Lucas Kaster is a civil rights attorney at Nichols Kaster, PLLP in downtown Minneapolis. As a member of Nichols Kaster’s individual rights team, Lucas represents clients in a wide range of employment matters, including harassment, retaliation, and discrimination claims. Lucas also represents clients in civil rights claims, such as police misconduct and prisoner rights.

In June 2020, Lucas was appointed by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to serve as a member of its Minnesota Advisory Committee. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is the only independent, bipartisan agency charged with advising the President and Congress on civil rights and reporting annually on federal civil rights enforcement.

Lucas is also a board member for Twin Cities Diversity in Practice, an organization dedicated to the recruitment, retention, and advancement of attorneys of color in the Twin Cities, an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas Law School, and former president of the board of MN-NELA, the Minnesota Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association dedicated to the advancement of workers’ rights.