Philip Sieff
Robins Kaplan LLP
Philip Sieff is a trial attorney in Minneapolis, Minnesota who battles for justice when wrongdoers cause serious injury or death. Intense and relentless, he helps clients find the courage they need to face those who have hurt them.
He has significant experience representing families coping with the wrongful death of a loved ones, particularly children, having handled hundreds of wrongful death cases. The complex and high profile cases Phil has handled, includes: the I-35W Bridge Collapse (lead co-counsel of I-35W Consortium, a group of 17 law firms that provided legal services to over 100 collapse victims); the Red Lake High School Shooting; and the Holidazzle Parade Disaster.
Mr. Sieff has spent more than twenty seven years in front of judges and juries obtaining justice from wrongdoers and their insurance companies. He has tried—and won— injury and wrongful death cases and has obtained numerous million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients.
Philip has tried and won injury and wrongful death cases obtaining numerous million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. He has handled cases involving serious car accidents, passenger injuries, defective products, medical malpractice, violence in schools, drunk drivers, compressed gas dusting abuse, boating accidents, train derailments, construction site accidents, truck accidents, and airplane crashes.
Recently, Philip Sieff obtained a $7.75 million jury verdict against the manufacturer of aerosol dust remover products following a fatal vehicle crash. Serving as co-lead counsel, Mr. Sieff secured a landmark $7.75 million verdict against CRC Industries for its failure to prevent the foreseeable misuse of its aerosol dust remover products. The verdict follows the 2019 death of a driver who was killed in a vehicle crash after an individual huffed CRC Duster and struck her car head-on. This is the first dust remover case of its kind to go to trial.
- Cornell College
- B.S.S., Politics, with distinction
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- Hamline University Law School
- J.D.
- cum laude 1985, Associate Member, Hamline Law Review and Associate Editor-In-Chief, Hamline Law Review Symposium
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- Robins Kaplan LLP
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- Obtained $7.75 Million Jury Verdict Against Manufacturer of Aerosol Dust Remover Products Following Fatal Vehicle Crash
- Robins Kaplan LLP
- Five Robins Kaplan Attorneys Named To Minnesota Lawyer’s Power 30: Personal Injury List
- Robins Kaplan LLP
- The Dangers of Keyboard Dust Removers
- Landmark Recovery
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
- Lawdragon
- POWER 30 List
- Minnesota Lawyer
- Named to POWER 30 List, Minnesota Lawyer (2023)
- 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
- Lawdragon
- Listed in "500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers," Lawdragon (2019; 2021-2023)
- The Best Lawyers in America
- The Best Lawyers in America
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2012-2023 editions)
- Minnesota Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Named a "Minnesota Super Lawyer," Super Lawyers (2000-2023)
- Trial Law Institute
- Member
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- Diversity Law Institute
- Current
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- Barrister in the Order of Veritas
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- U.S. District Court, Minnesota
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- U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri
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- U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
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- Free Consultation
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Surgical Errors
- Mass Tort - Defective Products