Bob Lucic (Robert R. Lucic)

Background

Robert R. Lucic was born on March 9, 1962, in Lackawanna, New York, United States. His professional life has been centered in commercial law and litigation, with later civic and professional leadership in New Hampshire.

Education

Lucic earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Dartmouth College in 1984. Founded in 1769, Dartmouth is an Ivy League liberal-arts institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, with a long tradition of undergraduate education and civic leadership.

He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 1989. The law school is part of the University of Chicago, a major research university whose legal education emphasizes analytical study, interdisciplinary scholarship, and the relationship between law and public policy. Lucic speaks German and French.

Career

Lucic began his legal career at White & Case in New York City. He subsequently joined Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, P.A., in 1991 and became a shareholder in the Manchester, New Hampshire, office. Sheehan Phinney, founded in 1937, is a business law firm serving regional, national, and international clients.

His practice has encompassed complex commercial litigation in administrative proceedings, arbitrations, jury trials, and appellate courts. He has represented multinational corporations, small businesses, manufacturing companies, robotics, aerospace, defense, and high-technology clients, as well as national, state, and municipal governments. His work has included patent and trade-secret disputes, intellectual-property and antitrust counseling, environmental litigation, CERCLA and Superfund matters, stockholder and partnership disputes, investor disputes, Clean Water Act compliance, and municipal stormwater permitting.

Lucic chaired Sheehan Phinney's Litigation Department for six years. He has also served as the firm's liaison to Lex Mundi, an international association of independent law firms, and chaired its North American Environmental Practice Group, including worldwide service as chair from 2017 to 2019. His documented case work includes patent infringement litigation, trade-secret and unfair-competition disputes, environmental proceedings, Superfund liability matters, trademark injunctions, arbitration, mediation, and appellate representation.

He has written professional commentary on environmental regulation, international arbitration discovery, climate-change law, artificial intelligence and legal practice, noncompete agreements, and other litigation topics. He became president of the New Hampshire Bar Association Board of Governors in 2026.

Achievements

• Lucic has developed a more than three-decade practice in complex commercial litigation, representing industrial companies, technology businesses, municipalities, and other governmental and private clients in trials, arbitrations, administrative proceedings, and appeals.

• He has handled significant environmental and Superfund matters, including CERCLA liability disputes, environmental arbitration, municipal Clean Water Act compliance, and stormwater-permitting issues.

• He has represented clients in patent, trade-secret, trademark, unfair-competition, antitrust, shareholder, partnership, investor, and franchise disputes.

• He chaired Sheehan Phinney's Litigation Department for six years and held international leadership roles within Lex Mundi's environmental practice.

Works

• article

  • Supreme Court limits U.S. discovery in foreign arbitration proceedings

    (Article by Robert R. Lucic explaining the Supreme Court's...)

    2022

• client alert

  • US Rejoins Paris Climate Agreement

    (Client alert by Robert R. Lucic discussing the United Sta...)

    2021

Membership

Lucic has participated in professional, civic, legal-aid, and environmental organizations. His professional affiliations include the New Hampshire Bar Association, the Massachusetts Federal Bar Association, the New Hampshire Bar Foundation, Lex Mundi, and the New Hampshire Bar Association's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section.

He has also been involved with the Squam Lakes Association, serving as its board president from 2017 to 2020, and with alumni and civic organizations connected with Dartmouth College, the University of Chicago Law School, and the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide.

• President of the Board of Governors.

  New Hampshire Bar Association , United States

• Member.

  Massachusetts Federal Bar Association , United States

• Fellow and director.

  New Hampshire Bar Foundation , United States

• Firm liaison; former chair of the North American Environmental Practice Group and worldwide chair from 2017 to 2019.

  Lex Mundi , United States

• Member.

  New Hampshire Bar Association Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section , United States

• President of the board.

  Squam Lakes Association , United States

  2017 - 2020

• Ambassador.

  Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide , United States

• Member.

  Dartmouth College Alumni Association , United States

• Member.

  University of Chicago Law School Alumni Association , United States

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• Chambers USA has described Lucic as an experienced litigator with notable expertise in environmental matters, including trials, arbitrations, appeals, and Superfund work.

Interests

• Environmental conservation and civic service, including leadership with the Squam Lakes Association.

References

• Robert R. Lucic | Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green Professional biography documenting Lucic's education, legal practice, leadership, case experience, memberships, awards, and publications.
• Board of Governors - New Hampshire Bar Association Institutional page documenting Lucic's presidency of the New Hampshire Bar Association Board of Governors.
• New Hampshire Bar Association's Midyear Meeting 2026 Association event page describing Lucic's leadership at Sheehan Phinney, legal practice, professional affiliations, and education.
  2026
• Robert R Lucic, USA | Chambers Profiles Chambers profile documenting Lucic's ranking in environmental law and his experience in litigation, arbitration, appeals, and Superfund matters.