Scott Levensten
Email: sdl@levenstenlawfirm.com
For the past 25 years, I’ve held wrongdoers accountable in court to the victims they harm. I’ve represented people from all walks of life who’ve been injured physically, psychologically and economically by the reckless and negligent acts of other persons and corporations.
I am a trial lawyer focusing my practice in the area of personal injury litigation, with an emphasis on injuries from FDA approved prescription drugs and medical devices. I’m A .V. rated by Martindale Hubbell, a 2011 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, and was recognized by my peers as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer EVERY YEAR from 2005 – 2017. The Super Lawyers list is issued by Thomson Reuters. A description of the Super Lawyers selection methodology can be found here. A description of the Martindale Hubble Methodology can be found here. In 2012, I was invited to be a member of The National Trial Lawyers, a national organization composed of the top 100 trial lawyers from each state. The methodology for the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 can be found here. (No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.)
I was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1994 and am also admitted in D.C., Illinois, New Jersey and New York state courts, and numerous federal courts across the country.
My background contains experience in the following areas of litigation:
PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND MEDICAL DEVICE LITIGATION
My firm’s current cases include: In re Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2592 (E.D. of Louisiana); Philadelphia County Xarelto Products Liability Litigation; In re Testosterone Replacement Therapy Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2592 (N.D. of Illinois); New Jersey Mirena Products Liability Litigation; In re CR Bard, Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2187 (S.D. of West Virginia); In re American Medical Systems, Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2325 (S.D. of West Virginia); In re Boston Scientific Corporation Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2326 (S.D. of West Virginia); In re Ethicon, Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2327 (S.D. of West Virginia) and New Jersey State Court Fosamax litigation.
I’ve also represented individual injured clients and actively participated in the following personal injury mass torts: In Re: Gadolinium Based Contrast Agent Litigation, MDL 1909 (NDOH); In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1014 (E.D. of Pa.); In re Diet Drugs (Phentermine, Fenfluramine, Dexfenfluramine) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1203 (E.D. of PA); In re Propulsid Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1355 ( E.D. of Louisiana); In re Welding Fume Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1535 (S.D. of OH); In re Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1596 (E.D. of New York); In re Ephedra Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1598 (S.D. of NY); In re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1657 (E.D. of Louisiana); In re Three Mile Island Litigation (M.D. of PA); Philadelphia County Baycol Products Liability Litigation; Philadelphia County FenPhen Products Liability Litigation; Philadelphia County Vioxx Products Liability Litigation; and New Jersey Vioxx Products Liability Litigation.; Philadelphia County Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella Products Liability Litigation; New Jersey Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella Products Liability Litigation; In re Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2100 (S.D. of Illinois); In re ASR Hip Implants Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2197 (N.D. of Ohio); Actos Products Liability Litigation and federal and state court Fosamax litigation.
ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY LITIGATION
I worked on behalf of injured victims of the Three Mile Island Litigation, handling important appellant briefing. I also actively participated in the Delaware River oil spill class action litigation (E.D. of PA) representing property owners seeking testing and remediation of their contaminated properties.
I was counsel in three separate federal cases brought against multinational corporations who manufacture and distribute products containing benzene. The suits were brought by an estate of a decedent, and two men who contracted acute myelogenous leukemia caused by exposure to the defendants lethal products. In 2005, all three cases achieved large confidential settlements.
ANTITRUST LITIGATION
Early in my career, I actively participated in the Microsoft Antitrust Multidistrict Litigation on behalf of direct purchasers of certain Windows® software. A multimillion-dollar settlement was reached in that antitrust litigation. The case was pending on the docket of U.S. District Court in Maryland before U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz. I also worked on the Sumitomo Copper Antitrust Litigation which achieved a multimillion dollar recovery on price manipulation claims under the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. Section 1 et seq. See e.g., In re Sumitomo Copper Litigation, 74 F. Supp. 2d 393, 395 (S.D.N.Y. 1999) (“The recovery is the largest class action recovery in the 75 plus year history of the Commodity Exchange Act”);
BUSINESS TORTS
Among other commercial cases, I was counsel for several nationwide classes of insureds whose automobile insurances policies were breached by their insurers.
PROSECUTION BACKGROUND
In August of 1993, I began an internship in the Appellate division in the Montgomery County, Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Office. In January of 1994, I was sworn in as a Special Assistant District Attorney, and prosecuted hundreds of matters in court before the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judges over the next approximate two years.
PERSONAL
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1968
Education: Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – B.S., 1990
Law School: Quinnipiac University School of Law, Hamden, Connecticut – J.D., 1993
ATHLETICS/CHARITY RACES
Host: 5ForChop – May 2016 | 5-Mile Trail Run in Manayunk, PA, Benefiting The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia | 400 Runners in the Inagural Year
Narberth Cystic Fibrosis Run 2016
2016 — Narberth, PA
2014 NAGA Philadelphia Champion
2/1/14 – Broomall, PA
The Good Fight: Philly Jiu-Jitsu Challenge
7/13/13 – Broomall, PA
34th Annual Philadelphia Bar Association 5k
5/2013 – Philadelphia, PA
2rd Annual Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure 5k
5/2013 – Philadelphia, PA
Blue Cross Broad Street Run
5/2013 – Philadelphia, PA
Narberth Cystic Fibrosis Run 2013
4/2013 — Narberth, PA
Minding Your Mind 5k
3/2013 – Ardmore Park, PA
Philadelphia Half Marathon
11/18/2012 – Philadelphia, PA
The Good Fight: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament, Bronze Medal
11/3/12 – King of Prussia, PA
Atlantic City International Sprint Triathlon 2012
9/15/12 – Atlantic City, NJ
Philadelphia Insurance Sprint Triathlon 2012
6/23/12 – Philadelphia, PA
33rd Annual Philadelphia Bar Association 5k
5/20/12 – Philadelphia, PA
22nd Annual Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure 5k
5/13/2012 – Philadelphia, PA
Narberth Cystic Fibrosis Run 2012
4/21/12 — Narberth, PA
Jackson Hole Marathon/Half-Marathon 2011
9/24/11 — Jackson, WY
Philadelphia Insurance Sprint Triathlon 2011
6/26/11 — Philadelphia, PA
Narberth Cystic Fibrosis Run 2011
4/23/11 — Narberth, PA
Upper Main Line Y Triathlon 2011
4/17/11 — Berwyn, PA
ING Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon 2010
9/19/10 — Philadelphia, PA
Caesar Rodney Half Marathon
3/21/10 — Wilmington, DE
ING Rock ‘n’ Roll Philadelphia Half Marathon 2009
9/20/09 – Philadelphia, PA
Narberth Cystic Fibrosis Run 2009
4/25/09 — Narberth, PA