Attorney Profile
Profile of Stephen C. Fiebiger
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Stephen C. Fiebiger
Attorney at Law
Stephen C. Fiebiger has over 40 years of experience as a Minnesota civil litigation attorney in the areas of employment law, personal injury, defamation, probate, trusts, guardianships and conservatorships, and civil appeals. He practices in state and federal courts across the state handling court and jury trials.
He has successfully argued civil appeals before the Minnesota Supreme Court, Minnesota Court of Appeals, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and negotiated scores of settlements. He has authored amicus curiae briefs on important employment law issues at the state Supreme Court.
He was recently re-appointed by Governor Tim Walz to the state's Merit System Council for a three-year term ending on January 6, 2025. He is a member of the Burnsville Breakfast Rotary and a Paul Harris Fellow.
In 2018, he received the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school district John Coskran Volunteer Award and was recognized for his experience with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (Who's Who).
Practice Areas
- Civil rights
- Contracts/Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation Agreements
- Negligence
- Discrimination
- Trust matters, disputes, and litigation
- Personal injury
- Wrongful death
- Employment law
- Harassment and hostile work environments
- Litigation and appeals in state and federal courts
- Guardianships, conservatorships, probate
- Appeals
- Defamation (Media, employment, internet and personal damage to reputation)
Bar Admissions
Mr. Fiebiger has been licensed to practice before all courts in Minnesota since 1983. He is admitted to practice in federal court before the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Education
Mr. Fiebiger graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN with a B.A. degree in History and English in 1980. Mr. Fiebiger served as a Congressional Intern in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. House of Representatives.
He received his Juris Doctorate from Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, KS in 1983. In law school, he was a member of the Phi Delta Phi honor fraternity and editor-in-chief of Case-N-Cane.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Appointed to Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure, 2013 to Present
- Appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton, Member, Merit System Council, three-year term June 30, 2011 to June, 2014. June, 2015 to Jan. 2018; Reappointed by Gov. Tim Walz for July, 2019 to Jan. 2022
- Dakota County Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association, Member, Employment & Labor Section, Appellate Practice Section, Elder Law Section
- Member, EEOC Attorney Referral List
- Member, National Employment Law Association (NELA), member federal Judicial Nominating Committee, 2022-present
- Member, Minnesota Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association, Board of Directors, 2015 to 2018 (Treasurer)
- Qualified Neutral Under Rule 114 by Minnesota Supreme Court, 2003 to Present – Employment, Personal Injury, Commercial
- Member of Minnesota Association of Guardians and Conservators (MAGIC)
- Appointed Burnsville Economic Growth Committee, 1999 to 2007, Chair (2002)
- Hennepin County Bar Association, Nominating Committee, (2013 to 2014)
- Appointed Dakota County Personnel Board of Appeals, 2004 to 2010, 2012 to 2018, 2018 to 2021
- Member, The Hennepin Lawyer Committee, Member,1990 - present, Chair (2001), Co-Chair (2002), Author/Editor of legal articles
- Founder/President, Member, Board of Directors, Foundation 191, Education Foundation, 2005 to 2018
- Member, ISD 191 Facilities Naming Committee (2012)
- Member, ISD 191 Facilities Utilization Taskforce (2009)
- Board Member (1985 to 1996) and President (1989 to 1991), Board of Brain Injury Association of Minnesota
- Past Board Member, National Head Injury Foundation
Other Professional Activities
- Presented on media defamation case for Amdahl Inn of Courts in Minneapolis in May 2019 with Minnesota Lawyer.
- In April 2017, Mr. Fiebiger moderated a panel of trial lawyers on 'Tips and Tactics for Trial' for the Minnesota chapter of the National Employers Association in Minneapolis.
- He co-presented an update on U.S. Supreme Court and Eighth Circuit cases to the Eighth Circuit National Employment Lawyers Association conference in Kansas City, Mo, in 2016. In November, he was the speaker at the Metro Guardian & Conservator program on practical tips for guardians.
- Authored amicus curiae "friend of the court" brief for MN-NELA to Minnesota supreme court on interpreting a statute tolling the statute of limitations during voluntary dispute resolution under the Minnesota Human Rights Act in Peterson v. City of Minneapolis, 892 N.W. 2d 824 (Minn. 2017), and another in 2018 in McBee v. Team Industries, Inc., 925 N.W. 2d 222 (Minn. 2019), a disability discrimination case under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.
- Mr. Fiebiger served as a mock trial Judge for the William McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition.
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