Siegel Brill

What Siegel Brill does

Siegel Brill, PA is a Minneapolis-based Professional Association law firm founded in 1948, operating as a full-service regional practice with roughly 12-15 active shareholders across eight discrete practice areas: real estate, personal injury, closely held businesses, litigation and dispute resolution, wealth transfer planning, eminent domain and property tax, financial institutions, and employment. The firm serves a diversified client base spanning property owners and developers, individuals and families, multi-generational family-owned businesses, banks and bank holding companies, and personal injury claimants — with attorneys offering both transactional and litigation capabilities under one roof.

The firm operates on a traditional professional services model, charging hourly fees for most practice areas while running personal injury and certain plaintiff matters on contingency. Notably reported contingency outcomes include $7M (airplane crash), $4.5M (product liability), $3.5M, and $2.1M settlements. Free initial consultations are offered as a primary lead-generation lever, and clients engage the firm via phone or website contact. Distribution is direct and regional, anchored at the Minneapolis headquarters (100 Washington Avenue South, Suite 1300) with operational reach across the Upper Midwest; Elliot Olsen's national foodborne illness practice extends visibility beyond Minnesota.

Go-to-market is sales-led and community-led: referrals and search visibility are supplemented by a content marketing engine of educational legal articles authored by 8+ attorneys, plus community and pro bono engagement (Hennepin County Bar Association leadership, University of Minnesota Law School adjunct teaching, Rotary Club participation, and Social Security disability pro bono work). The firm uses standard legal practice management tools — ProLaw for time and billing, DocuSign for document execution — with no proprietary technology platform, no AI/ML capabilities, and no external investors. Ownership rests with the attorney-shareholders under a traditional PA structure, consistent with conventional Minnesota law firm governance.

Name

Siegel Brill

Legal name

Siegel Brill, PA

Website

https://siegelbrill.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Siegel Brill is a Minneapolis-based, 77-year-old full-service law firm offering real estate, personal injury, closely held business, litigation, estate planning, eminent domain, financial institutions, and employment legal services to clients across the Upper Midwest, operating on hourly and contingency fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAE

Real Estate & Construction Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYBPAHAAAD

Employment & Labor Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYFSAAANAE

Estate Administration & Probate Services

Financial & Insurance/Asset & Wealth Management/Trust & Fiduciary Services (Trust Companies, Estate & Custody Trusts)

SECONDARYFSAEAHAI

Litigation & Dispute Valuation (damages, shareholder disputes)

Financial & Insurance/Financial Advisory, Brokerage & Intermediation/Valuation, Appraisal & Fairness Opinions

Keywords

• Real estate law
• Personal injury litigation
• Estate planning services
• Closely held business law
• Financial institutions counsel

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly Billing: Traditional hourly billing for legal services across all practice areas including real estate, litigation, business law, and estate planning. Attorneys track time using firm practice management systems.
2. Personal Injury - Contingency Fees: Personal injury cases handled on a contingency fee basis, where the firm receives a percentage of settlements or judgments. John Dornik's page references significant settlements including $3.5M, $2.1M, $7M, and $4.5M recoveries for clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Siegel Brill is a Minneapolis-based law firm delivering legal counsel across real estate, personal injury, closely held business, litigation and dispute resolution, wealth transfer/estate planning, eminent domain and property tax, financial institutions, and employment matters. Services are rendered through attorney time billed hourly or via contingency arrangements for personal injury cases, supported by free initial consultations.

Product overview

Siegel Brill is a full-service law firm established in 1948, offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services rather than a unified software product. The firm's practice areas operate as distinct service lines including Real Estate, Personal Injury, Closely Held Business, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Wealth Transfer Planning (Estate Planning), Eminent Domain and Property Tax, Financial Institutions, and Employment. These practice areas work collaboratively, with attorneys often cross-referring matters that span multiple domains, such as business succession involving estate planning or real estate litigation combining property and litigation expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Real Estate Legal Services Full-service real estate practice covering buying and selling property, land use and zoning negotiations, development, financing and construction, leasing, exit strategies, and dispute resolution. Serves property owners, developers, and real estate investors.
• Personal Injury Legal Services Representation of individuals in personal injury claims including motor vehicle accidents, wrongful death, aviation law, medical malpractice, foodborne illness, sexual assault, dram shop actions, dog bites, and products liability. Often handled on contingency fee basis.
• Closely Held Business Legal Services

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Winthrop & Weinstine: Minneapolis mid-size firm with parallel practice areas in closely held businesses, real estate, litigation, and wealth planning. Direct head-to-head competitor for Siegel Brill's target client profile.
• Henson Efron: Minneapolis mid-size firm with closely aligned practices in closely held business, family law, estate planning, and litigation. Closest scale and business model parallel in the Twin Cities.
• Bassford Remele: Minneapolis mid-size litigation and business law firm competing in commercial litigation, professional liability, and closely held business matters. Similar scale and Twin Cities focus.
• Maslon LLP: Minneapolis-based mid-size firm with overlapping practices in closely held business, real estate, litigation, and estate planning. Closest comparable in scale and practice mix to Siegel Brill in the Twin Cities market.
• Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren: Minneapolis-area mid-size firm competing in real estate development, closely held business, eminent domain, and employment law. Comparable scale and overlapping suburban Twin Cities client base.

Broad incumbents

• Dorsey & Whitney: Large Minneapolis-headquartered AmLaw firm with overlapping practices in real estate, financial institutions, litigation, and closely held business advisory. Directly competes for the same Upper Midwest institutional and high-net-worth clients Siegel Brill serves.
• Fredrikson & Byron: Minneapolis-founded full-service firm with strong banking, real estate, and corporate practices. Competes directly for financial institution mandates and closely held business engagements in the Upper Midwest.
• Faegre Drinker: Major Minneapolis-based full-service firm (formed via Faegre Baker Daniels + Drinker Biddle merger) competing in real estate, financial services, and corporate law. Represents the larger-scale competitor Siegel Brill most often loses complex matters to.
• Taft Stettinius & Hollister: Full-service Midwest firm (including Minneapolis office via Briggs and Morgan combination) competing across real estate, banking, closely held business, and litigation. Larger-scale alternative for clients who outgrow Siegel Brill.
• Robins Kaplan LLP: Minneapolis-based litigation-focused firm with strong personal injury and product liability practices that overlap with Siegel Brill's plaintiff-side work, particularly Elliot Olsen's and John Dornik's practices.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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