Sauder Schelkopf LLC

What Sauder Schelkopf LLC does

Sauder Schelkopf LLC is a privately-held class action and personal injury law firm headquartered at 1109 Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The firm represents individuals and consumer class members in complex litigation against corporations, institutions, and employers, with ten discrete practice areas covering automotive defects, defective products and consumer protection, home products and construction defects, personal injury, sexual misconduct and gender-based discrimination, employee rights, whistleblower actions under the False Claims Act, dangerous drugs, and defective medical devices. Co-founders Joseph G. Sauder and Matthew D. Schelkopf lead the firm alongside attorneys Joseph B. Kenney and Melissa Stewart; the team includes former prosecutors with experience investigating and trying sexual misconduct cases.

The firm operates on a contingency fee basis, collecting legal fees only upon successful resolution through settlement or judgment, which aligns its economics with plaintiff outcomes rather than billable hours. Its go-to-market is sales-led and direct: the firm markets nationally via a content-rich website (sauderschelkopf.com), blog, investigation pages, and a social media presence spanning Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, YouTube, and TikTok, with intake processed through a dedicated phone line (888-711-9975), contact forms, and free consultations. Despite operating from a single Pennsylvania office, the firm litigates in federal and state courts across the United States and serves as court-appointed lead counsel in multidistrict and class proceedings nationally.

Sauder Schelkopf has accumulated over $1 billion in cumulative recoveries for clients and class members across its practice areas, with signature matters including a $215 million settlement for USC patients of Dr. George Tyndall, a $43.5 million NIBCO plumbing class settlement, a $55 million overdraft fees class settlement, a $30 million jury verdict, and Ohio State University sexual misconduct litigation. The firm has been independently recognized through the 2020 Pennsylvania Trailblazers, 2021 Northeast Trailblazers, 2022 Best Lawyers (Class Actions/Mass Tort), 2022 Litigation Departments of the Year runner-up, 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, and 2025 Super Lawyers Top 100 honors. It is an LLC domiciled in Pennsylvania with no disclosed external investors, parent company, or M&A activity.

Name

Sauder Schelkopf LLC

Legal name

Sauder Schelkopf LLC

Website

https://sauderschelkopf.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sauder Schelkopf LLC is a privately-held class action and personal injury law firm in Berwyn, Pennsylvania that represents individual plaintiffs and consumer class members against corporations and institutions, operating on contingency fees across ten practice areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411), Other Legal Services (54119)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Class action litigation
• Personal injury law
• Consumer protection
• Mass tort litigation
• Defective products law

Headquarters

HQ city

Berwyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Contingency Fee Representation: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis for class action and personal injury cases, meaning fees are collected only upon successful resolution of cases through settlements or judgments. This is the standard revenue model for class action litigation firms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sauder Schelkopf LLC is a plaintiff-side law firm that represents individuals and consumer class members in class action lawsuits and personal injury matters, including automotive defects, defective consumer and home construction products, dangerous drugs, defective medical devices, sexual misconduct, employee rights, and whistleblower (False Claims Act) cases. Services are delivered nationwide on a contingency fee basis, with no fees charged unless the firm secures compensation through settlement or judgment.

