Zoe C. Vogel

Practice Focus

Litigation Practice, Environmental

Zoe Vogel is an attorney in our firm’s Litigation Section.

Zoe’s practice primarily focuses on environmental law. Prior to joining Fishman Haygood, Zoe was a legal fellow with the Environmental Law Institute in Washington, D.C. In this role, she conducted legal research and writing to fulfill publication deliverables across a wide range of project topics including coastal resilience, hazard mitigation, nature-based infrastructure, sea level rise, offshore wind, Tribal consultation, and hardrock mining. She also planned and moderated panels for the Environmental Law Institute’s Community Lawyering CLE series to support meaningful, environmental justice-oriented pro bono work.

Zoe received her law degree, cum laude, from Tulane Law School. While at Tulane, Zoe was the Editor in Chief of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal and a Rule XX student attorney for the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic where she represented clients in civil rights proceedings under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

Education

J.D., cum laude, from Tulane Law School, 2023
- Editor in Chief of the Tulane Environmental Law Journal
B.S.B. in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Management from University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, 2020

Publications / Presentations

Publications

Joel Scata and Zoe Vogel, Buyer Beware: Sea Level Rise and Real Estate Disclosure, 16 Geo. Wash. J. Energy & Env’t L. (forthcoming Feb. 2025)
Navigating Newly Non-WOTUS Wetlands: A Study of Six States’ Wetlands Programs after Sackett v. EPA, Louisiana Supplement and Arkansas Supplement (Env’t L. Inst. 2024)
The Nexus Between California’s AB 52 and SB 18 (Env’t L. Inst. 2024)
Tribal Consultation in Washington State (Env’t L. Inst. 2024)
The Importance of Ensuring an Accessible Federal Acknowledgment Process for Indigenous Tribes in the Face of the Climate Crisis, 36 Tul. Env’t L.J. 275 (2023)
Zoe Vogel and Amy Reed, USACE Project Partnership Agreements: Problematic Provisions for Non-Federal Sponsors (Env’t L. Inst. 2023)
State v. Spokane County District Court: Use of the Necessity Defense to Address the Climate Emergency Through Civil Disobedience in Washington State, 36 Tul. Env’t L.J. 215 (2022)
Zoe Vogel and Kristoffer Svendsen, The Huntington Beach Spill: An Analysis Under the Oil Pollution Act, 40(2) Int’l Energy L. Rev. 13 (2022)

Presentations

Panelist, Charting New Waters: Women on the Frontlines of Coastal Law, 30^th Annual Tulane Environmental Law and Policy Summit (Mar. 2025)
Moderator, Community Lawyering for Environmental Justice: Onshore Renewable Energy Permitting (Dec. 2024)
Moderator, Community Lawyering for Environmental Justice: Environmental Justice Implications of PFAS, Environmental Law Institute (June 2024)
Moderator, Community Lawyering for Environmental Justice: Air Permitting, Environmental Law Institute (Apr. 2024)
Moderator, Community Lawyering for Environmental Justice: Title VI as a Tool for Advancing Environmental Justice, Environmental Law Institute (Jan. 2024)
Moderator, Community Lawyering for Environmental Justice: Connecting Communities with Federal Funding, Environmental Law Institute (Nov. 2023)
Cancer Alley, 29th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans (Mar. 2023)
Moderator, Exploring Tribal Law Approaches to Environmental Stewardship and Regulation within Federal Law, 28th Annual Tulane Environmental Law & Policy Summit, New Orleans (Mar. 2022)