Corporate Associate Derek Luke Joins Eckert Seamans’ Pittsburgh Office
May 6, 2025
National law firm Eckert Seamans has welcomed Derek T. Luke as an Associate in the Corporate practice group. He joins the firm’s Pittsburgh office, having most recently managed his own law practice.
As founder of Derek Luke, PLLC, Luke provided fractional general counsel services across a variety of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, technology, natural resources, and business consulting. Trained in mergers and acquisitions and public filings, Luke also has experience drafting and negotiating agreements involving leases, non-disclosures, non-competes, goods and services, intellectual property licensing, SaaS, employment, RSU/equity awards, and board resolutions, among others.
Luke also previously served as Chief Legal Officer at a Pittsburgh-based winery that he founded, Assistant Legal Counsel at the University of Pittsburgh Office of University Counsel, and as an attorney with Dentons Cohen & Grigsby and Cozen O’Connor P.C. He holds a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from the University of Alaska Anchorage, and a B.S. in Elementary Education from the Pennsylvania State University.
Luke’s addition closely follows the arrival of Corporate Member Courtney Harris earlier this week, who is based in Eckert Seamans’ Boston office.
Lawyers in Eckert Seamans’ Corporate Law and Business Counseling practice advise multinational corporations, emerging and growing businesses, nonprofit institutions, and municipalities and government agencies on matters including mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, corporate structuring, securities and corporate finance, and more. The firm was nationally recognized for Corporate Law in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®.