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Mr Joseph Meltzer

610.822.2210 jmeltzer@ktmc.com View profile View profile

Work Department

Antitrust and Unfair Business Practices, Fiduciary Litigation, Arbitration

Position

Partner

Career

Mr. Meltzer leads the firm’s Fiduciary, Consumer Protection and Antitrust groups.

A pioneer in prosecuting breach of fiduciary duty cases, Mr. Meltzer has been lead or co-lead counsel in numerous nationwide class actions brought under fiduciary laws including ERISA. Mr. Meltzer represents institutional investor clients in a variety of breach of fiduciary duty cases and has some of the largest settlements in fiduciary breach actions including several recoveries in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

The firm also has a robust Consumer Protection department which represents individuals, businesses, and governmental entities that have sustained losses as a result of defective products or improper business practices. Kessler Topaz is highly selective in these matters – the firm litigates only complex cases that it deems suitable for judicial resolution.

In his antitrust work, Mr. Meltzer represents clients injured by anticompetitive and unlawful business practices, including overcharges related to prescription drugs, health care expenditures and commodities. Mr. Meltzer has also represented various states in pharmaceutical pricing litigation as a Special Assistant Attorney General.

Memberships

Mr. Meltzer is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York; the Supreme Court of the United States, and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims; USDC, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; USDC, Southern District of New York; USDC, District of New Jersey; USDC, Eastern District of Michigan; USDC, Eastern District of Arkansas; USDC, Western District of Arkansas; USCA, First Circuit, USCA, Third Circuit; USCA, Fourth Circuit; USCA, Ninth Circuit; USCA, Eleventh Circuit; Special Assistant Attorney General for several states.

Education

University of Maryland, B.A. 1993, with honors; Temple University Beasley School of Law, J.D. 1997, with honors