Lawrence Vogelman

Manchester, NHAdmitted 1974

About Lawrence Vogelman

Lawrence Vogelman brings over 50 years of legal experience to the firm's Personal Injury and Criminal Defense practice groups, focusing on civil rights, disability rights, criminal defense, and complex civil litigation. He earned his B.A. from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (1970) and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School (1973). After 15 years as a professor at Cardozo School of Law, where he and Barry Scheck built the clinical and trial advocacy program and practiced as Vogelman and Scheck, he came to New Hampshire in 1994.

He served two years as Deputy Director of the New Hampshire Public Defender. He founded the Veterans Law Project, Legal Boots on the Ground, and is the only Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Defense Lawyers in New Hampshire. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America since 2025 for Civil Rights Law.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Shaheen & Gordon, P.A.

These results are credited to Shaheen & Gordon, P.A.. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$3.1 millionVerdict

A federal court found the U.S. government liable for the 1984 murder of FBI informant John McIntyre after agent John Connolly disclosed his identity to Winter Hill Gang leaders Whitey Bulger and Stephen Flemmi, and the First Circuit affirmed the $3.1 million award in 2008.

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts (affirmed 1st Cir. 2008) · 2006Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Education

Brooklyn Law School
J.D., 1973
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
Undergraduate, 1970

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York, admitted 1974
State Bar of New Hampshire, admitted 1994

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