Scott Levensten

Scott Levensten is a nationally renowned Philadelphia trial lawyer who focuses his practice in the areas of Catastrophic Loss Litigation, Class Actions, Environmental Liability, Mass Torts, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Antitrust, Business Torts, and Securities Litigation.

Mr. Levensten was recognized by his peers and nominated as a Super Lawyer in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In addition, he has also received an AV rating, the highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards under the peer review system of Martindale-Hubbell, the national legal directory.

He was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1994 and is admitted to practice before the Pennsylvania, New York and D.C., state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits.

Membership

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Historical Society; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; and the New York Bar Association.

Admissions

1994, Pennsylvania; 2006, New York; 2006, District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits.

Practice Areas

Antitrust; Business Torts; Catastrophic Loss Litigation; Class Actions; Environmental Liability; Mass Torts; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; and Securities Litigation.

MASS TORT LITIGATION:
Mr. Levensten actively participated in the following actions: In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1014 (E.D. of Pa.); In re Diet Drugs (Phentermine, Fenfluramine, Dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1203 (E.D. of PA); In re Propulsid Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1355 ( E.D. of Louisiana); In re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535 (S.D. of OH); In re Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1596 (E.D. of New York); In re Ephedra Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1598 (S.D. of NY); In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1657 (E.D. of Louisiana); In re Three Mile Island Litigation (M.D. of PA); Philadelphia County Baycol Products Liability Litigation; Philadelphia County FenPhen Products Liability Litigation; Philadelphia County Vioxx Products Liability Litigation; and New Jersey Vioxx Products Liability Litigation.

ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY LITIGATION:
Mr. Levensten actively participated in the Delaware River oil spill class action litigation (E.D. of PA) representing property owners seeking testing and remediation of their contaminated properties.

Mr. Levensten served as both lead trial counsel in a wrongful death case and associate counsel in two additional federal cases brought against national and multinational corporations who manufacture and distribute products containing benzene. The suits were brought by an estate of a decedent, and two men who contracted acute myelogenous leukemia caused by exposure to the defendants lethal products. In 2005, all three cases achieved large confidential settlements. Only a small circle of attorneys shares Mr. Levensten’s success in Benzene litigation.

ANTITRUST LITIGATION:
Mr. Levensten actively participated in the Microsoft Antitrust Multidistrict Litigation on behalf of direct purchasers of certain Windows® software. A multimillion-dollar settlement was reached in that antitrust litigation. The case was pending on the docket of U.S. District Court in Maryland before U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz.

Mr. Levensten actively participated in the Sumitomo Copper Antitrust Litigation which achieved a multimillion dollar recovery on price manipulation claims under the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq. See e.g., In re Sumitomo Copper Litigation, 74 F. Supp. 2d 393, 395 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) (”The recovery is the largest class action recovery in the 75 plus year history of the Commodity Exchange Act”);

SECURITIES CLASS ACTION:
Mr. Levensten was an attorney for the named plaintiff in the following securities class actions:

Poulin v. Capuano, CV 00-5151 (E.D.N.Y.); Jack Brady v. NAHC, Inc. (formerly known as Novacare, Inc.), No. 00-CV-4020 (E.D.Pa.); Everett v. Sothebys Holdings, Inc., Case No. 00-CV-70872DT (E.D.Mich.); Dutton v. E-Connect, 00-04505 (Central District of California).

BUSINESS TORTS
Among other commercial cases, Mr. Levensten was counsel for several nationwide classes of insureds whose automobile insurances policies were breached by their insurers.

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1968

College

Drexel University, B.S., 1990 (Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society)

Law School

Quinnipiac University School of Law, J.D., 1993