Name: William R. Sieben
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William R. Sieben is a partner at Schwebel, Goetz and Sieben, PA in Minneapolis where he has worked since 1980. He is a graduate of St. Cloud State University (BA, Magna Cum Laude) and William Mitchell College of Law (1977). He began his legal career on the White House staff of Vice President Walter F. Mondale. Bill Sieben has been elected to Fellowship in the American College of Trial Lawyers (limited to the top 1%of grail lawyers in America) in 2003. He has been elected to Fellowship in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (limited to the top 500 trial lawyers in America). He has been inducted into the International Society of Barristers. He was elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates. He has been listed in "Best Lawyers in America" since 2000. In 2007 Bill Sieben was named one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in Minnesota History by the publication "Minnesota Law and Politics". He has been voted a "Super Lawyer" by that magazine for 28 consecutive years. In 2000, Sieben was voted the top lawyer in Minnesota and has been one of the top 100 Super Lawyers for 18 consecutive years. Sieben was certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in 1986 and maintains board certification by the Minnesota State Bar Association.

Bill Sieben is a past president of the Minnesota Association for Justice, the Minnesota Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates and of the Douglas Amdahl Inn of Court. He served as the national president of the ABOTA Foundation in 2013. Sieben served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Hamline University School of Law (2005-2007) and as a Trustee of William Mitchell College of Law (2006-2015).

In 2011, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton appointed Sieben to serve on his 9 member statewide Judicial Selection Commission. Sieben has advised Governor Dayton on over 170 appointments to the district court bench, the Minnesota Court of Appeals and the Minnesota Supreme Court. Governor Dayton reappointed Sieben to another 4-year term in January, 2015.

Sieben has twice been selected as "Attorney of the Year" by the legal publication, "Minnesota Lawyer".

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