
Lucas Love is a Partner in the firm's Honolulu office and a member of its tax practice group. His practice includes tax planning for business transactions, international tax planning and compliance, tax controversy and audit defense, estate planning for large estates and small business owners, trust and estate administration, and non-profit organization formation and administration. Prior to joining Carlsmith, Lucas was an associate with Baker & McKenzie in Palo Alto, California, where he advised some of Silicon Valley's largest companies on a variety of international tax planning and federal tax controversy matters. Prior to law school, Lucas was an accountant at Ernst & Young in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he audited the financial statements of some of Hawaii’s largest companies. In addition to his law degree, he has a master's degree in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant (not in public practice).
Distinctions
- Selected by attorney peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch 2021 for Tax Law, and Trusts and Estates
- Selected for the 2017 Emerging Young Business Leaders Program by the Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce
- Judge Martin Pence Scholarship for Academic Achievement, University of California Berkeley, School of Law Deloitte Outstanding M.Acc. Student, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Deloitte Outstanding M.Acc. Student, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Beta Alpha Psi, Accounting Honor Society, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Beta Gamma Sigma, University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Provosts' Honors, University of California at Los Angeles
- Golden Key International Honor Society, University of California at Los Angeles
Affiliations
- Hawaii Estate Planning Council
- Hawaii State Bar Association - Tax Section
- Hawaii State Bar Association - Probate & Estate Planning Section
- Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce - Member
Publications
- "The Tenth Circuit Invokes the Tax Injunction Act: No Decision on the Constitutionality of Colorado's Reporting Requirements for Out-of-State Retailers," Baker & McKenzie: Tax News and Developments (October 2013)
- "Malaysia Guidance on E-Commerce Combines Illuminating and No-So-Illuminating Aspects," Baker & McKenzie: Tax News and Developments (June 2013)