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too. He’s given hundreds of speeches all over the United States, Europe and Asia. Additionally, for 12 years, Vogel was the founding chair of the Texas Supreme Court Judicial Committee on Information Technology, the committee responsible for creating the e-filing system and helping automate the court system in Texas. “I was invited to a conference in Singapore about automating the judicial system. There were speeches about automating the court systems in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Texas,” stated Vogel.
“Recently, I’ve been following cybersecurity and crime patterns. McAfee pointed out that cybercrime targets right now are cloud service providers because there’s so much valuable data on the cloud,” Vogel stated. He is not surprised at the recent massive data breach at Target, but points out that TJ Maxx was hacked and it took nearly nine months and many millions of dollars before they found the hack. “There’s a huge lack of awareness about what is going on. In fact, Chancellor Merkel in Germany is proposing that all data for businesses and residents of the EU remain in the EU, and Brazil is considering the same law. That concept is called data localization.” Instead of the Internet holding all of the information where it’s convenient for the ISP, the
government gets to decide where the information is kept. Vogel feels that governments may not be very aware of this important issue.
Stepping Away From
The Computer...
Being in such high-demand for legal services, teaching and speaking engagements makes finding downtime a challenge. Vogel starts work each morning at 3 a.m. “After I work for three hours, I run and I’ve been running since 1968. I do like to travel. I’ve also had cases in 38 states and I’ve spent time traveling in Asia and Europe,” Vogelstated.
Vogel and his wife have two sons and two grandsons who live in the Dallas area and the attorney is grateful to have everyone so close by. Son J.P. Vogel practices construction law and Stephen Vogel does consulting in e-commerce, social media and web design. Vogel is always pleased when his sons bounce legal questions and ideas off him.
In looking toward the future, Vogel intends to keep up with his cases, while factoring in pertinent speaking engagements. “I’ve had a limited practice now for 36 years and my sense is that there will be more dependenceontheInternetby businesses,” he said. “I think thereisonlygoingtocontinue to be litigation as it relates to crime,badbehaviorandlibel andslanderontheInternet.”
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GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL LLP
1601 Elm Street Thanksgiving Tower, Suite 3000 Dallas, TX 75201
(214) 999-4422 www.gardere.com LinkedIn: Peter Vogel Twitter: @petersvogel Blog: VogelITLawBlog.com
EDUCATION
B.B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1969 M.S., Computer Science, American University, 1972 J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law, 1976
PRACTICE AREAS
IT Contracts & Litigation Internet & E-Commerce Arbitration Intellectual Property Litigation
BAR ADMISSIONS
State of Texas
U.S. District Court for Texas, Northern District, Eastern District, Southern District, Western District
U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Texas Supreme Court Judicial Committee on Information Technology, Founding Chair State Bar of Texas, Computer & Technology Section, Founding Chair
State Bar of Texas, Minimum Continuing Legal Education Committee
Dallas Bar Association, Former President Dallas Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees SMU Dedman School of Law, Adjunct Professor
HONORS & AWARDS
Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education, State Bar of Texas
Lifetime Achievement Award in Promoting Technology in Law, State Bar of Texas Computer and Technology Section The Best Lawyers in America-Communication Law, 2006-2014
The Best Lawyers in America-Information Technology Law, 2008-2014
Chambers USA-Technology: Corporate & Commercial, 2010-2013
Chambers USA-Technology & IT Outsourcing, 2004-2007
Texas Super Lawyers-Intellectual Property Litigation, 2005-2013
The Legal 500 United States, 2011 & 2012
AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell
HOBBIES
Running, blogging, leather tooling, & playing with grandchildren
FAMILY
Wife, Marguerite Burtis and sons J.P. (John-Paul) and Stephen
Ken Hatley Photography