Luke McConville practices in the area of business law, counseling business owners, physicians, dentists and professionals in general corporate matters, employment law matters, employment contract drafting and review, business entity selection and formation, purchases and sales of businesses, real estate purchases and sales, and commercial lease transactions.
Luke also has extensive experience in public sector law and is the current Solicitor for the Village of Middlefield. Luke also represents multiple community improvement corporations. In the past, Luke has served as law director for the City of University Heights, and Solicitor for the Villages of Newburgh Heights, Sheffield Village and Rogers, and has vast experience in land use matters and municipal law.
- Business law
- Physician, dentist and executive contracts
- Public sector law
- Employment law
- Real estate law
- Planning, zoning and development
- Health law
- Physician, dentist and executive employment contract negotiations
- Counseling on employment practices, employee handbook preparations and litigation avoidance
- Counseling on non-competition and non-solicitation agreements
- Representation of municipalities in both litigation and non-litigation matters, including preparation of legislation, policy and legal opinions for mayors, councils, department heads and committees, and representation of local boards of zoning appeals and planning commissions
- Counseling for municipalities on day-to-day administrative affairs, including planning and zoning issues, urban redevelopment, telecommunications regulation, public sector labor and other procedural and substantive issues
- Representation of municipalities and developers in commercial development projects
- Representation of businesses and individuals in front of local government boards in obtaining regulatory approval for various projects
- Land appropriation proceedings
- Negotiation of purchases and sales of privately held businesses
- Representation in commercial real estate transactions, including purchases, sales and commercial lease negotiations on behalf of landlords and tenants
- Litigation of fair housing and discrimination claims
- Solicitor, Village of Middlefield (2021-present)
- Counsel for University Heights Parking Garage CIC (2025-present)
- Counsel for Newburgh Heights CIC (2025-present)
- Solicitor, Village of Rogers (2014-2017)
- Solicitor, Village of Newburgh Heights (2010-2023)
- Solicitor, Sheffield Village (2004-2007)
- Law director, City of University Heights (2015-2023)
- Case Western Reserve University School of Law (JD, 1996)
- College of the Holy Cross (BA, classics, (1992)
- Member, Ohio State Bar Association
- Member, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
- Member, William K. Thomas American Inn of Court
- Member, Ohio Municipal League
- Author, 'Protecting your business and employees from sexual harassment,' NGC Legal Insights (Winter 2017-2018)
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