Attorneys
Ken Seeger
Seeger Salvas llp
(415) 981-9260
Fax (415) 981-9266
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Ken's practice focuses on litigating product liability, insurance bad faith and commercial disputes. Over the years, Ken has litigated pharmaceutical and medical device cases involving orthopedic hip and knee implants, coronary angioplasty and stent devices, defibrillators, pacemakers, asbestos, and several brand-name and generic pharmaceuticals. He also has won trial verdicts in complex business litigation matters as well as insurance bad faith lawsuits.
Ken is an accomplished trial lawyer, with extensive experience in both personal injury and complex commercial and class action litigation. Known nationally for his pharmaceutical and medical device litigation practice, Ken served as national litigation counsel for Sulzer Orthopedics in more than 4000 civil actions following a product recall.
In addition, Ken has acted as settlement counsel; most recently as national settlement counsel for a publicly-traded consumer products company in successfully negotiating and implementing a national class action settlement involving hundreds of PPA cases valued at over $100 million.
Ken is a frequent lecturer and writer, and has presented seminars and published numerous professional articles on topics such as “Litigating Class Actions,” “Litigating Insurance Bad Faith Claims,” “Compensatory and Punitive Damages in Personal Injury Claims,” “Scientific and Expert Testimony at Trial,” “Using Multimedia at Trial,” and “Voir Dire Techniques.” Ken has been recognized in San Francisco Magazine as one of
Ken also devotes considerable time to pro bono projects and was awarded the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights' Father Moriarty Award for his work on behalf of political asylum applicants as well as the Lawyers’ Committee’s “Living the Dream” award for his career-long support.
Representative Litigation
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Mass Tort and Class Action Experience
Appointed as co-lead counsel by Hennepin County Minnesota District Court Judge Hon. Charles A. Porter, Jr., in In Re Medtronic, Inc. Implantable Defibrillators Product Liability Litigation, Minnesota Coordinated Proceedings, Case No. PI 05-015531.
Appointed to serve on the Claims Review Committee by U.S. District Magistrate Judge Arthur J. Boylan in In Re Medtronic, Inc. Implantable Defibrillators Products Liability Litigation, MDL N0. 05-1726, United States District Court, District of Minnesota.
Appointed to serve on the Common Benefit Attorney’s Fees Committee by U.S. District Magistrate Judge Arthur J. Boylan in In Re Medtronic, Inc. Implantable Defibrillators Products Liability Litigation, MDL N0. 05-1726, United States District Court, District of Minnesota.
Appointed to serve on the Claims Review Committee by U.S. District Magistrate Judge Arthur J. Boylan in In Re Guidant Corp. Implantable Defibrillators Products Liability Litigation, MDL N0. 05-1708, United States District Court, District of Minnesota.
Appointed as Class Counsel by Superior Court of California,
Appointed as Class Counsel by Superior Court of California,
National Settlement Counsel for Chattem, Inc., a publicly-traded consumer products company, and successfully negotiated and implemented a national class action settlement involving hundreds of PPA cases valued at approximately $100 million. In re: Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1407.
National Litigation Counsel for Sulzer Orthopedics, Inc., a multi-national medical device company, in the defense of more than 4000 civil actions following a product recall, ultimately resolving in a successful national class action settlement valued at approximately $1 billion. In re Sulzer Hip Prosthesis & Knee Prosthesis Liab. Litig., MDL No. 1401.
