Howard H. Vogel
PAST AND CURRENT PRACTICE
He was for many years a litigator in the areas of professional liability, products liability, personal injury, construction, civil rights, business and commercial litigation. His practice began to shift toward the dispute resolution area in the mid to late 1990’s. He is a Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 civil mediator and a member of the mediation panel for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He has mediated over 2000 civil disputes.
CONTACT
7610 Gleason Drive
Suite 200
Knoxville, TN 37919
Phone: (865) 546-7190
Fax: (865) 546-0789
hvogel@opw.com
EDUCATION
Mr. Vogel received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University in 1971. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law in December of 1974. He was a member of Phi Alpha Delta.
ADMISSIONS
He was admitted to the practice of law in Tennessee on April 19, 1975. Mr. Vogel is admitted to practice before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He is a Life Member of the Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference.
SERVICE TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION
Knoxville Bar Association – He served as the president of the Knoxville Bar Association for 1993, and a member of the Board of Governors for 1978; 1981-82; and 1992-94. He is a past president of the Barristers Club of the Knoxville Bar Association.
Tennessee Bar Association – He was the president of the Tennessee Bar Association for 1995-96. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the Tennessee Bar Association for 1980-81 and 1990-97. He was the president of the Tennessee Young Lawyers Conference of the Tennessee Bar Association for 1980-1981. He served as President of the Fellows of the Tennessee Young Lawyers Conference for 1991-92.
American Bar Association – His first term of service in the American Bar Association House of Delegates was from 1983 through 1990. He is a former State Delegate for Tennessee in the ABA House of Delegates.
He served as a member of the Council of the ABA Section of Litigation and the Executive Council of the Young Lawyers Division of the ABA. Mr. Vogel served as Editor-in-Chief of the Barrister magazine of the American Bar Association from 1983 through 1985.
He served as a member of the American Bar Association Board of Governors on two occasions. The first was from 1985 – 1988, and he was vice-chairman of the Board Finance Committee for l987 – 1988. His second term began twenty years later, as the District 6 member of the ABA Board of Governors for a term from 2008 to 2011. He served as the chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Executive Committee for 2009-2010.
He served as chairman of the ABA Special Committee on Meetings and Travel from 1988-90, and he served as the chairman of the ABA Standing Committee on Meetings and Travel for 1990-92. He served as the chairman of the ABA Task Force on Outreach to the Public for 1988 – 1989. He served as the chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Public Education for 1996-97. He is a former chair of the ABA Commission on Public Understanding About the Law. He was the chair of the ABA Committee on Scope & Correlation of Work for 1997-98.
He is a past member of the Board of Editors for the ABA Journal.
International Academy of Mediators – He is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, and he served as the president of that organization for the 2011-2012 term.
Tennessee Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission – He served as a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission of the Tennessee Supreme Court (2002-2016). By order of the Court, on January 10, 2014, he began a two year term as the chairperson of the Commission.
He is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN), the Tennessee Academy of Mediators and Arbitrators (TAMA) and the Tennessee Association of Professional Mediators (TAPM)
American, Knoxville and Tennessee Bar Foundations – He is a former member of the Board of Trustees for the Tennessee Bar Foundation, and he served as chair of the Board for 2007-2008. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, Knoxville Bar Foundation and Tennessee Bar Foundation.
American Bar Endowment – He is a member of the American Bar Endowment Board of Directors., and currently serves as the secretary and member of the Executive Committee.
He is a member of the Founders of the Supreme Court of Tennessee Historical Society.
SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY
Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority Board of Commissioners – He is a member of the Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority Board of Commissioners, and concluded his six years of service as chair of the Board of Commissioners in June of 2017.
He was a member of the Leadership Knoxville Class of 1995.
Mr. Vogel participated as a member of the Domestic and International Law Commission at the US/USSR Emerging Leaders Summit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in December of 1988.
He is a former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Knoxville Dogwood Arts Festival.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
He is a member of the American Law Institute.
He has repeatedly been selected for recognition among the “Best Lawyers” of Tennessee and America.
In December of 2007, he was presented with the Knoxville Bar Association’s Governors Award.
In June of 2011 he was given the William M. Leech, Jr. Public Service Award by the Tennessee Bar Association Young Lawyers Division.
He has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell (20+ years).