Joel Lee Sogol
Work in Joel L. Sogol, Attorney at Law
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 50 years of experience
Personal Injury, Product Liability, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education, Family Law
811 21st Avenue, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
About Joel Lee Sogol
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Civil Rights
- Constitutional Law
- Education
- Family Law
Education
- The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, AlabamaJ.D.
- University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 1970B.A
- Major: History
Classes and Seminars
- Trial Advocacy Program, Adjunct Professor, University of Alabama School of Law, 1994 - Present
- Recent Developments of the Law Presentation: Practical Crim Def Law, ABICLE, Sept 2002, 2002 - Present
- Motions and Discovery in Death Penalty Cases, Presentation, Loosening the Death Belt VI Regional Death Penalty Conference, 2002
- Religious Diversity- Dealing with Different Beliefs Panelist, Leadership Alabama, 2000 - 2001
- Training Seminar--Notre Dame, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1994 - Present
- Public Prayer and the Public, Keynote Speaker, Freedom from Religion Foundation National Convention, 1995
- Lectures on the Lawyer's Role in Sentencing, Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1994
- Avoidance of Malpractice in Criminal Cases, Attorney's Insurance Mutual, 1993
- Competency Under Rule 11, A.R.Cr.P., Lecturer, Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1991
- Director and Lecturer in Criminal Law, Peoples Law School, 1987 - 1990
- Panelist in Discussion of Criminal Justice System Representing Criminal Defense Viewpoint, Alabama Crime Victims Annual Conference, 1989
- Panelist in Discussion on the Criminal Justice System Representing Criminal Defense Viewpoint, Alabama Crime Victims Annual Conference, 1990
- Lectures in Recent Criminal Decisions and Search and Seizure, Alabama Law Institute/Continuing Legal Education, 1985
- Death Penalty Conference, Lawyers Role in Sentencing, Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1994
- Religious Diversity- Dealing with Different Beliefs Panelist, Leadership Alabama, 2001
- Lectures on Avoidance of Malpractice in Criminal Cases, Attorney's Insurance Mutual Conference, 1993
- NAACP/Legal Defense Fund National Death Penalty Conference, 1987 - Present
- NAACP/Legal Defense Fund National Death Penalty Conference, 1988 - Present
- Alabama Law Institute, Member, Criminal Law Seminar Planning Committee, 1986 - 1992
- Lectured all over the State on Guideline Sentencing and general sentencing issues to District Attorneys, Defense Lawyers and Judges, Alabama Sentencing Commission - Criminal Defense Lawyers , 2011 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1973
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1977
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 1977
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1979
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1985
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
Other Affiliations
- American Board of Criminal Lawyers, 2010 - Present (Fellow)
- Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1985 - Present (Southeast Regional Board Member)
- American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, 1989 - 1999 (Member, Litigation Committee)
- American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, 1994 - 1998 (Chairman, Litigation Committee)
- Sentencing Options, Inc., 1992 - Present (President)
- Alabama State Bar Association, 1995 - 1997 (Chairman, Committee on Indigent Defense)
- Alabama State Bar Association, 1986 - 1988 (Vice-Chairman, Committee on Indigent Defense)
- Alabama State Bar Association, 1984 - 1988 (Member, Committee on Indigent Defense)
- Alabama State Bar Association, 1994 - 1997 (Member, Committee on Indigent Defense)
- American Inns of Court CXXI, 1992 - Present (Master at the Bench)
- Administrative Office of Courts-Rule 11, 1990 - 1995 (Revision Committee)
- Alabama Judicial Study Commissions, 1987 - 1988 (Member, Indigent Defense Committee)
- Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1983 - 1984 (President)
- Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1982 - 1983 (President-Elect)
- Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1981 - 1982 (Vice-President)
- Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1981 (Founding Member)
- Temerson Lodge, B'nai B'rith, 1985 (President)
- Temerson Lodge, B'nai B'rith, 1984 - 1986 (Co-Executive Director)
- Northport Jaycees, 1981 - 1982 (President)
- Alabama Bar Association, 1973 - Present (Member)
- Tuscaloosa County Bar Association (Member)
- Tuscaloosa Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Civil Liberties Union of Alabama (Member)
- A.C.L.U. (Member)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
- American Inns of Court CXXI (Member)
- Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
- B'nai B'rith (Member)
Past Positions
- Sogol & Chandler, Partner, 1979 - 1992
- Joel L. Sogol, Attorney at Law, Sole Practitioner, 1978
- Tuscaloosa County Public Defenders Office, Senior Assistant Public Defender, 1973 - 1978
Fraternities and Sororities
- Zeta Beta Tau
Office Info
Nearby Lawyers
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Civil Rights
- Constitutional Law
- 0.2 mile away
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