Lee Albert
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Toll Free: (800) 497-8076
Phone: (212) 682-1818
Fax: (212) 682-1892
275 Madison Avenue
Suite 801
New York, New York 10016
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.
Education
J.D., Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware, 1986
Honors: Phi Delta Phi Honor Society
M.S., Arcadia University, 1980
B.S., Temple University, 1975
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Pennsylvania, 1986New Jersey, 1986
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1986
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1986
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
American Association for Justice
Montgomery County (PA) Bar Association
Committeeperson
Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery County, PA
Municipal Chair
Representative Cases
- In re Avandia Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litig. (E.D. Pa.)
- 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.)