Philip B. Seaton
Philip B. Seaton began his legal career as a Captain in the United States Army. After leaving the army, he joined the Camden County Prosecutors’ office serving more than seven years as an Assistant Prosecutor, over five as Senior Chief of Homicide, and one-and-a-half as Chief of the Organized Crime Task Force.
Since then, Phil has been a Senior Corporate Counsel for a major United States corporation and Partner in an international law firm. He has an extensive legal background focused mainly on securities and corporate litigation and international representation and advice.
Prior Experience
- Sole Practitioner, Law Office of Philip B. Seaton (2009-present)
- Partner, Blank Rome LLP (2003-2009)
- Partner, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP (2001-2003)
- Founding Partner, Kozlov Seaton, Romanini Brooks & Greenberg, P.C. (1982-2003)
- Senior Corporate Counsel, Remington Rand Corp. (1978-1982)
- Assistant Prosecutor/Section Chief, Homicide and Organized Crime, Camden County, New Jersey (1971-1978)
- Captain, United States Army (1968-1971)
Experience and Practice Areas:
- Securities and Corporate Litigation: New Jersey, Delaware, and New York
- Shareholder Rights and Rights of Minority Shareholders in limited liability corporations
- State and federal courts securities litigation, Letters of Credit, and Antitrust litigation pursuant to Bank Holding Company Act
- Land use approval and regulatory matters
- Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions
- Complex and Multi-District Litigation
- Legal Professional Liability and Accountants Malpractice
- Consumer Class Actions
International Representation and Advice:
- Litigation supervision in Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and the Peoples Republic of China
- As Counsel in the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on behalf of American shareholders in foreign commercial investment disputes
- Hague Convention Proceedings
- Asia-Pacific Investment and Emerging Markets
- Foreign and International Investment
Education
- J.D University of Pennsylvania Law School, LLB (1968)
- B.S. Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce (1965)
Bar Admissions
- State of New Jersey Bar (Admitted 1968)
- State of Tennessee Bar (Admitted 2009)
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey
- United States District Court, Western District of Tennessee
- United States Court of Appeals, Third and Sixth Circuits
- Admitted pro hac vice: New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Delaware (Ch. Div.)
Honors & Awards
- AV 15th Anniversary Preeminent Attorney, 2017
- AV Preeminent 2020 Lawyers.com, 2019-2020
- AV Preeminent Attorney – Judicial Edition, 2017-2020
- AV Preeminent Icon 2014-2015
- Martindale Hubbell, Peer Review Rated, AV Preeminent – 2002-2020
The AV Preeminent awards are conferred by Martindale-Hubbell. A description of the selection methodology can be found at www.martindale.com/ratings-and-reviews/. No aspect of this selection has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.