Hinton J. Lucas, Jr.

Vice President & Assistant General Counsel
Hinton J. Lucas, Jr. is vice president and assistant general counsel for DuPont. Mr. Lucas has been with DuPont for over 30 years in a number of different areas of responsibility, including Legal, Operations, Technical Marketing, Marketing, Government Affairs and as director of Personnel and Labor Relations in Human Resources.

As a member of DuPont Legal for over 25 years, Mr. Lucas, in his current position, is responsible for all legal aspects for DuPont in the areas of labor, employment, benefits and immigration, including corresponding litigation. In addition, as chief administration counsel, he is responsible for DuPont Legal’s organizations focused on information technology, administrative and litigation services and finance/budgeting. He was named to his current position in July 2008.

Mr. Lucas has a long and distinguished record of community and external service. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Blood Bank of Delmarva, the Board of Managers for The Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. He also is an active member of the General Counsel Roundtable, the National Bar Association and the American Corporate Counsel Association. As a member of the American Bar Association, he is a member of the Labor and Employment Section, and the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession.

He is management champion for DuPont Legal's Pro-Bono program which includes Delaware agencies and Delaware Court interactions. He also is the sponsor of the DuPont Pipeline Project, a program that develops skills and interest in middle and high school students from the Wilmington, Del., area and is a management champion for the DuPont Street Law Program.

Mr. Lucas has been a repeat guest speaker on the national front in the areas of labor and employment law issues, as well as corporate legal department management and cost. On the topic and related issues of diversity in the legal profession, he has been a speaker, presenter and change agent on the national front.

He is a graduate of Hampton Institute (University). He received a masters in business from Central Michigan University and a J.D. from the University of Dayton School of Law.

9/08

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