Product overview

Sauder Schelkopf LLC is a class action and personal injury law firm that provides legal services through distinct practice area modules rather than a technology product platform. The firm's core offering consists of class action litigation representing groups of harmed individuals, supported by specialized practice areas covering automotive defects, defective products and consumer protection, home products and construction defects, sexual misconduct and gender-based discrimination, employee rights, whistleblowers (False Claims Act), dangerous drugs, and defective medical devices. The firm serves as court-appointed lead counsel in federal and state courts across the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Class Action Litigation Services Legal representation on a contingency fee basis for groups of individuals who have suffered harm from defective products, automotive defects, consumer protection violations, financial fraud, and institutional abuse, in federal and state class actions across the United States.
• Personal Injury Legal Services Contingency-fee legal representation for individuals injured due to negligence of another person or entity, including motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, and wrongful death matters.
• Automotive Defects Practice Legal representation for consumers harmed by vehicle manufacturing or design defects including engine malfunction, transmission failure, oil consumption issues, door latch problems, and infotainment defects.
• Defective Products & Consumer Protection Practice Legal representation for consumers harmed by falsely advertised products or design defects including home appliances, electronics, nutrition supplements, fitness devices, lawnmowers, power tools, and baby products.
• Home Products & Construction Defects Practice Legal services for homeowners with defective building materials including drywall, plumbing, electrical supplies, flooring, concrete, composite decking, roof shingles, and protective coatings.
• Sexual Misconduct & Gender Based Discrimination Practice Legal representation for victims of sexual misconduct and gender-based discrimination in schools, workplaces, healthcare settings, and institutional settings, including clergy abuse, campus sexual abuse, and medical professional misconduct.
• Employee Rights Practice Legal services for employees whose rights have been violated, including unpaid overtime, minimum wage violations, employment discrimination, and WARN Act violations.
• Whistleblower Practice Legal representation for whistleblowers who report fraud against the government under the False Claims Act, with potential rewards ranging from 10 to 30 percent of government recovery.
• Dangerous Drugs Practice Legal services for patients harmed by dangerous drugs that were improperly tested, manufactured, marketed, or that failed to communicate known risk factors.
• Defective Medical Devices Practice Legal representation for patients injured by defective medical devices including birth control, breast implants, artificial hips, knees, and heart stents.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $1 billion recovered on behalf of clients and class members
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: National plaintiffs' firm specializing in class action and mass tort litigation with a long track record of billion-dollar settlements; the most direct competitor for MDL lead counsel appointments and class action fee pools targeted by Sauder Schelkopf.
• Napoli Shkolnik PLLC: Plaintiff mass tort and personal injury firm with major pharmaceutical, opioid, and 9/11 litigation; comparable contingency-fee model and direct overlap in mass tort/consumer product litigation practices.
• Robins Kaplan LLP: National firm with a leading class action practice representing plaintiffs in product liability, antitrust, and mass tort matters; comparable contingency-fee structure and overlapping practice areas (defective products, mass torts).
• Keller Rohrback L.L.P. Plaintiff complex litigation firm handling class actions and mass torts including product liability and consumer protection matters; directly comparable contingency model and case-type overlap with Sauder Schelkopf's core work.
• Weitz & Luxenberg P.C. Mass tort and personal injury plaintiff firm with extensive pharmaceutical, medical device, and environmental litigation; comparable contingency-fee plaintiff model and overlap in the dangerous drugs/defective medical devices practice areas.
• Motley Rice LLC: Plaintiff-side litigation firm focused on asbestos, mass tort, securities, and consumer class actions; competes with Sauder Schelkopf for lead counsel roles in complex MDLs and shares the contingency-fee, consumer-protection orientation.
• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP: Pure-play plaintiffs' firm recognized for securities class actions and complex consumer litigation; competes for institutional lead counsel roles and shares a court-appointed-lead-counsel positioning with Sauder Schelkopf.
• Morgan & Morgan: Largest plaintiff personal injury firm in the U.S. with national advertising-driven intake; directly comparable in personal injury practice and contingency-fee consumer marketing, though at substantially greater scale.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC: Pioneering class action plaintiff firm covering consumer protection, civil rights, and mass torts; directly comparable in practice mix and class action orientation to Sauder Schelkopf.
• Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC: National mass tort and class action plaintiff firm with strong asbestos, pharmaceutical, and consumer protection practices; comparable court-appointed lead counsel positioning and contingency-fee structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/SauderSchelkopf
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SauderSchelkopf
• Facebookfacebook.com/SauderSchelkopf
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sauder-schelkopf-llc
• TikToktiktok.com/@sauderschelkopfllc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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