Lucinda Sikes
E-mail: academic@wcl.american.edu
Lucinda Sikes is on leave from Berkeley Law School, where she teaches Legal Research and Writing, Written and Oral Advocacy, Appellate Advocacy and Advanced Legal Writing. Prior to joining the Berkeley Law faculty as a Lecturer in Residence in 2001, Sikes was a public interest attorney in Washington, D.C, at the Public Citizen Litigation Group, where she litigated before federal and state courts to open government records and protect consumers. She served as counsel of record in a Federal Arbitration Act pre-emption case before the U.S. Supreme Court, Doctors Associates v. Casarotto, 517 U.S. 681 (1996). She also testified before Congress and participated in rulemaking proceedings on a variety of consumer protection issues as a staff attorney with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. Sikes's publications include "FDA's Consideration of Codex Alimentarius Standards in Light of International Trade Agreements" in the Food and Drug Law Journal (1998).
Currently Teaching
There are no classes currently associated with this professor.
Areas of Specialization
- Appellate Practice
- Consumer Protection
Degrees & Universities
- J.D., Harvard Law School 1989
- A.B, University of Berkeley 1983
