Luke A. Hagedorn

Luke A. Hagedorn concentrates his practice in the areas of energy law and government contracting. On the energy side of his practice, Mr. Hagedorn assists public utilities, energy industry organizations, and renewable energy developers on a number of complex legal issues related to state and federal regulatory compliance, including certification proceedings, general rate making proceedings, rate and tariff applications and general investigation/rulemaking proceedings. He also helps renewable energy developers navigate a broad range of complex legal issues arising out of the development of renewable resources, including land leasing, state and federal environmental and endangered species requirements, farmland conservation, project finance, tax equity, siting and permitting and purchase power agreements.

Additionally, Mr. Hagedorn assists clients who sell products and services to the U.S. federal government with a broad range of issues related to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), the agency FAR supplements and other applicable procurement laws and regulations. This includes startup issues such as entity selection and formation, registration in the required government databases, the availability of SBA programs, set-asides and other government resources, bid preparation and review, and post-award contract compliance. Additionally, Mr. Hagedorn helps prime contractors and subcontractors implement ethics and compliance programs that comply with the requirements of FAR Subpart 3.10 and current best practices, as well as performs audits of a client's existing ethics and compliance policies and procedures to ensure they satisfy FAR and current industry best practices.

Prior to joining Polsinelli, Mr. Hagedorn worked on the staff of former Congressman Ike Skelton in both the Washington, D.C. and district offices. He also assisted in the drafting of a financial planning industry ethical code of conduct for A.G. Edwards and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.

Mr. Hagedorn obtained his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Saint Louis University, with the distinction of being named a Presidential Scholar. He obtained his juris doctorate degree cum laude from the University of Missouri – Kansas City.