Background
Lesser, Seth R. was born on November 14, 1960 in New York, New York, United States.
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Seth R. Lesser
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Oxford University (Doctor of Philosophy, 1985). Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, 1986). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1988).
Career
Worked at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann (New York, New York) specializing in Commercial Litigation including Securities, Antitrust, Consumer Fraud and Employment Discrimination, Class and Derivative Actions in all State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1988, New Jersey and United States. District Court, District of New Jersey.
1989, New York and United States.
District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York 1990, District of Columbia.
1994, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York The District of Columbia Bar.
American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law. Litigation; Chair, Environmental Litigation Committee of the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, 1996 ).
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann Limited Liability Partnership prosecutes class and private actions nationwide on behalf of individual and institutional clients.
The firm"s litigation practice is principally in the areas of securities class actions in federal and state courts, corporate governance litigation including claims for breach of fiduciary duty and proxy violations, as well as in prosecuting complex consumer claims, violations of federal anti-discrimination law and toxic tort litigation. In those cases where we have served as either lead counsel or as a member of plaintiffs" executive committee, the firm has recovered sums approaching two billion dollars, often successfully advancing novel and socially beneficial principles. In this connection, we have developed important new law in the areas in which we litigate.
We also handle, on behalf of major institutional clients and lenders, more general complex commercial litigation involving allegations of breach of contract, accountants" liability, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and negligence.
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Membership
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York The District of Columbia Bar. American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Business Law.
Litigation.
Chair, Environmental Litigation Committee of the Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, 1996 ).
