Dr. Laurie Lucas
Assistant Professor

llucas@okstate.edu
206 Business Building

405-744-1692 (office)
405-744-5195 (department)
405-744-5180 (fax)

Academic, Military, and Professional Positions

Oklahoma State University, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, August 2007
Arkansas Tech University, Associate Professor of Legal Studies, August 2002 - May 2007
Arkansas Tech University, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, August 1997 - August 2002
University of Oklahoma, Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, January 1991 - August 1997
Montazzoli & Atkinson, Oklahoma City, Associate, February 1990 - January 1991
University of Oklahoma, Coordinator for External Relations, College of Arts & Science, August 1988 - October 1989

Awards and Honors

Richard W. Poole Research Excellence Award (2009)
Faculty Excellence Award for Research (2006)
Maurice H. Merrill Golden Quill Award (1990)

Education

Masters in Library and Information StudiesUniversity of Oklahoma, Library and Information Studies, 1993
JD, University of Oklahoma, , 1988
BBA, University of Oklahoma, Economics, 1985

Courses Taught

LSB 5163
- Legal Environment of Business (Fall 2009)
LSB 3213
- Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (Spring 2009)
LSB 5163
- Legal Environment of Business (Fall 2008)
LSB 3213
- Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business (Spring 2008)
LSB 5163
- Legal Environment of Business (Fall 2007)

Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Publications

Anna-katrina S. Christakis, Tomio B. Narita, Laurie Lucas, 2010, "FDCPA Update: Keeping Pace in a Changing Consumer Environment," The Business Lawyer, 65 (2)

Laurie Lucas, Alvin C. Harrell, 2009, "The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: A Tenth Circuit Primer," Oklahoma Bar Journal

Laurie Lucas, Alvin C. Harrell, 2008, "Consumer Standards under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: A Case for Regulatory Expansion ," Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report, 62 (1)

Laurie Lucas, Alvin C. Harrell, 2006, "The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: 2006 Review of Appellate Court Decisions," The Business Lawyer, 61 (2), 941-948.

Laurie Lucas, Karen Braunsberger, Dave Roach, 2005, "Evaluating the Efficacy of Credit Card Regulation," The International Journal of Bank Marketing , 23 (3), 237-54.

Presentations Given

Using Market Research to improve FDCPA Consumer Protection Analysis
Annual Conference
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Long Beach, CA - August 2008

The Consumer Credit Protection Act: Rethinking the Least-Sophisticated Consumer Standard
Annual Conference
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Indianapolis, IN - August 2007