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Jul 2008	Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP, and Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A., Announce Wal-Mart Found to Have Violated Minnesota's Fair Labor Standards Act over 2 Million Times Tuesday July 1, 2:17 pm ET Wal-Mart Ordered to Pay $6.5 Million in Back Pay in Dakota County Class Action MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS...
Jul 2008	Wal-Mart Loses $6.5 Million Wage-and-Hour Class Action Alison Frankel 07-02-2008 Wal-Mart and its lead trial counsel, Houston's Susman Godfrey, are now 0-for-3 in wage-and-hour class action trials. On Tuesday, after a three-month bench trial, a...
Jul 2008	Judge: Wal-Mart violated MN labor laws, must pay $6.5M Judge: Wal-Mart violated MN labor laws, must pay $6.5M Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal - by Carissa Wyant Staff Writer A Dakota County judge has found...
Jul 2008	'Trial' Lawyers Become A Thing of the Past In the last decade, the percentage of civil cases actually tried has dipped by more than a third. By Michelle Lore michelle.lore@minnlawyer.com ...
Jun 2008	Jury finds in favor of train accident victims by Mandy Moran Froemming Union Editor The families of four young people killed in 2003 when their car collided with a freight train got the verdict they...
Jun 2008	Minnesota Monthly Best Lawyers pictured in photo: (L-R) Jim Schwebel, Peter Riley, John Goetz...
Jun 2008	Families of train crash victims win wrongful death lawsuit Elena Kibasova, Web Producer A jury returned a multi-million dollar judgment in a wrongful death lawsuit Friday. The lawsuit was filed by...
Jun 2008	Four SGS Attorneys Designated Top 40 Personal Injury Lawyers MINNEAPOLIS (JUNE 1,2008)—Four attorneys from the law firm of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A. have been named “Minnesota’s Top 40...
May 2008	Lawyers find bike-accident cases can be a bumpy road by Dan Heilman Staff Writer By the Numbers: 5,000 Minnesotans per year are hurt in bike accidents 500 of those injuries are from...
May 2008	Lawyers get around Minnesota's seatbelt 'gag rule' Minneapolis attorneys James Schwebel and Bob Schmitz recently settled a personal injury lawsuit involving the misuse of a seatbelt for $3 million. The case...
September 2004		Protecting Against Negligence Suits All homeowners dread being sued by someone injured on their property due to negligence. Here are protective measures recommended by James Schwebel , a leading Minneapolis...
August 2004		SG&S Attorneys named Super Lawyer MINNEAPOLIS (JUNE 1,2004)—Seven attorneys from the law firm of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A. have been named “Minnesota’s Top 40 Personal Injury Lawyers” by...
June/July 2004		Seven SGS Attorneys Designated Top 40 Personal Injury Lawyers MINNEAPOLIS (JUNE 1,2004)—Seven attorneys from the law firm of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A. have been named “Minnesota’s Top 40 Personal Injury Lawyers” by...
December/January 2003		Heavenly Justice Heard the one about the priest, the rabbi and the Baptist preacher? Wait - it gets even better: they’re all lawyers! This sounds like the start of a bad joke, and it easily could be,...
April/May 2002		Legal Journal Highlights Accomplishments of Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben MINNEAPOLIS, MN – A recent edition of Minnesota Law & Politics which was dedicated to personal injury law, highlighted the accomplishments...
April/May 2001		Masters of Disaster - When tragedy strikes, this superb personal-injury lawyer can help ease the pain. Stubborn, Emotional and Excellent When asked how he happened into a career as a trial lawyer, Peter Riley says, “The how and the why are both easy for me. Both my parents were...
August 2000		Super Duper Lawyer Bill Sieben Receives Most Votes Among "Super Lawyers" (Minneapolis, MN) Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine has released their annual list of Super Lawyers in the state of Minnesota....
November 1999		Top Ten Litigators - Winnin'-sotans Top litigators include prominent nemesis of Big Tobacco plus defenders of automakers. BY MARGARET CRONIN FISK NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL CONTRIBUTING EDITOR The top litigators in...