Joseph G. Sauder
JOSEPH G. SAUDER is a Partner in the Firm's Haverford office. Mr. Sauder concentrates his practice on prosecuting class action litigation, including securities fraud, consumer protection, ERISA and antitrust cases on behalf of shareholders, consumers and institutional clients. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sauder was associated with a major Philadelphia firm where he concentrated on complex civil litigation. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Sauder was a prosecutor in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office where he served as lead counsel in hundreds of criminal trials including over twenty jury trials involving major felonies.
Mr. Sauder was selected for four years as a Pennsylvania Rising Star SuperLawyer by Law & Politics and the publishers of Philadelphia Magazine, a designation held by only 2.5 percent of lawyers statewide. In August 2007, American Lawyer Media, publisher of The Legal Intelligencer and the Pennsylvania Law Weekly, named Mr. Sauder as one of the "Lawyers on the Fast Track" a distinction that recognized thirty-five Pennsylvania attorneys under the age of 40 who show outstanding promise in the legal profession and make a significant commitment to their community. In 2011, Mr. Sauder was selected as a Pennsylvania SuperLawyer, the first year he was eligible. This is distinction held by the top 5 percent of attorneys in Pennsylvania, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics.
Mr. Sauder has handled or is currently prosecuting the following actions:
Physicians of Winter Haven v STERIS No. 1:10-cv-00264-CAB (N.D.Ohio) (served as a lead counsel in this $20 million class action settlement on behalf of over 6000 healthcare providers)
Smith v. Gaiam, No. 1:09-cv-02545-WYD -BNB (D.Colo) (served as co-lead counsel in this $10 million consumer class action settlement, which provided full relief to the class)
Kurian v. County of Lancaster, No. 2:07-cv-03482-PD (E.D.Pa.) (served as co-lead counsel in this civil right lawsuit, filed on behalf of pre-trial detainees which settled for $2.5 million)
Allison, et al. v. The GEO Group, No. 2:08-cv-467-JD (E.D.Pa.) (served as co-lead counsel in this civil right lawsuit, filed on behalf of pre-trial detainees which settled for $2.9 million)
In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation, No. 2:04-cv-05184-GEB-PS (D.N.J.), (provided substantial assistance with this case involving allegations of bid rigging and steering against numerous insurance brokers and insurers. The district court has granted final approval to settlements valued at approximately $218 million.)
In re Textainer Financial Services Corporation, et al., No. CGC 05-440303 (Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco) ($10 million settlement breach of fiduciary duty on behalf of limited partnership unit holders related to a sale of assets that allegedly provided the limited partnership holders with inadequate consideration, and where they received an allegedly misleading Proxy related to the sale)
Mr. Sauder received his Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude in Finance from Temple University in 1995. He graduated from Temple University School of Law in 1998, where he was a member of Temple Law Review.
Mr. Sauder’s public service activities include teaching trial advocacy to a local Philadelphia high school team which competed in the State Mock Trial Competition. He is vice president of the Philadelphia District Attorneys’ Alumni Association and on the Executive Committee of Temple Law Alumni Association. His pro bono activities include serving as a volunteer attorney with the Support Center for Child Advocates, a nonprofit organization that provides legal and social services to abused and neglected children.
Mr. Sauder is admitted to practice before the Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the District of New Jersey and the District of Colorado.