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  • Sauder Schelkopf is pleased to announce that Matthew Schelkopf was selected as the 2022-2023 President of the Class Action Trial Lawyers Association Top 25, an invitation-only professional organization composed of and limited to the Top 25 attorneys from each state or region who serve individuals and families who need attorneys to represent them in the American legal system regarding Class Action claims.
  • Sauder Schelkopf is pleased to announce the promotion of Joseph Kenney to partner at the firm. Mr. Kenney devotes his practice to litigation and has experience litigating class actions involving automotive and consumer product defects, false and misleading advertising, sexual abuse, employee rights, and other consumer protection matters. Since 2017, Mr. Kenney has been selected by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers as a Rising Star (an honor reserved for 2.5% of lawyers in Pennsylvania), as chosen by his peers based on his professional achievements. Mr. Kenney has briefed and argued dispositive motions in federal courts across the country. Mr. Kenney has also been appointed class counsel in a variety of class action settlements, creating hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits available to consumers.
  • We are proud to announce that the firm has been recognized by the Legal Intelligencer’s 2022 Professional Excellence Awards. The Legal Intelligencer’s Professional Excellence Awards honor Pennsylvania law firms and attorneys who have made a significant, positive impact on the legal profession. Our firm was named in the Litigation Departments of the Year (Specialty Area category; runner-up), an award that honors the best litigation practice in a small or mid-sized firm in Pennsylvania. This recognition was based on the firm’s 2021 litigation work and its important ongoing cases.
  • We are pleased to announce Joe Sauder and Matt Schelkopf have been recognized by Lawdragon on its list of the “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers” for 2022. The Lawdragon consumer law guide offers the publication’s take on the best of the U.S. plaintiff bar specializing in representing consumers.
  • We are pleased to announce that Joe Sauder and Matt Schelkopf have been named as Super Lawyers in 2022, and Joe Kenney has been named a Rising Star in 2022. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. These selections were made by a research-driven, peer-influenced rating service that included peer nominations, independent research by Super Lawyers, and evaluations by a highly credentialed panel of attorneys. For more information about Super Lawyers, please go to SuperLawyers.com
  • The Legal Intelligencer has named its 2020 Pennsylvania Trailblazers, a list that includes Sauder Schelkopf partners Joe Sauder and Matt Schelkopf. The award recognizes 31 lawyers who “have taken extra measures to contribute to positive outcomes . . . and who are truly agents of change.”
  • Joe Sauder and Matt Schelkopf have been selected among America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® for 2020.  Selection to America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators® is by invitation only and is reserved to identify the nation’s most exceptional trial attorneys in high value, high stakes legal matters.
  • Sauder Schelkopf was named to Plaintiff’s Steering Committee in Allergan BIOCELL Textured Breast Implant Litigation by Judge Brian R. Martinotti of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey to serve on the Plaintiff Steering Committee in the matter of Allergan BIOCELL Textured Breast Implant Products Liability Litigation, No. 2:19-md-02921, MDL No. 2921 (D.N.J.).
  • Sauder Schelkopf is pleased to announce a $43.5 million nationwide class action settlement related to plumbing products manufactured by NIBCO. Sauder Schelkopf served as court appointed co-lead counsel in the lawsuit, which was filed in December 2013 and involved NIBCO’s PEX tubing, fittings, and clamps.
  • Sauder Schelkopf is pleased to announce that Judge William Campbell, of the Middle District of Tennessee, granted final approval to a $16.5 million nationwide class action settlement related to defective DuraPro plumbing supply lines.
  • A federal court judge in Chicago granted final approval to a $295 million settlement with Stericycle for excessive and repeated price increases for medical waste disposal.  Sauder Schelkopf represented dentists, physicians, and veterinarians as part of the nationwide class action settlement.
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