Jacob Siegel

Jake is the Managing Partner at Ciresi Conlin, where his practice focuses on commercial litigation, complex civil litigation, and appeals. Jake represents individuals and local and national companies in a wide variety of sectors, from biotechnology to nonprofit organizations and from consumer goods to construction and heavy manufacturing. He litigates bet-the-company contract cases, trade secret disputes, and other intellectual property matters, and represents plaintiffs and defendants in class actions and other complex civil matters. He also briefs and argues appeals before all levels of appellate courts in Minnesota and around the country.

Jake maintains an active pro bono practice representing indigent individuals and community organizations, with an emphasis on protecting the environment and the rights of children and working families.

Before joining the firm, Jake was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable David R. Stras of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and a litigator at a large New York City law firm. Jake is a graduate of Yale Law School where he was a student director of the Advocacy for Children & Youth Clinic, a member of the Educational Opportunity and Juvenile Justice Clinic, and co-director of the Temporary Restraining Order Project. He received his undergraduate degree in mathematics, magna cum laude, from Williams College.