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Biography
Pat Weir is a senior partner and leads the Vogel Law Firm’s wrongful death and personal injury practice groups. Since 1990, Pat has represented only those individuals and families who have suffered serious or fatal injuries because of another’s conduct. During his career, Pat has secured hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and out-of-court settlements for his clients’ personal injury and wrongful death claims. Most of Pat’s experience comes from handling commercial truck accident deaths and injuries, motor vehicle fatalities and injuries, pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and injuries, and from representing the families of those injured or killed in oilfield accidents or explosions in the Bakken in Western North Dakota.
While Pat practices primarily in North Dakota and Minnesota, he has also represented clients and prosecuted cases throughout the Unites States including South Dakota, Montana, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Arizona, Florida, and North Carolina.
Pat received his undergraduate degree in 1985 from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, and is a 1989 graduate of the University of Denver – College of Law. He is also a past adjunct professor of litigation at Minnesota State University – Moorhead, Minnesota. Among other awards, Pat has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America as the personal injury “Lawyer of the Year” on four separate occasions: 2014, 2015, 2021, and 2026, and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer every year since 2012.
Pat’s work has given him broad experience in litigating all aspects of insurance coverage disputes for wrongful death and injury cases including, among other things, umbrella or excess coverages, liability coverages, underinsured motorist coverage, and uninsured motorist coverages,
Pat and his wife have four grown children, and he enjoys spending time with his family and grandchildren, playing hockey, downhill skiing, reading, and golfing.
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Defective and Dangerous Products
25%
Litigation
25%
Personal Injury
25%
Wrongful Death
25%
Fees and Rates
Awards
Licenses
Licensed in North Dakota for 35 years
State: North Dakota
Acquired: 1990
No misconduct found
Location
Vogel Law Firm
218 Northern Pacific Avenue, Fargo, ND, 58102-4834
Vogel Law Firm
200 N 3rd St Suite 201, Bismarck, ND, 58501
Vogel Law Firm
215 30th Street North, Moorhead, MN, 56560
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Experience
Honors
2026
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2024
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2023
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2023
Trucking Trial Lawyers Association - Top 10, National Trial Lawyers
2023
Top 25 Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2023
Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation
2023
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury
2023
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2022
Trucking Trial Lawyers Association - Top 10, National Trial Lawyers
2022
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2022
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2022
Top 25 Motor Vehicle Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2022
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2022
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2021
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2021
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury
2021
Lawyer of the Year - Personal Injury, The Best Lawyers in America
2021
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2021
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2021
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2021
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2020
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2020
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury
2020
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2020
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2020
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2019
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury
2019
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2019
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2019
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2019
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2019
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2018
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury
2018
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2018
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2018
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2018
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2017
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2017
Life Member, Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
2017
Life Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
2017
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2017
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2017
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2017
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury
2016
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2016
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2016
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2016
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2016
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2015
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2015
Top 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers
2015
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2015
Lawyer of the Year - Personal Injury, The Best Lawyers in America
2015
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2015
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury
2015
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2014
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2014
Lawyer of the Year - Personal Injury, The Best Lawyers in America
2014
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2014
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2014
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury
2014
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2013
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2013
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2013
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury
2013
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2013
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2012
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2012
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury
2012
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2012
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2012
Star Litigator, Chambers USA - - Plaintiff's Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
2011
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
2011
Listed in, The Best Lawyers in America
2010
Star Lawyer, Benchmark Litigation
N/A
Listed in, Great Plains Super Lawyers - Plaintiff's Personal Injury (2016-2025)
N/A
Great Plains Super Lawyers®, Thomson/Reuters, 2024
N/A
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
N/A
AV Preeminent Peer-Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
N/A
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, 2024-2025, Best Lawyers in America
N/A
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society
Work Experience
1900 - Present
Attorney, Vogel Law Firm
Associations
Diversity Law Institute
Member
The Trial Law Institute
Member
Cass County Bar Association
Member
American Association for Justice
Member
Minnesota Association for Justice
Member
North Dakota Association for Justice
Member
Education
1998
University of Denver, College of Law
JD
1989
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1985
College of St Scholastica
BA