Peter W. Riley
Work in Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben, P.A.
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Car Accidents, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Wrongful Death
5120 IDS Center 80 South Eighth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402
About Peter W. Riley
Practice Areas
- Car Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Wrongful Death
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1977J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Law Review: Member, University of Minnesota Law Review, , 1975 - 1977
- Williams College, Williamstown, MA, 1974B.A.
- Major: Economics & Psychology
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Languages
- English (Primary)
Representative Cases
- Safeco Ins. Co. v. Goldenberg, 435 N.W. 2d 616 (Minn. App. 1989)
- Jonsson v. Ames Const., Inc., 409 N.W. 2d 560 (Minn. App. 1987)
- Stein v. Regents of the University of Minnesota, 282 N.W. 2d 552 (Minn. 1979)
- Newland v. Overland Exp., Inc, 295 N.W. 2d 615 (Minn. 1980)
- Thomas v. Western Nat. Ins. Group, 562 N.W. 2d 289 (Minn. 1997)
- Swelbar v. Lahti, 473 N.W. 2d 77 (Minn. App. 1991)
- Great American Ins. Companies v. LeMieux, 439 N.W.2d 733 (Minn. App. 1989)
- Mattson v. Underwriters at Lloyds of London, 414 N.W. 2d 717 (Minn. 1987)
- Jenson v. Illinois Farmers Ins. Co., 404 N.W. 2d 880 (Minn. App. 1987)
- Clark v. Johnson Bros. Const., 370 N.W. 2d 896 (Minn. App. 1985)
Classes and Seminars
- Course Chair, "Winning the Soft Tissue Injury Case Seminar", MTLA Seminar, April 12, 2007
- Guest Speaker, "Overcoming Juror Bias", 2004 MTLA Mid-Winter Meetings, March 5, 2004
- Guest Speaker, "Selection and Use of Experts in Auto Case", MTLA Seminar, January 22, 2003
- Speaker, "Opening Statement in the Soft Tissue Case", MTLA Seminar, December 17, 2002
- Course Chair, "Winning the Soft Tissue Injury Case Seminar", MTLA Seminar, December 17, 2002
- Course Chair, "Handling the Major Trauma Cases", MTLA Seminar, June 14, 2002
- Guest Speaker, "Product Liability", Upper Midwest Chapter Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, May 1, 2002
- Guest Speaker, "Trial Strategies to Convince the Jury", MTLA Seminar, May 11, 2001
- Guest Speaker, "Winning in Voir Dire", Handling the Automobile Accident Case, MTLA Seminar, April 12, 2001
- Guest Speaker, "The Plaintiff's Case, Soft Tissue 2000 Winning in this Millennium", MTLA Seminar, April 7, 2000
- Guest Speaker, "The Legal Definition of Death", Western Trauma Association, February 1, 1986
- Judge Michael Davis, Guest Faculty, "Trial Practice Class", University of Minnesota Law School, November 1, 1983
- Guest Speaker, "Bad Faith, What It Is and How It Is Established", Current Issues in Insurance Law Seminar, ALE, October 1, 1983
- Guest Speaker, "The Legal Definition of Death", Methodist Hospital "Grand Rounds", May 1, 1983
- Guest Speaker, "Informed Consent and Physician Countersuits", Methodist Hospital "Grand Rounds", May 1, 1982
- Guest Speaker, "Bad Faith in Insurance Litigation - Plaintiff's Perspective", Insurance Law in Litigation, ALE Seminar, March 1, 1982
- Guest Speaker, "Informed Consent and the Emergency Care Physician", Western Trauma Association, 1982
- Guest Faculty, "Trial Practice Class", University of Minnesota, 1981 - 1999
- Guest Faculty, Trial Practice, University of Minnesota, October 1, 1980
- Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- Adjunct Professor, William Mitchell College of Law, 2004 - Present
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota, 1977
- U.S. District Court District of Minnesota, 1978
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
Other Affiliations
- Hennepin County Bar Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
- Hennepin County Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1983 - 1984 (Chairman)
- Minnesota State Bar Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
- Minnesota State Bar Association, 1993 - 1995 (Chairman, Jury Task Force)
- Minnesota State Bar Association, 1990 - 1995 (Member, Civil Trial Certification Council)
- Minnesota Supreme Court, 1989 - 1995 (Member, Standing Committee on No-Fault Arbitration)
- Minnesota Association for Justice, 1980 - Present (Member)
- Minnesota Association for Justice, 2003 - 2004 (President)
- American Association for Justice, 1977 - Present (Member)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 1999 - Present (Member)
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2007 (President Minnesota Chapter)
- Academy of Certified Trial Lawyers, 2000 - Present (Member)
- American Arbitration Association (Panel of Arbitrators)
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Member)
- Douglas Amdahl Inn of Court, Minneapolis, 2000 - 2007 (Member)
- The Academy of Catastrophic Injury Attorneys (Member)
- Brain Injury Association of Minnesota, 2005 - 2006 (Board of Directors)
- Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, 2000 - 2008 (Member, Board of Directors)
- Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, 2005 - 2007 (Board Chair)
Past Positions
- Deparcq, Hunegs, Stone & Koenig, Attorney, 1977 - 1991
Fees
- Offers Free Initial Consultation
Office Info
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