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Marc Seltzer

Marc Seltzer

USA 2026

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Ranked in 3 practice areas

About

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Practice Areas

Class Action, Antitrust, Securities

Career

Having litigated and won complex cases for nearly 50 years, Marc Seltzer is a nationally renowned trial lawyer. Seltzer, who is a leading class action lawyer, has been appointed by courts to lead over a dozen national MDLs and has been tapped to sit on the Executive Committees of several of the county’s most watershed class action cases.

Seltzer has secured billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements for the clients he represents. Be it trying a multi-million-dollar securities action case to verdict, negotiating billions of dollars in complex antitrust actions, or facing off against industry titans in a product liability dispute, Seltzer consistently secures groundbreaking victories in his widespread and prominent class action practice.

Professional Memberships

• Past Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section, State Bar of California

• Past President, Member, Board of Directors of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society

• Past President, Member, Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

• Life Member, American Law Institute

• Advisory Board of the American Antitrust Institute

, Board of Directors., American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, National Equal Justice Library, American Friends of Hebrew University, Western Region, Friends of the Los Angeles County Law Library

• Board of Trustees, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

• Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation

• American Bar Association (and its Business Law, Antitrust Law, Torts and Insurance Law, and Litigation Sections)

• Board of Counselors for Equal Justice Works

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Antitrust: Mainly Plaintiff - California

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Marc Seltzer is an expert litigator recognized for his considerable expertise leading huge class actions on behalf of plaintiff classes of every stripe.

Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs - California

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Marc Seltzer combines great experience in antitrust litigation with additional expertise in securities matters, and is well-versed at handling large class actions.

Antitrust: Plaintiff - USA - Nationwide

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Marc Seltzer is an expert litigator recognized for his considerable expertise leading huge class actions on behalf of plaintiff classes of every stripe.

Strengths

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  • Marc is the scholar of antitrust law.

    Antitrust: Mainly PlaintiffChambers Guide to the USA
  • You couldn't get a better antitrust lawyer than Marc.

    Antitrust: Mainly PlaintiffChambers Guide to the USA
  • Marc is a great lawyer who is smart and respected.

    Litigation: Mainly PlaintiffsChambers Guide to the USA
  • Marc is the scholar of antitrust law.

    Antitrust: PlaintiffChambers Guide to the USA
  • You couldn't get a better antitrust lawyer than Marc.

    Antitrust: PlaintiffChambers Guide to the USA

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