END DISTRACTED DRIVING DAY: A MEDIA EVENT

Art Kosieradzki of the Lakeville office of Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey will join more than 750 attorneys from all 50 states and across Canada to help End Distracted Driving by talking with local teens at Lakeville South High School on May 22, and May 23, 2012.

The 60-minute presentations – part of a national distracted driving awareness initiative and in conjunction with The Casey Feldman Foundation, EndDD.org and 60 for Safety’s End Distracted Driving Student Awareness Campaign – will offer high school teens an educational, yet sobering glimpse of the tragic results that can occur when driving distracted. Take a look at a few facts below, courtesy of distracted.gov:
• Distracted driving is responsible for more than 5,000 deaths and close to 450,000 injury-producing accidents in the U.S. every year.
• Text messaging creates a crash risk 23 times worse than driving while not distracted.
• Drivers who use handheld devices are 4 times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves.
• Sending/receiving a text takes a driver’s eyes from the road for an average of 4.5 seconds – the equivalent of driving the length of an entire football field, including end zones, at 55 m.p.h.
• Driving while using a cell phone reduces the amount of brain activity associated with driving by 37%.

If you would like additional information about this program, please contact me directly at the number below or kos@knowyourrights.com.

Art Kosieradzki
Attorney at Law
SIEBEN, GROSE, VON HOLTUM & CAREY
20876 Holyoke Avenue
Lakeville, MN 55044
Direct: 952-469-2288, Ext. 401

TWO OF MINNESOTA’S TOP PERSONAL INJURY LAW FIRMS JOIN FORCES

ANOKA-BASED SOUCIE LAW AND SIEBEN, GROSE, VON HOLTUM & CAREY BECOME MINNESOTA’S LARGEST PERSONAL INJURY TEAM

Soucie Law firm of Anoka has joined the Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey firm effective May 1, 2012. Since 1978, Fred Soucie built a national reputation in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases, helping clients recover some of the most significant settlements and jury verdicts in Minnesota. Both firms share a commitment to operate under a client-first philosophy, ensuring a smooth transition for the Soucie firm’s clients and staff.

Jim Carey, President of Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey, said “We look forward to working with Fred and the Soucie Law firm to serve all of our clients and the Anoka area. Fred is an important part of the Anoka community and we are honored he selected our firm to continue his work. The two firms have common values based on a commitment to fight for client rights - the right to get their life back, a fair settlement and to seek justice. That has been, and continues to be, our promise for 60 years, to 65,000 clients, and now to clients joining us from Fred’s office as well."

Following his doctor’s advice to reduce stress in his life, Soucie is looking forward to shifting his responsibilities. But he promises, “I’m not going anywhere. I’m still here to help people find the best lawyer to help them. This is simply an opportunity to expand the support offered to the Anoka area. Our clients will be well served by the attorneys at Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey. This is the only firm I ever thought about entrusting with the sacred care of my clients, they have the exact same philosophy of taking care of clients first. Everything else will follow.”

The Anoka office will become part of the Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey firm and Soucie employees and attorneys will continue to work out of the Anoka office. The expansion into Anoka with an office and an established client base was attractive to Carey because of the firms’ similar philosophies and practice areas.

Founded in 1952, Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey has grown to become one of Minnesota’s largest and most widely respected personal injury law firms, successfully and passionately representing more than 65,000 clients. The firm employs 20 experienced lawyers and professional support personnel covering general trial practice in all courts, personal injury, workers’ compensation, wrongful death and medical malpractice. The offices are located around the state of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Duluth, Fairfax, Lakeville and now Anoka.

Cory Whalen Named to Prestigious Trial Lawyer Groups

Cory Whalen, a shareholder at Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey, was recently certified as a life member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

The Million Dollar Advocates Forum is recognized as one of the most prestigious groups of trial lawyers in the United States. Membership is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements. The organization was founded in 1993 and there are approximately 4000 members located across the country. Fewer than 1% of U.S. lawyers are members.

Forum membership acknowledges excellence in advocacy. Members of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum must have acted as principal counsel in at least one case in which their client has received a verdict, award, or settlement in the amount of one million dollars or more.

Members of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum must be Life Members of the Million Dollar advocates Forum and must have acted as principal counsel in at least one case which has resulted in a multi-million dollar verdict, award, or settlement.

I congratulate Cory on this certification as he joins John Carey, Paul Downes, Harry Sieben, Art Kosieradzki, Paul Schweiger and myself as a member of this organization.

Jim Carey
Attorney At Law
Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey
800 Marquette Avenue, Suite 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-333-9750

Minnesota Lawyer names Jim Carey a "2011 Attorney of the Year"

The award, given to only 25 Minnesota attorneys, tops a banner year for Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey.

Congratulations to our president, Jim Carey, on his Attorney of the Year award from Minnesota Lawyer. What a year it’s been for the firm! Earlier this year U.S. News & World Report named Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey one of the Best Law Firms in America.

Last summer, Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers magazine named nine lawyers from the firm to its list of top lawyers (only five percent of lawyers in America are given this honor). In that same issue, three of our lawyers -- John Carey, Harry Sieben and Jim Carey -- were named to the elite list of top 100 lawyers in Minnesota (out of 26,000 lawyers in the state). Super Lawyers also gave Rising Stars awards to four of our younger lawyers: Cory Whalen, Michael Miller, Jeffrey Montpetit and Jeffrey Sieben.

And if that’s not enough, seven of our attorneys were named to Best Lawyers in America.

All of these honors are great, but Jim’s Attorney of the Year award is something special. Jim and 24 other lawyers will be honored at an award dinner on February 23 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Minneapolis.

In typical fashion, Jim takes the award in stride, saying it doesn’t compare to the awards he’s won on behalf of his clients. We couldn’t agree more. We appreciate being recognized by our peers and the legal media. We hope these honors and awards give our clients assurance that they’ve hired the right lawyers. But it’s end result -- the difference we make in the lives of injured individuals -- that really matters to us.

Harry Sieben
Attorney At Law
Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey
800 Marquette Avenue, Suite 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-333-4500

New Article Spells Out Insurance Industry’s 3-D’s:

Deny, Delay and Don’t Pay!

It’s no secret that insurance companies are in business to make money, but the lengths some insurance companies go to in order to increase profits is alarming. This article helps to spread the message that insurance companies are not concerned with treating the injured fairly. Rather, they are concerned solely with increasing their bottom lines at the expense of those who are truly hurt, and deserving of fair and reasonable compensation.

See the article: www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/insurance-claim-delays-industry-profits-allstate-mckinsey-company_n_1139102.html

If you have been denied, your claim delayed or the insurance company just won't pay, please contact our office. From the day we opened our doors 60 years ago, our attorneys have the commitment and willingness to take the tough cases and the readiness to go to trial to see that our clients receive the justice they deserve.


Jim Carey
Attorney At Law
Sieben, Grose, Von Holtum & Carey
800 Marquette Avenue, Suite 900
Minneapolis, MN 55402
612-333-9750