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Luke is a partner in the oil & gas team of Reed Smith’s Energy and Natural Resources group. Luke has spent over a decade representing energy industry clients litigating a variety of cases involving all aspects of hydrocarbon development. Luke handles lease and landowner litigation, as well as complex contractual disputes, including cases involving drilling contracts, joint operating agreements and other industry specific relationships.

Credentials

  • Georgetown University Law Center, 2010, J.D., cum laude, Dean's List (2007-08, 2008-09); Georgetown Journal of International Law, Member
  • University of Pittsburgh, 2007, B.A., Political Science, and Communication & Rhetoric; minor in American History, magna cum laude

  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia
  • Ohio
  • Texas

  • U.S. District Court - Middle District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court - Western District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court - Northern District of West Virginia
  • U.S. District Court - Southern District of West Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - Third Circuit

  • Member, Institute for Energy Law’s Inaugural Young Energy Professionals’ Leadership Class (2018-2019). 
  • Member, Institute for Energy Law’s Young Energy Professionals’ Leadership Council
  • Vice Chair, Institute for Energy Law’s Young Energy Professionals’ Student Outreach Sub-Committee
  • Member, Institute for Energy Law’s Programs Committee
  • Co-Chair, IEL’s 4th Annual National Young Energy Professionals’ Conference (2020)
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
  • Co-Chair, Young Lawyers Committee, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation

Awards & Recognition

  • Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© for Energy Law and for Oil and Gas Law, 2025
  • Ranked in Chambers USA for Pennsylvania Energy & Natural Resources, 2021-2024
  • Selected for inclusion on the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for Energy & Natural Resources, 2013-2022

In the News

  • 5 October 2015 “Ruling roils pipeline-by-eminent-domain issue” Pittsburgh Business Times