Selected Seminars & Professional Lectures
April 17, 2009: “Compensatory and Punitive Damages in Personal Injury Claims,” National Business Institute
January 31, 2009: “Civil Litigation Practice: Recent Developments,” CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar),
May 20-21, 2008: “Personal Injury Cases: Calculating and Proving Damages,” National Business Institute,
May 16, 2008: “Insurance Bad Faith Claims,” Lorman Education Services,
January 12, 2008: “Civil Litigation Practice: Recent Developments,” CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar),
May 15, 2007: “Insurance Bad Faith Claims,” Lorman Education Services,
November 16, 2006: “Current Issues In Pharmaceutical Litigation: The Preemption Preamble,”
September 13, 2006: “Getting Expert Testimony Admitted Into Evidence,” National Business Institute,
July 20, 2006: “Insurance Coverage Litigation,” National Business Institute,
December 8, 2005: “Insurers’ Right To Reimbursement,” Lorman Education Services,
September 22, 2005: “Class Action Litigation: The Class Action Fairness Act In
June 30, 2005: “A Critical Update On The Class Action Fairness Act In
June 14, 2005: “Class Action Settlement of Mass Tort Litigation: The Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) Model,” Lexis/Nexis Mealey’s Ephedra & PPA Litigation Conference,
February 17, 2005: “Insurance Bad Faith Claims In
February 9, 2005: “Punitive Damages After State Farm vs.
December 1, 2004: “Using Multimedia At Trial,” National Business Institute,
July 20, 2004: “Class Actions In
February 26, 2004: “Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in
December 9, 2003: “Damages In
November 6, 2003: “Settling Class Actions and Mass Tort Litigation,” The Product Liability Advisory Council,
November 4, 2003: “Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in
July 22, 2003: “Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in
December 11, 2002: “Anatomy of a Bad Faith Claim In
October 3, 2002: “Insurance Bad Faith Claims In
May 6, 2002: “Scientific and Expert Testimony at Trial,” National Business Institute,
June 15, 2000: “Selecting a Jury: Effective Voir Dire Techniques,”
May 16, 2000: “Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in
January 21, 2000: “Discovery Procedures and Developments,” CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar),
Publications
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“Compensatory and Punitive Damages in Personal Injury Claims,” National Business Institute, April 2009
“Preemption After Wyeth v. Levine,” CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar), March 2009
“Personal Injury Cases: Calculating and Proving Damages,” National Business Institute, May 2008
“Insurance Bad Faith Claims,” Lorman Education Services, May 2008
“Federal Preemption After Riegel v. Medtronic,” CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar), April 2008 (with Brian Devine)
“Insurance Bad Faith Claims,” Lorman Education Services, May 2007
“Current Issues In Pharmaceutical Litigation: The Preemption Preamble,” ABA Section of Litigation, Products Liability Committee, November 2006
“The Preemption Defense In Medical Device Product Liability Lawsuits,” CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar), October 2006 (with Brian Devine)
“Getting Expert Testimony Admitted Into Evidence,” National Business Institute, Sept. 2006
“Insurance Coverage Litigation,” National Business Institute, July 2006
“Insurers’ Right To Reimbursement,” Lorman Education Services, December 2005
“Class Action Litigation: The Class Action Fairness Act In California,” Lorman Education Services, September 2005
“A Critical Update On The Class Action Fairness Act In California,” National Business Institute, June 2005
“Class Action Settlement of Mass Tort Litigation: The Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) Model,” Lexis/Nexis Mealey’s Ephedra & PPA Litigation Conference, June 2005
“Insurance Bad Faith Claims In California,” Lorman Education Services, February 2005
“Punitive Damages After State Farm vs. Campbell,” Strafford Publications, February 2005
“Using Multimedia At Trial,” National Business Institute, December 2004
“Class Actions In California,” Lorman Education Services, July 2004
“Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in California,” National Business Institute, Feb. 2004
“Damages In California Civil Trial Practice,” National Business Institute, December 2003
“Settling Class Actions and Mass Tort Litigation,” The Product Liability Advisory Council, November 2003
“Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in California,” National Business Institute, Nov. 2003
“Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in California,” National Business Institute, July 2003
“Anatomy of a Bad Faith Claim In California,” Lorman Education Services, December 2002
“Insurance Bad Faith Claims In California,” Lorman Education Services, October 2002
“Scientific and Expert Testimony at Trial,” National Business Institute, May 2002
“Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in California,” National Business Institute, May 2000