M. Daniel Vogel

M. Daniel Vogel is of counsel at Vogel Law Firm in Fargo, North Dakota whose practice focuses on oil, gas and energy law, products liability, malpractice, transportation, insurance, trial, appellate, and alternative dispute resolution. Vogel works with businesses, insurers, professionals, energy interests, and other parties in complex civil disputes on trial work, appeals, mediation, arbitration, insurance matters, transportation disputes, professional liability, and energy-related litigation. The practice is grounded in the specific legal and business issues reflected in those matters, with attention to the governing law, the client’s objectives, and the practical steps required to move a matter forward.

Vogel earned a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1974 and an A.B. from Lawrence University in 1970. He also studied at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of the Americas in Mexico City. His education preceded a broad civil practice spanning energy, products liability, professional malpractice, transportation, insurance, trial, appellate, and alternative dispute resolution matters. That background supports work involving complex factual, industry, and procedural issues.

Vogel’s experience includes handling oil, gas and energy matters, products-liability disputes, malpractice claims, transportation cases, insurance issues, trials, appeals, and alternative dispute resolution. Vogel has also built a practice that combines substantive industry knowledge with courtroom and appellate experience. These matters have involved trial courts, appellate courts, mediation, arbitration, and complex civil litigation.

M. Daniel Vogel was listed as a Chambers USA Senior Statesperson for North Dakota commercial litigation in 2026 and was selected to Great Plains Super Lawyers through 2023 and again in 2026. He has also received recognition from Best Lawyers and Martindale-Hubbell. Vogel’s long civil-litigation career spans energy, products liability, professional malpractice, transportation, insurance, trial, appellate, mediation, and arbitration matters, giving clients access to broad dispute-resolution experience.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Vogel Law Firm
• Member, Present, State Bar Association of North Dakota (1974)
• Member, Minnesota State Bar Association
• Past President, Present, North Dakota Defense Lawyers Association (1988)
• Firm’s Representative & on the Board of Directors, American Law Firm Association (ALFA) (2024)
• State Representative, Defense Research Institute
• Past member, Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
• Past member, International Association of Defense Counsel

Licensed State

• North Dakota
• Minnesota

Education

• University of Wisconsin at Madison
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Lawrence University
  A.B.

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