Jim Wade Vogele

Jim Wade Vogele

Jim Vogele, Attorney at Law β€’ Portland, OR
Employment LaborClass ActionsEmployment LawPersonal Injury

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Contact

Email
Phone
(503) 912-7898
Address
812 NW 17th Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, US

Professional

About

Since graduating from Harvard Law School, Jim W. Vogele has been an active member of the Montana State Bar (1988), the California State Bar (1991), the Oregon State Bar (2011), and the Washington State Bar (2021). During law school, he was a summer law clerk for the Alaska Supreme Court. He received his B.A. with Honors in English Literature from Montana State University. Jim has published articles, reviews, and chapters on employment law and other topics. He has lectured on employment law at numerous Continuing Legal Education seminars, and has given presentations on legal history and practice to law students and college students. He has served as a volunteer attorney for the Montana Legal Services Association and for the Legal Aid Society of California Worker's Rights Clinic in San Francisco. Jim grew up on a ranch in eastern Montana; he has substantial blue-collar work experience, including jobs as a house painter, a ranch hand, a landscaper, a roughneck in the Williston Basin oil fields, and as a seismographer in the mountains of Wyoming. He has also worked as a bartender, an LSAT preparation instructor, and as a tutor to Crow Indian students at Montana State University. Jim enjoys biking, hiking, camping, cross-country skiing, reading and writing. Jim W. Vogele has served as second chair trial counsel in state and federal court trials in class actions leading to the recovery of over $200 million in overtime wages and other damages for several thousand employees. He is equally proud of having successfully litigated many smaller but equally important discrimination, harassment, and civil rights cases.

About Employment Labor Law

Employment and labor attorneys handle workplace legal matters including discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage disputes. They represent both employees and employers. Common matters include wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage disputes.

Credentials

Education
1988 Harvard Law School J.D. 1982 Montana State University B.A. with honors

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
2017 AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Publications
2017 Trial Lawyer (OTLA) Preliminary Injunctive Relief, When Damages Aren't Enough 2012 In Brief (Oregon State Bar) Contract Lawyers: Independent Contractors or Employees 2003 California Employment Law Reporter "Others Evidence" Co-Author Feature Article 2001 Rutter California Practice Guide Chapter 11 Compensation Co-Author 1998 Montana Lawyer Book Review
Associations
2011 - Present Oregon State Bar Member 1991 - Present State Bar of California Member 1988 - Present Montana State Bar Member 2012 - 2016 Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Co-chair Employment Law Section 2012 - 2013 Oregon Women Lawyers Association
Speaking
2018 Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, CLE Settlement Agreements 2016 Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Employee/Individual Rights Section Lessons Learned From Recent Disability Discrimination Trials 2014 Employment Law Beyond the Basics Sexual and Racial Harassment 2013 OTLA Employment Section Rule 404 "other acts" evidence 2013 Fundamentals of Employment Sexual, racial and other harassment in the workplace
Updated: Mar 08, 2026