Philip Sieff
Robins Kaplan LLP
Phil 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 one, particularly a child, having handled hundreds of wrongful death cases. He has particular experience in complex and high profile cases, including: 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. He has handled cases involving serious car accidents, passenger injuries, defective products, medical malpractice, violence in schools, drunk drivers, boating accidents, train derailments, construction site accidents, truck accidents, and airplane crashes. Mr. Sieff also has significant experience helping crime victims and people dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mr. Sieff is a member of the Trial Law Institute and Diversity Law Institute. He also qualifies as a Barrister in the Order of Veritas.
- 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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- Dusting Dangers with Phil Sieff
- Landmark Recovery
- What is Dusting?
- Treatment Magazine
- 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)
- Super Lawyer
- Robins Kaplan LLP
- Voted a "Super Lawyer" of Minnesota law by his peers every year since 2000
- Trial Law Institute
- Member
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- Diversity Law Institute
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- Barrister in the Order of Veritas
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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