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Practice
Engaged in the
practice of municipal law, motor vehicle violations and criminal litigation.
Professional Background
Admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1972.
Also admitted to practice before the United States District
Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; the United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; the Supreme Court of the
United States.
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers - Criminal.
Who's Who in American Law (2005-2006).
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer (2006).
Professional/Civic Activities
Solicitor - Shaler Township
Solicitor - Reserve Township
Solicitor - Haysville Borough
Solicitor - Ohio Township Sanitary Authority
Solicitor - Ross Township Civil Service Commission
Solicitor - North Hills Council of Governments
Solicitor - Quaker Valley Council of Governments
Co-Counsel-Allegheny County & Western Pennsylvania
Association of Township Commissioners
Past Chair Association of Municipal and School Solicitors
of Allegheny County
Past Counsel of Borough’s Association of
Allegheny County, 1991, 1994, 2003
Director of Association of Municipal and School
Solicitors of Allegheny County
Solicitor, Borough of Avalon, 1995-2005
Municipal Authority Sub-Committee of Municipal and
School Solicitors Association of Allegheny County
Program Advisory Committee of Pennsylvania Bar
Institute of Municipal Solicitors
Curriculum Review Committee Member of the
Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officer’s Education
Training Commission
Allegheny County Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Publications and Articles
Pennsylvania Driving Under the Influence Law and Practice, 2
Vol., (Bisel, 1998),
(Supp. 1999), (Supp. 2000), (Supp. 2002), (Supp. 2005).
Top-10 Reasons Why Act 24 Is a Nightmare, The Lawyers Journal,
June 24, 2005
Tougher DUI Penalties Now in Effect, The Lawyers Journal,
March 5, 2004
Get Ready for Pennsylvania's New DUI Law, The Lawyers Journal,
January 9, 2004
DUI Traffic Stops in Pennsylvania Changed Forever After
Gleason and its Progeny,
The Lawyers Journal, February 7, 2003
A Look at Police DUI Roadblocks: Constitutionality Is Still
Unsettled (Litigation
Quarterly,
Supplement
to The Legal Intelligence and Pennsylvania Law
Weekly, 1998)
ReadyLAW, Pennsylvania Law Weekly (PA LAWnet Website)
Guilty Knowledge: A New Constitutional Standard
Police Advisory Bulletins: Basics of a Search Warrant; Execution
of a Search
Warrant; Plain View;
Open View; Probable Cause; Search Incident to Arrest;
Stop and
Frisk; Vehicular Searches
Motor Vehicle Stops and Law of Search and Seizure, Pennsylvania
Bar Institute
(2004) Power
Point Presentation
Pennsylvania Bar Institute Driving Under the Influence Manual -
Substantive and
Evidentiary
Issues, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006
Bridge-the-Gap DUI Manual, 1984, 1986
Education
Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., Law Review, 1972)
Duquesne University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1969)
Teaching Experience
Instructor - Allegheny County Police Academy: Crimes Code -
Arrest,
Search & Seizure - Jurisdiction - Use of Deadly Force
Faculty Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association/Pennsylvania Bar
Institute Driving After Imbibing Program, 2005 (Pittsburgh)
Faculty Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute - GUP, DAI Program,
2005 (Pittsburgh), 2006 (Pittsburgh)
Faculty Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute - Driving Under the
Influence
Program, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003 (Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh,
Scranton, West Chester,
Erie), 2004 (Philadelphia, Mechanicsburg, Pittsburgh,
Norristown), 2006 (Pittsburgh)
Faculty Member of Pennsylvania Bar Institute - Motor Vehicle
Stops and Law of
Search and Seizure, 2004 (Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2004
(Wilkes-Barre) -
Panelist - The
New PA DUI Law - From the Bottle to the Throttle
Pennsylvania
State Police Operation Nighthawk - 2006 (Scranton)
(Philadelphia)
Pennsylvania State Police Operation Nighthawk - 2005 (Slippery
Rock) (Altoona)
(Lancaster)
Pennsylvania State Police Operation Nighthawk - 2004
(Wilkes-Barre, Meadville,
Hershey)
Allegheny County Bench-Bar (2004) – DUI 101 – How to Handle the
Basic DUI Case
Instructor - City of Pittsburgh Police Academy: Criminal
Procedure; Mandatory
In-Service Training
Lecturer - Pennsylvania District Attorney's Association
Up Close And Personal
Ask
any police officer in Allegheny County and the chances are pretty
good they learned a bit of law from Joe Vogrin. For over 25 years,
Joe has taught criminal law to over 3,500 young and old police
officers at various locations including cadets at the Allegheny
County Police Academy and the City of Pittsburgh Police Academy,
teaching Search and Seizure, Arrest, Crimes Code, and Use of Deadly
Force.
And few attorneys in Pennsylvania know motor vehicle law as well as
Joe. In fact, he wrote the book: Pennsylvania Driving Under
the Influence Law & Practice, first published in 1998. All of this is just one reason why folks who get in trouble
with the state’s Motor Vehicle Code call on Joe to represent them.
But this is only one aspect of his practice. Most of his colleagues
and hundreds of local officials know Joe for his work on behalf of
local municipalities and their authorities. A past chair of the
county bar association’s municipal and school solicitors section,
Joe has served many local governments as their top lawyer. He
advises local officials, civil service boards, sanitary commissions,
councils of government, and municipal associations.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Joe graduated magna cum laude from
Duquesne University and its law school where he was a member of the
law review. But before that he had a stint in the U.S. Navy where he
gained expertise as a Serbo-Croatian interpreter.
A 32nd degree Free Mason and Past Master of John A. Brashear Lodge,
F. & A.M., Joe brings together great personal skills and diverse
interests.
He and his wife Elaine, a registered nurse, live in the North Hills
suburbs of Pittsburgh. |
