Peter Vogel

Senior Mediator

Senior Mediator · Licensed by the State Bar of Texas

As a lawyer for more than 30 years, Peter combines his technical and business background with his legal expertise to help companies with IT (Information Technology), Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, cyber intrusion, Internet litigation, dispute resolution, M&A, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and contract negotiation. Peter has been involved with the IT industry, Intellectual Property (IP), Internet, and electronic data for his entire career. Prior to practicing law he worked as a computer programmer, systems analyst, and management consultant for companies acquiring IT and related services, and received a Master’s in Computer Science. Peter has clients in healthcare, banking, Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, international manufacturing, state & local government, utilities, and eCommerce who often seek his advice about practical business issues relating to IT, IP, and the Internet, which often include cyber intrusions, SOC and ISO audits, colo sites, cloud solutions, XaaS, ERP implementation projects, AI, website business management, outsourcing, software patents, copyrights, and trade secret protection. Because he is a seasoned IT professional with an accounting and marketing background, Peter also often advises clients about financial, marketing issues, and due diligence in M&A regarding IT, IP, cyber, and the Internet. His experience as an Adjunct Professor in the Law of eCommerce keeps him current on the fast moving evolution of the cyber intrusions and the Internet. He is often quoted in the media about Internet issues and crises. Peter guides clients through the legal, technology and business mazes of Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, electronic evidence, cyber security & insurance, IP, contracts, government regulation, and litigation. He assists many clients with ESI (Electronically Stored Information) issues and related creation, development and implementation of records retention policies. Because of his unique background and knowledge, Peter is often a Court-Appointed Neutral to assist Courts throughout the US with eDiscovery & ESI, Internet, eCommerce, Intellectual Property, and IT matters. Peter is a Co-Founder of the American College of e-Neutrals and a Board Member & Fellow of the Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals. He also serves as a court ordered Mediator in eDiscovery & ESI, Internet, eCommerce, intellectual property, and IT litigation. For more than 30 years Peter has served as an Arbitrator & Mediator for the American Arbitration Association for technology disputes, and serves on the Board of Directors and is a Tech List Member of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center. In 2022 Peter became a Fellow of the Society for Information Systems-Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter, in 2023 Peter became General Counsel for the North Texas Information Systems Security Association, and in 2023 Peter was one of 7 lawyers appointed to the State Bar of Texas Work Group on AI. Peter has also devoted a substantial amount of time and energy serving government agencies and non-profit organizations by addressing their computer, Social Media, and Internet issues. The TEXAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE appointed Peter to be one of 10 public members of the Texas Work Group on Blockchain, and Peter served a Co-Chair of a DAOs & Digital Identity Sub-Work Group. Peter served as Founding Chair for 12 years of the TEXAS SUPREME COURT Judicial Committee on Information Technology (JCIT) whose mission is to put Internet on the desktops of all 3,200 judges in Texas and implement state eFiling. In 1994 Peter was President of the DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION and also served on the Board of Directors of the STATE BAR OF TEXAS, where he served as Founding Chair of the Computer & Technology Section. Peter has taught courses on eDiscovery and the Law of eCommerce as an Adjunct Professor at the SMU DEDMAN LAW SCHOOL. The STATE BAR OF TEXAS gave Peter the Pat Nester Innovation in Professional Development in 2020, the Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education in 2013, and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Promoting Technology in the Law in 2004. In addition, Peter is regularly recognized as one of America’s Leading Business Lawyers in CHAMBERS, a Best Lawyer in America, a Texas Super Lawyer, and a Top Lawyer in Dallas.