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About Matthew Barber
Matt focuses his practice on motions and appeals, which covers all aspects of personal injury litigation. He has won significant motions related to car, truck, and motorcycle crashes, and general liability cases. He has argued several cases before the Minnesota Supreme Court and several more before the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Matt was acknowledged by these courts in 2022 when he was appointed to the Advisory Committee for the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure. Matt has been with Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben since 2008.
He worked as a law clerk before graduating cum laude from the University of North Dakota School of Law and received his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of St. Thomas. In 2025, Matt was promoted to shareholder status. Matt practices personal injury law for two main reasons: First, to help people who are experiencing loses that many cannot imagine. Second, to level the playing field so that individuals also receive access to exceptional legal representation.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A.
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James Schwebel represented 34 victims in a three-year lawsuit against engineering firm URS Corp, whose negligent inspection of the Minneapolis I-35W bridge preceded its August 2007 collapse, killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.
A six-week Anoka County trial ended with a $24 million jury verdict against BNSF Railway after four young people died at a malfunctioning Ferry Street grade crossing in September 2003.
Following a $24 million wrongful-death jury verdict, Anoka County District Court Judge Ellen Maas imposed more than $4.2 million in additional sanctions against BNSF Railway for destroying evidence, fabricating records, and obstructing the investigation of a crash that killed four young people.
A Hennepin County jury awarded $5.33 million after a Metro Transit bus driver closed the doors and pulled away while Christopher Swickard was approaching, causing the rear wheels to run over him and require amputation of his left leg below the knee.
After Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashed on takeoff from Reno killing 70 of 71 aboard in January 1985, James Schwebel of Schwebel, Goetz, Sieben and Hanson served as counsel to the court-appointed Plaintiffs' Liability Committee, which coordinated liability discovery on behalf of all plaintiffs and was entitled to a percentage of each individual settlement.
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