Luke Rose is a native midwesterner that spent nearly 16 years with the Department of the Army serving in various attorney positions throughout the globe. He served as a National Security Law attorney for the final 12+ years of his career with the Army, advising commanders at all levels on intelligence and security matters. He advises his clients from the perspective of a seasoned federal government attorney, but with a passion to challenge the government and fight on behalf of those citizens that have volunteered to serve as members of the military, federal civilian employees, or contractors.
Luke began his career as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Army in 2006, first serving in various positions with the 8th Army in South Korea, to include serving as a prosecutor on all levels of criminal matters. In 2009, Luke was stationed in Wiesbaden, Germany, where he served as the Chief of Justice for the 1st Armored Division. The division deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, for the entirety of 2010, where Luke served as the Chief of Justice, overseeing the initial investigation and charging of a high-profile case involving the extensive harvesting and unauthorized distribution of classified information.
In 2011, Luke transitioned to serving as the Brigade Judge Advocate at the 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, Intelligence and Security Command. That unit served as the Army’s intelligence and contribution to the European theater. In that role, Luke advised the command on all intelligence and security matters, including counterintelligence, human intelligence, and access to classified information. He transitioned to a civilian attorney with the brigade in 2014 and served in that position until 2020. In 2015, Luke deployed as a civilian attorney to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan to serve as the National Security Law attorney for Task Force – Observe, Detect, Identify, Neutralize (Task Force ODIN). Luke accepted the position of National Security Attorney with U.S. Army Futures Command in Austin, Texas, in 2020. In that position, he continued to advise on issues related to intelligence and security, with a focus on the best ways to legally protect the critical technologies being developed within the command.
Luke graduated from Luther College in 2001 and the University of Minnesota Law School in 2004, having spent time studying as a visiting student at Uppsala Universitet in Sweden and the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaii. In 2020, Luke was selected for and attended the inaugural class at the Technology and Law Academy through the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security. Luke is admitted to practice law in Minnesota.
