New York, New York
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phone | 212-682-1818 800-497-8076 |
fax | 212-682-1892 |
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LEE ALBERT, a partner, was admitted to the bars of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the State of New Jersey, and the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey in 1986. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Temple University and Arcadia University in 1975 and 1980, respectively, and received his J.D. degree from Widener University School of Law in 1986. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Albert spent several years working as a civil litigator in Philadelphia, PA. In 2001, he joined Mager White & Goldstein, subsequently Mager & Goldstein, and was named partner in January, 2005.
Mr. Albert represents clients in all types of complex litigation including matters concerning violations of federal and state antitrust and securities laws, mass tort/product liability and unfair and deceptive trade practices. Some of Mr. Albert's major cases include In re Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Litigation (N.J. Super. Ct., Middlesex County, NJ); In re Broadcom Securities Litigation (C.D. Cal.); In re AOL Time Warner, Inc. Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); In re WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); In re Canadian Car Antitrust Litigation (D. Me.); and In re Microsoft Corporation Massachusetts Consumer Protection Litigation (Mass. Super. Ct.). Mr. Albert has obtained injunctive relief in federal court to enforce a five-year contract not to compete on behalf of a national health care provider and injunctive relief on behalf of an undergraduate university.
Mr. Albert has extensive litigation and appellate practice experience having argued before the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania and has over fifteen years of trial experience in both jury and non-jury cases and arbitrations.
Mr. Albert is active in local politics and has served as his party's representative as Municipal Chair of Whitemarsh Township, PA.
- Areas of Practice:
- Commercial Litigation
- Complex Litigation
- Violations of Federal
- State Antitrust
- Securities Laws
- Breach of Contract
- General Commercial Litigation
- Deceptive Trade Practices
- Bar Admissions:
- Pennsylvania, 1986
- New Jersey, 1986
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1986
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1986
- Education:
- Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware,
1986
J.D.
Honors: Phi Delta Phi Honor Society
- Representative Cases:
- In re Ortho Evra Birth Control Patch Litig. (N.J. Super. Ct., Middlesex County)
- In re Canadian Car Antitrust Litig. (D. Me.)
- In re ATM Fee Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Cal.)
- In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litig., MDL No. 1663 (D.N.J.)
- McDonough, et al. v. Toys R Us, Inc., et al. (E.D. Pa.)
- In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litig. (E.D.N.Y.)
- In re Broadcom Sec. Litig. (C.D. Cal.)
- In re AOL Time Warner, Inc. Sec. Litig. (S.D.N.Y.)
- In re Microsoft Corporation Massachusetts Consumer Protection Litig. (Mass. Super. Ct., Middlesex Cty.)
- In re OM Group Sec. Litig. (N.D. Ohio)
- Grimson v. Sprint Corp. (15th Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, FL)
- In re Wireless Telephone Federal Cost Recovery Fees Litig. (W.D. Mo.)
- In re WorldCom, Inc. Sec. Litig. (S.D.N.Y.)
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Association for Justice
- Member
- Montgomery County (PA) Bar Association
- Member
- Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery County, PA
- Committeeperson