About Owen Masica

Owen Masica began his work in personal injury serving as a law clerk with Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben and then commenced working as a trial lawyer after obtaining his Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School. Prior to law school, he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences in Microbiology and Pharmacology. Owen is licensed to practice in Minnesota. Owen’s focus will be all aspects of personal injury litigation including car and truck collisions, motorcycle crashes and general liability cases.

He practices personal injury law because it enables him to work directly with real people that need help. For Owen, every day at Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben is an opportunity to help people often through the most difficult times of their lives. To him, it’s the most rewarding work he can do.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A.

These results are credited to Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A.. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

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.

Hennepin County District Court, Minnesota · 2010Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

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.

Anoka County District Court / Minnesota Supreme Court · 2008Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$4.2 millionVerdictTop 20 in Minnesota · #12

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.

Anoka County District Court, Minnesota · 2009Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$500,000Verdict

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.

Hennepin County District Court · 2025Car AccidentsRead the full story →
Settlement

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.

Hennepin County District Court, Minnesota (Plaintiffs' Liability Committee) · 1986Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Minnesota Law School - Minneapolis, MN
J.D., 2023
University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences - Minneapolis, MN
Undergraduate, 2019

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.