Lucy G. Sikes began her career in bankruptcy representing creditors in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1998. She was first appointed to serve as a Chapter 7 Trustee in the Western District of Louisiana (Monroe Division) in 2000. After 7 years in that assignment, she became the standing Chapter 13 trustee for the Shreveport Division. She returned to serve in the Chapter 7 panel in 2016, this time in the Lafayette and Lake Charles Divisions. She has managed various Chapter 11 cases during her career and also is currently serving as a Subchapter V Chapter 11 Trustee in the Western District of Louisiana.
She has litigated a number of reported cases on behalf of clients, including Johnson v. Cottonport Bank (whether tribal payments were property of the estate); Reason v. Cottonport Bank (dischargeability case with unique facts); In re Burgess (whether crop disaster payments were property of the estate); In re Hill (application of vehicle exemption statute). She also has testified in several cases that lead to convictions in bankruptcy fraud cases.

She’s a native of Louisiana, having graduated from Louisiana State University and Loyola Law School New Orleans. An endurance runner, she has completed four marathons, four duathlons and 24 half marathons, and is a devoted practitioner of Baptiste style power yoga. She has two adult children and is married to a senior journalist photographer for Associated Press.