner, USA TODAY and ChoicePoint, a large database provider.

Bar Memberships
Admitted to practice in Maryland, Virginia, District of Columbia and West Virginia and the related federal courts.

Education
J.D., Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Marshall College of Law, 1978

B.A. Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia
Major in English, Minor in Economics, 1966

Litigation

Mrs. Lucan has participated in the representation of a newspaper party in cases before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 3^rd, 4^th, and 11^th Circuits and in the trial practice preceding those appeals. She has written or participated in writing nine amicus briefs to the Supreme Court of the United States on First Amendment issues for newspaper publishing clients.

Professional Service

Advisory Board, Media Law Reporter, Current

Board of Directors, Maryland Delaware D.C. Press Foundation, Current

Member, D.C. Bar Media Law Committee (Arts & Entertainment Section), Current

Member, Media Law Resource Center, Current

Member, Maryland Committee on Access to Court Records, February 2001 - March 2002, and advisory work from March 2002 to February 2004.

Founding Member, Virginia Coalition for Open Government Board of Directors.

ANPA Liaison, Fair Trial - Free Press Standards Updating Task Force, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association, 1988-1989

Member, National Conference of Lawyers and Representatives of the Media, American Bar Association, 1991-1995