Top Causes of Semi-Truck Accidents in Minnesota Most common causes of semi-truck accidents in Minnesota, such as speeding, fatigue, and mechanical failures, and the affects of these on fault and compensation in personal injury cases. Semi-truck crashes are some of the most severe accidents on Minnesota roads. Because commercial trucks [...]
Patrick Cotter Recognized: Lawyer of the Year 2026 Sieben & Cotter, PLLC is proud to announce that founding attorney Patrick Cotter has been recognized as the 2026 Lawyer of the Year in Minneapolis for Criminal Defense: General Practice by Best Lawyers®. This distinguished honor is awarded to only one lawyer in [...]
Patrick Cotter Selected to Super Lawyers Top 100 Patrick Cotter — Super Lawyers Top 100 Minnesota Attorney Patrick Cotter, founding partner of Sieben & Cotter Trial Lawyers PLLC, is honored to be named among the Top 100 Minnesota Super Lawyers® for the tenth year in 2025. He has previously [...]
Tom Sieben, Patrick Cotter Recognized by Super Lawyers 2025 Tom Sieben and Patrick Cotter, founding partners of Sieben & Cotter, PLLC, have once again earned recognition from Super Lawyers® for 2025. Both are honored for their outstanding criminal defense work, marking the 12th consecutive year they’ve received this distinction. Super Lawyers is a prestigious rating [...]
Charged with DWI but not driving? I was charged with DWI, but I was not driving, how is that possible? You can be found guilty of DWI if you are in physical control of a vehicle. You can be guilty of DWI even if you were not driving your vehicle [...]
When is a Traffic Stop Legal? When Can Police Pull You Over in Minnesota? Understanding your rights. Minnesota law enforcement officers must have a legally valid reason to for a traffic stop. If an officer pulls you over without a valid reason, any evidence they obtain after pulling you over [...]
How do I get out of jail while my case is pending? We get a lot of calls from concerned and anxious loved ones of those who have been arrested for criminal activity. Understandably, their usual first question is how they get their loved one out of jail. If and [...]
Should I refuse to take a DWI breath test? The types of breath tests If you ever get pulled over on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, you may have to take two different types of breath tests. The first test the officer might give you is called a preliminary breath [...]
When the Victim Wants the Case Dismissed It is common in domestic assault cases that after a person is arrested and charged, the alleged victim wants the case dismissed or does not want to testify. Many people believe that if the alleged victim feels this way, they can simply drop [...]
Sieben & Cotter Recognized: 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers Best Lawyers 2025, Patrick Cotter, Tom Sieben, Sieben & Cotter, PLLC The founding attorneys of Sieben & Cotter, PLLC, were recently included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for their exceptional work. Tom Sieben is recognized for his work in [...]
Patrick Cotter Recognized by Super Lawyers 2024: Top 100 Attorney Patrick Cotter, a founding partner of Sieben & Cotter Trial Lawyers PLLC, celebrates his 9th consecutive year being rated among the Top 100 in Minnesota by Super Lawyers® in 2024. Patrick has been selected to the Super Lawyers Top 100 List [...]
Tom Sieben, Patrick Cotter Recognized by Super Lawyers 2024 Founding partners of Sieben & Cotter PLLC, Tom Sieben and Patrick Cotter, are recognized again by Super Lawyers® in 2024. Tom and Patrick are recognized for their expert defense, and are proud to announce this 11th year of recognition. Super Lawyers is a rating service providing [...]
Sieben & Cotter, PLLC recognized in the 2024 Edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" Sieben & Cotter, PLLC is honored to announce the firm’s inclusion in the 2024 U.S. News Best Lawyers rankings among “Best Law Firms” in Minneapolis, MN for Criminal Defense: General Practice. U.S. News “Best Law Firms” [...]
Charges dismissed because of violation of clients’ rights to a speedy trial Attorneys Tom Sieben and Alex Hertogs recently obtained the complete dismissal of charges by arguing that their clients’ right to a speedy trial had been violated based on Doggett v. United States. In one case, Tom Sieben’s client [...]
Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President's Column Patrick Cotter, MACDL President I have had the privilege of serving as your MACDL President this past year. Thank you for the honor to represent this remarkable group of professionals. During this past year, while the world around us continued to evolve [...]
