Christopher Seeger

A founding partner of Seeger Weiss, Christopher A. Seeger, is widely recognized as a highly innovative and accomplished plaintiff attorney. He has received more multidistrict litigation (MDL) appointments than any other lawyer between 2016 and 2019, according to a 2020 ALM study.

Chris served as co-lead counsel in the 3M Combat Arms Earplug Litigation where he secured a landmark settlement worth over $6 billion in August 2023.
Appointed by Judge Joy Flowers Conti to lead the Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level Pap, and Mechanical Ventilator Litigation as co-lead counsel, Chris was the lead negotiator for a $550+ million uncapped class action settlement. Chris negotiated additional agreements in April 2024 to resolve plaintiffs’ personal injury claims for $1.075 billion and medical monitoring claims for $25 million.

In the National Prescription Opiate litigation, Chris was appointed to the Executive and Settlement Committees by Judge Dan A. Polster. In 2022, he played an instrumental role in securing settlements worth more than $15 billion with Walgreens, Walmart, CVS, and Kroger. Also in 2022, a $6.6 billion settlement was reached with Teva and Allergan (AbbVie). To date, Chris has been involved in over $60 billion in settlements through the National Prescription Opioid Litigation.
Chris serves as co-lead counsel in the Proton-Pump Inhibitor Litigation. On October 3, 2023, he announced a $425 million settlement with AstraZeneca and additional agreements with GlaxoSmithKline, Takeda, and Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, bringing the total value of the resolution to $590.4 million. Chris also serves as interim co-lead counsel in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Tithing Litigation.

Most recently, Chris was appointed as Plaintiffs’ Coordinating Counsel in the MultiPlan Health Insurance Providers Litigation by the Honorable Judge Matthew F. Kennelly.
Chris’s unprecedented run of recent settlements adds to his impressive legacy of resolving major cases and obtaining billions in compensation for injured plaintiffs. This includes a $4.85 billion settlement with Merck while taking Vioxx, a $21 billion-plus settlement with Volkswagen and Audi over the “clean diesel” scandal, a $1.5 billion settlement for farmers impacted by Syngenta GMO seed contamination, and a $1 billion-plus uncapped settlement for retired NFL players and their families in the historic NFL concussion case.