Over the past twelve years, Seth Lesser has been successfully prosecuting cases on behalf of investors, consumers, mass tort victims and employees throughout the United States.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York and the District of Columbia as well before the United States Supreme Court, nine federal courts of appeal, and eight federal district courts, Seth Lesser has frequently been appointed by federal judges to be lead or co-lead counsel in multiple multi-district litigation proceedings.
In the United States, multidistrict litigation (MDL) refers to a special federal legal procedure intended to speed the process of handling complex cases such as air disaster litigation or product liability suits. Cases subject to MDL go from one court to another for pre-trial proceedings before being remanded to the originating court for trial. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation determines whether cases should be consolidated under MDL and where to transfer the cases, in order to fast track trials that could involve thousands of plaintiffs.
Seth Lesser’s MDL experience includes, among others: MDL-1346 (In re Amazon.com) (sole lead), MDL-1352 (In re Doubleclick Inc.) (co-lead), and MDL-1400 (In re Pharmatrak) (co-lead). In addition, he has recently been Co-Lead Counsel in MDL-1708 (In re Guidant heart devices) pending in the District of Minnesota; sole lead counsel in In re: Grand Theft Auto Video Game Consumer Litigation (No. II), MDL-1739, in the Southern District of New York; sole lead counsel in In re Pepsico, Inc. Bottled Water Sales Practices, MDL-1903, also in the Southern District of New York.
He has also been on numerous MDL Executive/Steering Committees. For instance, he is currently on the Executive Committee in MDL-1845 (ConAgra Peanut Butter Products Liability Litigation) and is presently class counsel in several litigations.
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