About
Kenneth M. Mogill has long concentrated his practice in the field of professional ethics. He represents law firms and individual attorneys in connection with all aspects of their ethical duties, from preventive consultations to representations in attorney discipline investigations and prosecutions to providing expert witness services. For many years he also maintained an active criminal defense practice in both state and federal trial and appellate courts, representing defendants in a broad range of matters, including complex white collar litigation. Since 2002, he has been an adjunct professor at Wayne State University Law School, where he teaches Professional Responsibility and previously taught Criminal Procedure I & II.
Mr. Mogill is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the American Bar Foundation and the Michigan Bar Foundation, a past chairperson of the State Bar of Michigan Standing Committee on Professional Ethics, a past president of Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan, a former cochair of the Ethics Committee for the Eastern District of Michigan Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and a past member of the American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility Committee on Continuing Legal Education. He is also a member of the Village of Lake Orion Board of Ethics.
For many years Mr. Mogill was the principal author of Examination of Witnesses (Thomson Reuters), and he remains a co-author of that publication. For over twenty years he was a co-author and criminal defense commentator for Michigan Criminal Law & Procedure (Thomson Reuters). He is also the author of numerous articles on various aspects of criminal law and procedure, legal ethics and attorney discipline and a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on these topics.
Mr. Mogill has argued three times in the U.S. Supreme Court (Michigan v. Tucker (1974); United States v. Timmreck (1979); and Metrish v. Lancaster (2013)) and has been co-counsel in two other cases (Michigan v. Chesternut (1988); and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)). He has argued many times before the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals and other appellate courts.
Education
- University of Michigan, B.A. with honors in honors political science 1968
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D. 1971
Awards
- Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Michigan Chapter, Leonard R. Gilman Award (2019)
- Affirmations, Loma Utley Outstanding Ally Award (2015)
- State Bar of Michigan, Champion of Justice Award (2014)
- Detroit's Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year, Ethics & Professional Responsibility Law (2013)
- ACLU of Michigan Civil Libertarian of the Year (2007)
- Greater Flint ACLU Civil Libertarian of the Year (2006)
- Detroit Bar Association Chairperson of the Year (1985-1986)
- Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers
- Michigan Super Lawyers
