Joseph R. Seidman, Jr.

Joseph R. Seidman, Jr. received his bachelor’s degree in 1994 from Queens College of the City University of New York, and received his J.D. in 1997 from St. John’s University School of Law.  Mr. Seidman has worked on numerous securities fraud cases from inception through settlement, including:  In re Willbros Group, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 06-CV-1778 (S.D. Tex.) ($10.5 million recovery); and In re Taser Int’l Securities Litigation, No. C05-0115 (D. Ariz.) ($20 million recovery).  Mr. Seidman is currently working on several securities fraud class actions against numerous issuers of securities for allegedly misleading investors, including:  In re Tremont Securities Law, State Law and Insurance Litigation, No. 08-CV-11117 (S.D.N.Y.); and Hirth v. Proshares Trust, No. 09-cv-7505 (S.D.N.Y.).

Mr. Seidman is also a member of the team working on Republic of Iraq v. ABB Ltd., No. 08 CV 5951 (S.D.N.Y.), an action brought on behalf of the Republic of Iraq and the Iraqi people over the corruption of the United Nations Oil-For-Food Programme, which allowed the Hussein Regime to sell Iraqi oil to buy food, medicine and other humanitarian aid for the Iraqi people.

Mr. Seidman is admitted to the Bar of the State of New York.  He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York..