Concerns Linger in Wake of Brody's Decision to Dismiss All but One From NFL Class Counsel Leadership
U.S. District Judge Anita Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered an order that dismissed all of the lawyers who had been serving in co- and sub-class counsel positions, and then reappointed Seeger Weiss attorney Christopher Seeger as the sole class counsel.
May 29, 2019 at 05:39 PM
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A decision to dismiss all but one attorney from the NFL concussion litigation's class counsel leadership team has left some lawyers expressing concern that they've lost key voices in the class action just as critical issues have begun to arise in the settlement implementation.
On May 24, U.S. District Judge Anita Brody of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania entered an order that dismissed all of the lawyers who had been serving in co- and sub-class counsel positions, and then reappointed Seeger Weiss attorney Christopher Seeger as the sole class counsel. Brody's two-page order said class counsel had done “an excellent job” achieving the uncapped settlement, which is estimated to top $1 billion, but added that attorneys needed to assist individual clients with the claims administration process and that there is a “need to conserve the common benefit fund.”
The decision means that five lawyers—Sol Weiss of Anapol Weiss, Steven C. Marks of Podhurst Orseck, Gene Locks of Locks Law Firm, Dianne Nast of Nast Law and Arnold Levin of Levin Sedran & Berman—no longer play a role representing the class at large. The ruling leaves Seeger as the sole representative of the class at large.
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