Joseph M Sayler
Associate
2550 University Ave W
Suite 345N
St. Paul, MN 55114
Joseph Sayler, an associate at Yaeger, Jungbauer & Barczak, focuses his practice on personal injury litigation, which includes Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) injury, collision, and wrongful death cases. Joe’s practice consists of defending the rights of injured railroaders and other clients in state and federal courts across the country. Joe also does Appellate work.
Joe joined YJB after clerking for the Honorable Ellen L. Maas in Minnesota’s 10th Judicial District. Originally from Garrison, North Dakota, Joe received his B.S. magna cum laude from the University of North Dakota. Joe moved to Minneapolis in 2005, and received his law degree cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law in 2008. During law school, Joe was a staff member for the William Mitchell Law Review; worked extensively for Professor Michael Steenson; held leadership roles in several student organizations; and was a special assistant for the District Judges Association Civil Jury Instruction Committee (CIV-JIG) Handbook Project. Since law school, Joe has published an article on the I-35W Bridge-Collapse Compensation Fund with Professor Steenson. Joe has also volunteered with the Volunteer Lawyers Network, the Minnesota State Bar Association – Civic Education Committee, the American Red Cross, and in New Orleans on behalf of Hurricane Katrina victims. In his free time, Joe enjoys golf, blues, hunting, writing, and cooking.
Areas of Practice:
Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) – Employee
Railroad Injury Accidents
Personal Injury – Plaintiff
Products Liability – Plaintiff
Wrongful Death – Plaintiff
Litigation and Appeals
Appellate Work
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Minnesota, 2008
North Dakota, 2011
Central District of Illinois, 2011
Education:
William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2008
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence, cum laude.
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 2004
B.S., Criminal Justice, magna cum laude.
Professional Associations and Memberships:
Minnesota Association for Justice
Warren Burger Inns of Court
Minnesota State Bar Association
American Association for Justice (on publication committee as a contributor and editor)
North Dakota Bar Association
Published Articles and Presentations:
William Mitchell Law Review, 2009
The Legacy of the 9/11 Fund and the Minnesota I-35W Bridge-Collapse Fund: Creating a Template for Compensating Victims of Future Mass-Tort Catastrophes
Collateral Consequences Team, 2009
Forthcoming White Paper to be presented to the Minnesota Legislature concerning collateral consequences for individuals introduced to the criminal justice system
Minnesota Trial Journal, Spring 2011
Who Sanctioned This?!: The Inherent Power of Minnesota's Courts to Sanction
William Mitchell College of Law, November 2010
Creating Connections: Getting a Job, Getting a Client, or Just Getting Noticed
Contributing Author for Train Accident Reconstruction and FELA and Railroad Litigation, (Co-Author), Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., 5th Edition
Representative Cases:
Deibert V. DMVW (Believed to be a record settlement against the DMVW. Accident occurred when DNVW's tracks washed out and the locomotive crashed into the hole created by the washout. Primary injury was PTSD).
Appellate Work:
McBride v. CSX (Amicus Curiae brief cited in majority opinion at the United States Supreme Court)
Weissman V. AIG (8th Circuit Court of Appeals)
