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April 5, 2024

Lawdragon Names Four Seeger Weiss Partners to 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers

Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that Lawdragon has recognized four of the firm’s partners, including co-founders Chris Seeger and Stephen Weiss, as well as partners David Buchanan and Jennifer Scullion, on the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers. According to Lawdragon, this year’s honorees “stand tall as a global movement bringing justice across borders. […]

March 13, 2024

The Legal 500 recognizes Seeger Weiss as a Top Firm and Inducts Co-Founder Chris Seeger into the Hall of Fame

Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that the firm was named one of The Legal 500 Top Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action Firms. Co-founder Chris Seeger was also named to The Legal 500 Plaintiff Hall of Fame. These esteemed recognitions showcase Seeger Weiss’ and Chris Seeger’s unwavering dedication to ensuring corporate responsibility and […]

February 29, 2024

Seeger Weiss' Founding Partner Chris Seeger and Senior Partner Dave Buchanan discussed the 3M settlement and other key wins with Law360

Seeger Weiss was recently recognized as Law360’s 2023 Product Liability Group of the Year, after the firm secured multiple litigation victories, including a groundbreaking $6 billion deal to settle the massive litigation brought by veterans and service members, who claimed that 3M’s combat earplugs caused harm to their hearing. Between 1999 and 2015, 3M knowingly […]

February 23, 2024

Thirteen Seeger Weiss Partners Selected for Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers List

Seeger Weiss is proud to announce that Lawdragon recognized 13 partners — Chris Seeger, Stephen Weiss, David Buchanan, Parvin Aminolroaya, Shauna Itri, Matt Pawa, Jennifer Scullion, Chris Ayers, Jeffrey Grand, Scott Alan George, Diogenes Kekatos, Michael Rosenberg, and Caleb Seeley — on the 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers list. The Lawdragon 500 Leading […]

February 3, 2024

Lawdragon Names Three Seeger Weiss Lawyers Leaders in Environmental Law

Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce that partner Matt Pawa along with attorneys Ben Krass and Wesley Kelman have been selected for inclusion in the 2024 Lawdragon Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law list. Pawa, a pioneer of environmental litigation for over 25 years, has been involved in crucial environmental cases. He chairs Seeger Weiss’s […]

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May 15, 2019

Former Catholic brother speaks out about church sex abuse scandal

NEW YORK — Allegations of sex abuse within the Catholic Church have been widespread for years, but it’s not often that someone from within the clergy talks about the problem. Richard Cardillo is one of the few who will. Read more here: https://pix11.com/2019/05/09/former-catholic-brother-speaks-out-about-church-sex-abuse-scandal/ https://cision.criticalmention.com/app/#/clip/public/8e7a335b-16ac-4aba-9d18-3b58cb9c472e

May 15, 2019

Legal Expert and Advocate Applauds NJ Law that Allows Sex Abuse Survivors to Seek Justice

Newark, NJ – Legal expert and advocate Stephen A. Weiss of NJ-based Seeger Weiss LLP today applauded Governor Murphy for signing a New Jersey law (S477) that significantly extends the statute of limitations for survivors of sex abuse. The new law also creates a two-year window to file cases for which the statute of limitations had […]

May 11, 2019

Forget priest legacies, prioritize victims (letter to the editor)

By Stephen Weiss Re: How will church handle legacies of legendary Staten Island priests on sex abuse settlement list? We shouldn’t be so worried about the legacies or reputations of the 30 Staten Island priests who have sexually abused children. We should be worried about the impact of that abuse on those that had to endure […]

April 25, 2019

As Child Victims Act takes effect, some seek to void settlements

ALBANY — Beginning in August, people with decades-old claims of childhood sex abuse will have the rare chance to sue their alleged abusers and the institutions who they say ignored the crime. The Child Victims Act, which passed the Legislature in January, lifts the statute of limitations for reporting childhood abuse and also creates a one-year “look […]

January 2, 2019

Seeger Weiss Announces New Partner and Counsel

Seeger Weiss is pleased to announce the promotion of Parvin K. Aminolroaya to partner and Asim M. Badaruzzaman to counsel. About Parvin Parvin focuses on class action, mass tort and complex commercial litigation involving consumer protection, investment fraud, and antitrust and pharmaceutical injury. Parvin joined the firm as an associate in the fall of 2008 […]

December 7, 2018

Class Plaintiffs Obtain Final Approval of $1.51 Billion Settlement with Syngenta

Today, U.S. District Judge John W. Lungstrum granted final approval to the $1.51 billion nationwide class action settlement between Syngenta AG and various of its affiliates and Plaintiffs representing 650,000 corn producers, grain handlers, and ethanol plants over the agricultural giant’s aggressive commercialization of Agrisure Viptera and Agrisure Duracade GMO seeds. It is the largest […]