About Luke Heck

Luke is an attorney and shareholder at Vogel Law Firm. Luke’s practice area is criminal defense, where he aggressively advocates for his clients to achieve positive outcomes in their matters. Prior to working at Vogel, he was the head of the criminal defense department at another local law firm. Luke attended Jamestown College in Jamestown, North Dakota, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration with concentrations in Economics and Global Business. Luke attended the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

There, Luke concentrated on criminal law courses and clerked at the First District Public Defender’s Office. Luke was also selected by his UST Law class to be their commencement speaker. Luke was born and raised in Jamestown, North Dakota and graduated from Jamestown High School. During high school, Luke was a member of student government and was a member of the varsity basketball team for three years, including a senior year where he was named a unanimous selection to the All-WDA basketball team and chosen to the Class A Lion’s All-Star team.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Vogel Law Firm

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$810,458VerdictTop 10 of 1999 · #10

The parents of an eight-year-old boy killed in a November 1995 crash in West Fargo, North Dakota, sued the driver, his father and a second driver alleged to have been racing him. The driver admitted liability, and the jury awarded the parents $810,457.96 against him and found the second driver not negligent. The trial court refused to subtract the family's pretrial settlement with the father from the award, and the North Dakota Supreme Court affirmed in 1999.

North Dakota state district court (crash in West Fargo); appeal to the North Dakota Supreme Court, 1999 ND 171 · 1999Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Dakota
State Bar of Minnesota

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