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Daniel E. Seltz

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"Our work is about helping people who might otherwise feel powerless stand up to powerful institutions to demand accountability and fair play."

 

Daniel E. Seltz

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Attorneys

A Comprehensive and Diverse Practitioner

Daniel is a partner based in New York. His current practice includes a diverse range of consumer protection, antitrust, employment, and international human rights cases.

Daniel’s recent successes include participating on the trial team in a case against Pfizer Inc. for violating a federal anti-racketeering law by promoting its drug Neurontin for unapproved uses. The jury returned a $142 million verdict in favor of our clients.

Before joining our firm, Daniel served as Law Clerk to Honorable John T. Nixon, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2003-04.

Daniel has written extensively on politics and fair elections as well as participated as a panelist on the practical aspects of litigation.

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Education

  • New York University School of Law (J.D., 2003)

    Review of Law and Social Change (Managing Editor)

     

    Hiroshima University (Fulbright Fellow, 1997-1998)

     

    Brown University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997)

    Phi Beta Kappa

Memberships

  • American Association for Justice

  • New York State Bar Association

Admissions

  • New York

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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