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Seth A. Katz

Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C.
  • Recognized Since:
    2015
  • Recognized in:
    Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
  • Website:
    http://www.burgsimpson.com
  • Location:
    40 Inverness Drive East
    Englewood, CO 80112

Seth A. Katz joined Burg Simpson in September 2005 after six years with the New York law firm of Seeger Weiss LLP, where he was a partner. Mr. Katz focuses his practice primarily in the areas of complex, pharmaceutical mass tort, and class action litigation including consumer protection, securities fraud, products liability, and commercial litigation. In addition to his varied professional experience, Mr. Katz is a frequent speaker on electronic discovery and pharmaceutical litigation. Additionally, Mr. Katz has spoken on New York state franchise law and class action litigation at the invitation of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association. Mr. Katz has been recognized by the Legal 500 as “highly experienced, excellent… in all phases of the mass tort and class action practice areas.”

Mr. Katz’s current practice involves primarily complex and class action litigation on behalf of aggrieved consumers, corporate shareholders, and property owners, and pharmaceutical mass tort litigation on behalf of those injured as a result of their ingestion of prescription medications and the implantation of medical devices.

Some of Mr. Katz’s representative cases include: Dacey v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., 263 F.Supp.2d 706 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); Lester v. Percudani, 2003 WL 22132790 (Sept. 15, 2003 M.D. Pa.); Namer v. America Networks Int’l, 2001 WL 30663 (Jan. 12, 2001 S.D.N.Y.); Funrise Canada (HK) Ltd v. Zauder Bros., Inc., 1999 WL 1021810 (July 2, 1999 E.D.N.Y.);Manavazian v. ATEC Group, Inc., 2001 WL 951779 (Aug. 23, 2001 E.D.N.Y.); In re Starlink Corn Products Liability Litigation, 211 F.Supp.2d 1060 (N.D. Ill. 2002); In re Starlink Corn Products Liability Litigation, 212 F.Supp.2d 828 (N.D. Ill. 2002).

Mr. Katz was born in New York, New York. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, from the University of Michigan in 1990 and earned his law degree, cum laude, from Boston University School of Law in 1993.

Mr. Katz is admitted to practice law in state courts in Colorado, Wyoming, New York, and Arizona, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Katz is Preeminent AV rated by his peers in Martindale-Hubbell and he has been recognized as a 2007 Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders.

 

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Lawyer Bio

Seth A. Katz joined Burg Simpson in September 2005 after six years with the New York law firm of Seeger Weiss LLP, where he was a partner. Mr. Katz focuses his practice primarily in the areas of complex, pharmaceutical mass tort, and class action litigation including consumer protection, securities fraud, products liability, and commercial litigation. In addition to his varied professional experience, Mr. Katz is a frequent speaker on electronic discovery and pharmaceutical litigation. Additionally, Mr. Katz has spoken on New York state franchise law and class action litigation at the invitation of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association. Mr. Katz has been recognized by the Legal 500 as “highly experienced, excellent… in all phases of the mass tort and class action practice areas.”

Mr. Katz’s current practice involves primarily complex and class action litigation on behalf of aggrieved consumers, corporate shareholders, and property owners, and pharmaceutical mass tort litigation on behalf of those injured as a result of their ingestion of prescription medications and the implantation of medical devices.

Some of Mr. Katz’s representative cases include: Dacey v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., 263 F.Supp.2d 706 (S.D.N.Y. 2003); Lester v. Percudani, 2003 WL 22132790 (Sept. 15, 2003 M.D. Pa.); Namer v. America Networks Int’l, 2001 WL 30663 (Jan. 12, 2001 S.D.N.Y.); Funrise Canada (HK) Ltd v. Zauder Bros., Inc., 1999 WL 1021810 (July 2, 1999 E.D.N.Y.);Manavazian v. ATEC Group, Inc., 2001 WL 951779 (Aug. 23, 2001 E.D.N.Y.); In re Starlink Corn Products Liability Litigation, 211 F.Supp.2d 1060 (N.D. Ill. 2002); In re Starlink Corn Products Liability Litigation, 212 F.Supp.2d 828 (N.D. Ill. 2002).

Mr. Katz was born in New York, New York. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, from the University of Michigan in 1990 and earned his law degree, cum laude, from Boston University School of Law in 1993.

Mr. Katz is admitted to practice law in state courts in Colorado, Wyoming, New York, and Arizona, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of New York, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Katz is Preeminent AV rated by his peers in Martindale-Hubbell and he has been recognized as a 2007 Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders.

 

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Bar Admissions:

  • New York, New York Bar Association, 1994
  • Colorado, Colorado Bar Association, 2006
  • Wyoming, Wyoming Bar Association, 2006
  • Arizona, Arizona Bar Association, 2014
  • United States, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1997
  • United States, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1997
  • United States, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, 2005
  • United States, U.S. District Court, Wyoming, 2007
  • United States, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York, 2008
  • United States, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 2014
  • United States, U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, 2009
  • United States, U.S. Supreme Court, 2006

Affiliations:

  • American Association for Justice - Member
  • Arapahoe County Bar Association - Member
  • Colorado Bar Association - Member
  • Colorado Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA) - Member
  • Mass Tort Trial Lawyers Association - President, through January 2013
  • The National Trial Lawyers - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
 

Awards:

  • Marquis Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders 2007
  • Co-chair, Ortho Evra AAJ Litigation Group
  • Edward Hennessy Scholar
  • Paul J. Liacos Scholar
  • Recommended Attorney, Mass Tort Litigation - Plaintiffs, the U.S. Legal 500, 2012, 2013 and 2014
  • Top 100 Attorney, The National Trial Lawyers
  • Selected to Best Lawyers® in America, 2016
  • Selected to Colorado Super Lawyers®, 2012 - 2016
  • Barrister’s Best People’s Choice, Best Class Action/Mass Tort Plaintiff Lawyer
  • AV Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell

Additional Information:

Practice Areas
Civil Litigation

Class Action and Multidistrict Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Complex Litigation

Consumer Litigation

Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Litigation

Products Liability

Securities

 

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Firm Details

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