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About Greta Wiessner

Greta Wiessner became a lawyer to fight for justice. As an Associate in the Civil Rights and Mass Tort practice groups, Greta advocates for those who have been injured or have had their rights violated by police, the prison system, pharmaceutical companies, and more. Greta joined Robins Kaplan following two federal clerkships, one on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the other on the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Before clerking, Greta graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she represented clients through the Penn Law Immigrant Rights Project, Child Advocacy Clinic, and Transnational Legal Clinic, and worked as a summer law clerk at the Hennepin County Public Defenders. She was a Senior Editor on the Law Review and won the Keedy Cup, Penn Law's Appellate Moot Court competition.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$12.2 millionSettlement

Terrance Winborn was booked into the Scott County Jail on a suspected DUI. A bacterial infection went untreated in custody until it caused septic shock, a heart attack and gangrene, and surgeons amputated both of his arms below the elbows. The county and its insurer settled his Section 1983 claim for $12.2 million.

U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota · 2023Civil RightsRead the full story →
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Practice areas

Education

University of Pennsylvania Law School
J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2019
Boston College
Undergraduate, 2013

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Minnesota

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