Lucas T. Baker

Personal: Born and raised in Sylva, North Carolina, Lucas T. "Luke" Baker is a native North Carolinian from the western part of the state. Luke grew up with the mountains as his back yard and spent a great deal of time outdoors as a child and young adult, particularly through his experience in Boy Scouts of America Troop 914 in Cullowhee, North Carolina. That experience led to Luke's attaining the rank and honor of Eagle Scout in 1993. Luke still enjoys returning to the mountains frequently for visits.

Education: Luke is member of the year 2000 class of Appalachian State University where he graduated, cum laude, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Fine and Applied Arts, majoring in Applied Communications and minoring in General Business. Luke attended law school at Campbell University's Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law and graduated in 2007 cum laude (ranked 4th in his graduating class overall). While in law school Luke quickly excelled to the top of his class and was granted early membership to the prestigious Campbell Law Review in his first year of law school. Luke was also a teaching assistant for the legal research and writing department. He was the recipient of no less than three "book awards", wherein he obtained the highest grade in his class for that particular subject. Between his first and second year of law school Luke served as a research assistant for Webster's North Carolina Real Estate, a real estate treatise widely regarded as the source and authority for North Carolina real property law. In his final year of law school Luke served as the Managing Editor of the Campbell Law Review.

In addition to excelling in academics, Luke also displayed early promise as a litigator while in law school. Luke was invited in his second year of law school to be a member of one of Campbell's mock trial teams, an honor typically reserved exclusively for third year law students. Upon graduation, Luke was inducted into the prestigious Order of Barristers for his service to his alma mater and his having displayed excellence in the art of trial advocacy. While in law school Luke was also an active member of the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity. He also served in his second year on the law school's Honor Court, where he participated in student governed disciplinary hearings on academic and other student misconduct.

Professional: Prior to pursuing a career in law and after finishing his undergraduate degree, Luke worked in the landscaping industry in Charlotte, North Carolina. Through that experience, Luke was able to become proficient in conversational Spanish. That experience also eventually set Luke upon the path to become a lawyer. Prior to attending law school Luke worked as a legal assistant and gained critical practical knowledge regarding the successful operation of a law office. Between his second and third years of law school Luke worked as a law clerk for a large law firm in Raleigh, North Carolina. That experience reminded Luke of his small town roots and instilled in him the desire to work in a smaller, more intimate setting. Following law school and after being licensed as an attorney, Luke proudly served as an associate attorney at the law offices of Black, Grossman & Cain, P.A. in Concord, North Carolina where his skills as a trial lawyer and litigator were honed and finely tuned. Luke left that practice amicably to open The Baker Law Firm, P.A. in March 2009.

Memberships: Luke is member/licensee of the North Carolina State Bar and Judicial District 19A Bar. He is also an active member of the North Carolina Bar Association, North Carolina Advocates for Justice (formerly North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers), American Bar Association, and American Association for Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association).

Community: Luke is an active citizen in the Cabarrus County and Concord community. He is a member of the Concord Rotary Club, he volunteers with Boy Scout Troop 3, and he also is a youth advisor to the senior high school youth group at First Presbyterian Church, where he and his wife are active members. Luke's past volunteer activities involve service to victims of domestic violence, and other volunteer activities through the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity.

Family: Luke and Laura met in law school, where they were members of the same law fraternity (Delta Theta Phi) and were partners on the same mock trial team.  The Bakers married in November of 2008 and welcomed their first child, Garrett Lee Baker into world on November 29, 2009.

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