J. K. Hage

About J. K. Hage

I am the managing member of Hage & Hage LLC, a New York technology and business law firm.I’m Of Counsel to Lukas, Nace, Gutierrez and Sachs, a Washington, D.C. communications law and engineering firm. As a business developer, I have achieved success in various business ventures. I founded Independent Wireless One Corporation (aka U.S. Unwired), a national Sprint PCS affiliate, and was the organizer and the first Executive Director of the Griffiss Institute, a market driven national collaboration of industry, the academy and government dedicated to applied research, training, and services in information security.I serve as a director of the national Economic Crime Institute. I am also a member of the Albany Law School Board of Trustees, the Albany Law School Center for Innovation, the NYSBA House of Delegates, the Oneida County Bar Association Board of Directors, the Glimmerglass Opera Board of Trustees, the Herkimer County Community College Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, the City of Utica Master Plan Steering Committee, the Cornell University R2G Project Core Committee and am Chair of the Multicultural Committee of the Hamilton College Alumni Council.I am an entrepreneurial activist investor in public and private ventures and have extensive personal experience on public, private, profit and nonprofit boards and management teams. I am also a frequent lecturer in the areas of business organizations, succession and estate planning, telecommunications regulation, sustainable practices and green initiatives. I developed the Central New York region\'s first LEED Gold Certified green office building.You can visit my website at to learn more about my practices.DISCLAIMER: This LinkedIn profile is designed for general information only. The information presented at this site should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship.

Experience

1. Managing Member

   Hage & Hage Llc

   Jan 1979 — Present

   I advise public & private utility, energy, communications, agriculture, business & technology clients, and others, in the areas of business organizations, new ventures, strategic planning, capital formation, sustainability, mergers, acquisitions, negotiation of transactions, contracts, succession and estate planning. I am a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the Herkimer and Oneida County, NY, Bar Associations. I am a director of the Oneida County, NY, Bar Association. I am a member of the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates. I am a member of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Public Utility Law and the New York State Bar Association Committee on Trusts & Estates. I am also active in numerous industry associations, including the New York State Telecommunications Association and the New York State Municipal Electric Utilities Association.

Education

• New York University

  PhD (ABD), Romance Languages, Spanish Literature

• Albany Law School

  Juris Doctor, Law

  1975 — 1978

• University of Oxford

  English Literature

  1969 — 1971

• Hamilton College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature (British and American)

  1968 — 1972

Skills

• Green Building
• Business Strategy
• Public Law
• Business Acquisitions
• Municipal Law
• Governance
• Llc
• Leadership
• Partnership Development
• New Ventures
• Limited Liability Companies
• Commercial Litigation
• Nonprofits
• Energy
• Capital Structure
• Public Speaking
• Estate Planning
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Public Utlility Law
• Private Equity
• Strategic Planning
• Trusts
• Spanish Language
• Succession Planning
• Legal Consulting
• Telecommunications
• Non-Profits
• Securities Litigation
• Legal Research
• Spanish
• Business Litigation
• Cyber Security
• Latin American Business
• Management
• Regulatory Analysis
• Sustainable Design
• Renewable Energy
• Non-Compete Agreements
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Legal Writing