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About James Sheehy
James Sheehy is a senior partner at Meshbesher and Spence with more than 30 years representing injured individuals and families throughout Minnesota. After graduating cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1989, he clerked for Justice John E. Simonett of the Minnesota Supreme Court, practiced at a large firm, then ran his own practice for over 17 years before joining Meshbesher and Spence. He concentrates on personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, auto accidents, and traumatic brain injuries. He holds the highest peer ratings for legal ability and ethical standards and is recognized by lawyers and judges as a leading trial attorney in Minnesota. He holds a B.A. (1985) and J.D. (1989, cum laude) from the University of Minnesota.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Meshbesher & Spence
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A Dakota County jury awarded Jeffrey Wu and his wife $18.4 million after his 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee's defective monostable gear shifter caused a rollaway that crushed his left leg and required amputation.
Thirteen years after Minneapolis florist Robert Nachtsheim was shot and killed in an officially unsolved homicide, a Hennepin County jury found businessman Norman Wartnick civilly liable and awarded his widow $2,350,000 in compensatory and punitive damages, a verdict the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed in 1987.
Dakota County paid $2.25 million to settle a wrongful death suit brought by Tory Hart after county child protection workers recommended reuniting his six-year-old son with the mother, who fatally shot the child ten days after a court terminated its jurisdiction.
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