Attorney Matthew Thompson Completes Chamber Leadership Program

FARGO/MOORHEAD, ND/MN (May 9, 2013) – Matthew Thompson graduated from The Chamber’s Leadership Fargo Moorhead West Fargo program on Thursday, May 9 during a graduation ceremony at the Bluestem Center for the Arts.

Vogel Law Firm Attorney Caren Wanner Stanley to Present at Lorman Education Services Seminar: Judgment Enforcement

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Lisa Edison-Smith, MSBA Certified Labor and Employment Law Specialist, pens Gavel article, “10 Client Phrases That Predict Disaster”

In the recent edition of the Gavel, Vogel Law Firm attorney, Lisa Edison-Smith, an MSBA Certified Labor and Employment Law Specialist, shares "10 Client Phrases That Predict Disaster" in her employment and labor law practice.  To read the article please visit http://sband.org/News%20Events/Gavel.aspx.

Vogel Law Firm Adds New Attorney Evan Knobloch

Vogel Law Firm is pleased to announce the addition of Evan Knobloch to the firm. Evan is an associate in the Fargo office, where he concentrates his practice on corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, entity formation, corporate governance and contract review. 

Vogel Law Firm Names Leah Sonstelie Warner Shareholder

Vogel Law Firm is pleased to announce that Leah Sonstelie Warner has become a shareholder in the firm. Leah concentrates her practice in civil litigation and family/domestic law in both Minnesota and North Dakota.  She received her undergraduate degree, with honors, from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.  She joined the firm after graduating with honors from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Vogel Law Firm Adds Eight New Attorneys

Vogel Law Firm is pleased to announce the addition of Vanessa L. Anderson, Stephanie Asheim, Eeva Greenley, David T. Hermanson, Valeska A. Hermanson, Whitney Irish, Kevin Mason and Jacob Rodenbiker to the firm.

New Smoking Law Affects North Dakota Employers

By Lisa Edison-Smith, Attorney

MSBA Certified Labor and Employment Law Specialist

On the heels of a fiercely contested U.S. Senate race and seemingly endless number of initiated measures, many North Dakotans may be feeling the effects of a bad case of election year burnout.  Measure number 4, one of the initiated measures approved by voters, however, directly affects North Dakota employers and requires action within 30 days of the election.

Vogel Law Firm Has 18 Attorneys Selected to the 2012 Great Plains Super Lawyers List

Vogel Law Firm is proud to announce that 18 of its attorneys have been named to the 2012 Great Plains Super Lawyers list as top attorneys in North Dakota. No more than 5 percent of the attorneys in the state are selected by Super Lawyers.  The attorneys include:

Brenda Blazer (Personal Injury Defense: Medical)

Jerilynn Brantner Adams (Family Law)

Jon Brakke (Bankruptcy & Creditor/ Debtor Rights)

Lisa Edison-Smith (Employment & Labor)

Mark Friese (Criminal Defense)

Joel Gilbertson (Government Relations)

Todd Haggart (Personal Injury Defense: Products)

Steve Johnson (Business/Corporate)

John C. Kapsner (Business/Corporate)

Angie Lord (Health Care)

Tami Norgard (Energy & Natural Resources)

Leslie Bakken Oliver (Employment & Labor)

Bruce Quick (Criminal Defense)

Monte Rogneby (Appellate)

Robert Udland (Personal Injury Defense: Medical)

C. Nicholas Vogel (Estate Planning & Probate)

M. Daniel Vogel (Personal Injury Defense: Products)

H. Patrick Weir, Jr. (Personal Injury Plaintiff: General)

Vogel Law Firm, 12 Attorneys Recognized in 2012 Edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Vogel Law Firm is pleased to announce that the firm and 12 of its attorneys are recognized in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Chambers ranked Vogel Law Firm in Band 1 in the following practice areas: Bankruptcy/Restructuring; Corporate/Commercial; Labor & Employment; Litigation: General Commercial; and Real Estate.

Vogel Law Firm attorneys recognized in the 2012 edition of Chambers USA, along with the areas of law for which they were selected, include:

Jon Brakke (Bankruptcy/Restructuring)

Steve Johnson (Corporate/Commercial)

William Schlossman (Corporate/Commercial)

Lisa Edison-Smith (Labor and Employment)

John Kapsner (Litigation: General Commercial)

M. Daniel Vogel (Litigation: General Commercial)

Pat Weir Jr. (Litigation: General Commercial)

Tami Norgard (Litigation: General Commercial)

Todd Haggart (Litigation: General Commercial)

Angie Lord (Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense)

Robert J. Udland (Litigation: Medical Malpractice Defense)

Daniel Bueide (Real Estate)

Vogel Law Firm Names New Shareholders

Vogel Law Firm is pleased to announce that Caren Wanner Stanley, Robert B. Stock, and Jeffrey C. Nelson have become shareholders in the firm.