Stephen T. Fieweger, Davenport Attorney

About Stephen

Stephen T. Fieweger has practiced law since 1987 and is licensed in both Iowa and Illinois. Clients come to him when the stakes are real: a career on the line, a serious injury, a business dispute that will not resolve itself. One client summed up his approach this way: “He’s hard-nosed, very intelligent and he is not intimidated.”

Steve represents individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations, and in employment matters he represents both employees and employers. That breadth gives him a practical understanding of how the other side thinks, which shapes how he prepares, negotiates and tries cases.

His work has taken him well beyond the trial courts of the Quad Cities. He has won cases before the Seventh and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals, has successfully argued before the Illinois Supreme Court, and has won cases before the Iowa Supreme Court. He has won or successfully resolved cases involving employment discrimination, wrongful termination, and federal and state administrative agency employment issues, and has tried or resolved a number of Federal Section 1983 cases involving the deprivation of constitutional rights.

The firm’s approach is simple and consistent: we listen, we learn, we research, we strategize and then we go to work.

Where he concentrates his practice

• Civil trials and appeals
• Personal injury
• Commercial and business litigation
• Employment law
• Federal workers' employment law
• Medical malpractice
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Wage and hour

Education

• Northern Illinois University College of Law
• University of Notre Dame, finance major

Admissions

• Iowa
• Illinois

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Awards & Recognition

Steve’s record before trial and appellate courts includes the following:

• Won cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Eighth Circuit
• Successfully argued before the Illinois Supreme Court
• Won cases before the Iowa Supreme Court
• Won or successfully resolved cases involving employment discrimination, wrongful termination, and federal and state administrative agency employment issues
• Tried or resolved a number of Federal Section 1983 cases involving the deprivation of constitutional rights

A family of Quad Cities lawyers

Law runs in the Fieweger family. Steve’s father, Peter, was a respected Quad Cities lawyer, and both of his brothers are also attorneys. Steve joined his father’s firm and practiced there for more than 25 years, until shortly after his father’s retirement in 2012. He carries forward the same commitment to preparation and plain dealing in his own practice today.