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Cullen Seltzer Brings Litigation Practice

Published on: 5/02/2011

Cullen D. Seltzer, a lawyer prominent in class action and mass tort settlement law, has joined the Business & Professional Litigation practice group, firm President M. Pierce Rucker announced today.

"Cullen brings a superb knowledge of the intricacies of managing plaintiffs' claims in complex mass tort and class action suits, along with a deep set of relationships in the Richmond legal community that we anticipate will benefit our clients right away," Rucker said.

Seltzer was a founding partner in SeltzerGreene, PLC. In 2002, he began representing the Claims Administrator for the class action settlement in In re Sulzer Hip Prosthesis and Knee Prosthesis Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1401. Since then, he has led the team that implemented that $1.1 Billion dollar settlement including defending the Claims Administrator in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and in the Supreme Court of the United States. He also designed settlement implementation processes and guided the settlement through a series of challenges over the course of nearly nine years.

"Cullen has a keen mind for the legal details that beset claims administrators in cases with large pools of litigants and complicated settlement terms," said litigation chair Jeffrey H. Geiger. "Along with that specific knowledge and skill, he is versatile and adept trial lawyer who we are delighted has agreed to join our team."  Seltzer also has experience in a wide range of commercial litigation including business torts, contractual disputes, and employment matters.

Seltzer received his J.D. in 1993 from the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond, where he was a member of the Moot Court Board and was published by the Law Review. He received his B.A. from Mary Washington College in 1990 after majoring in International Affairs and was the recipient of the Anne E. Fitschen Award for the Outstanding Student in Political Science.

Founded nearly 170 years ago, Sands Anderson has 70 lawyers practicing among its offices in Richmond, Christiansburg, Fredericksburg and McLean, Virginia, and Raleigh, North Carolina. In 2011, it was ranked 11th in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly annual listing of the state's largest law firms. Sands Anderson provides a full range of legal services to corporations and businesses, healthcare providers, financial institutions, state and local governments, the insurance industry and individuals.