What Edelson Lechtzin does

Edelson Lechtzin LLP is a national plaintiffs' class action law firm headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, with a second office in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2020 by Marc H. Edelson and Eric Lechtzin, the firm represents consumers, employees, and investors in collective litigation against corporate defendants in state and federal courts, with reported cumulative recoveries exceeding $1 billion across the partners' combined careers. Practice areas span Securities & Investment Fraud, Data Breach Class Actions, Antitrust & Unfair Competition, Consumer Protection & Consumer Fraud, Employee Benefits & ERISA, Wage & Hour Litigation, and Insurance Subrogation Recovery.

The firm operates exclusively on a contingency fee basis, with no attorneys' fees billed unless a recovery is achieved, and offers free case evaluations through a national hotline and online intake forms. Case generation relies on monitoring regulatory filings, responding to data breach notifications, and proactive outreach via press releases distributed through PR Newswire and GlobeNewsWire, a content-marketing blog, dedicated data breach investigation landing pages, and social channels (Facebook, X, LinkedIn). Distribution is direct to individual plaintiffs and, more recently, to insurance carriers via the subrogation practice. The technology posture is intentionally minimal — no proprietary platform, API, or AI tooling is disclosed; the firm's value proposition is grounded in attorney experience (each founding partner has nearly 30 years of class action litigation), peer recognition (Super Lawyers, AV Preeminent, Avvo 10.0), and leadership roles in multidistrict litigation including MDL No. 3162.

The firm is privately held by its two founding partners, with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or subsidiaries, and operates with a small headcount (1–10). Recent strategic activity — including Eric Lechtzin's appointment to Plaintiffs' Executive Leadership in MDL No. 3162, expansion of the senior counsel team, addition of the California office, and launch of the Insurance Subrogation Recovery practice — points to controlled scaling of the plaintiff platform and selective diversification into B2B legal services.

Name

Edelson Lechtzin

Legal name

Edelson Lechtzin LLP

Website

https://www.edelson-law.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Edelson Lechtzin LLP is a national plaintiffs' class action law firm founded in 2020 that represents consumers, employees, and investors in securities, data breach, antitrust, ERISA, wage theft, consumer fraud, and insurance subrogation matters on a contingency fee basis, with offices in Newtown, PA and San Francisco.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services - Class Action Litigation

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Business Valuation & Litigation Support (BPAHABAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Litigation & Dispute Valuation (damages, shareholder disputes) (FSAEAHAI)

Keywords

• Class action litigation
• Securities fraud
• Data breach litigation
• Consumer protection law
• ERISA litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Newtown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Class Action Contingency Fees: The firm operates exclusively on a contingency fee basis, meaning attorneys' fees are only collected if the firm successfully recovers compensation for clients through settlement or trial verdict. This model enables consumers, employees, and investors to pursue legal action without upfront costs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Edelson Lechtzin LLP is a national plaintiffs' class action law firm representing consumers, employees, and investors in collective litigation against corporate wrongdoing. The firm pursues securities fraud, data breach, antitrust, ERISA, wage and hour, and consumer fraud cases on a contingency fee basis with no upfront cost to clients.

Product overview

Edelson Lechtzin LLP is a national class action law firm offering a unified portfolio of legal services rather than a technology product platform. The firm specializes in class action and collective litigation across seven core practice areas: Securities & Investment Fraud (pursuing investor claims against fraudulent entities), Data Breach Class Actions (representing individuals affected by privacy breaches), Consumer Protection & Fraud (litigating defective products and deceptive practices), Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law (challenging price-fixing and market allocation), Employee Benefits & ERISA (protecting retirement plan participants), Wage & Hour Litigation (recovering unpaid employee wages), and Insurance Subrogation Recovery (helping carriers reclaim losses). The firm operates on a contingency fee basis, recovering over $1 billion for clients, with offices in Pennsylvania and California serving clients nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Securities & Investment Fraud Litigation Represents investors who have been cheated, pursuing class action lawsuits, direct claims, and derivative actions against companies, stockbrokers, and financial entities for securities fraud violations including SEC violations, mismanagement of funds, misrepresentation, Ponzi schemes, broker misconduct, and insider trading.
• Data Breach Class Actions Investigates and litigates data privacy claims on behalf of individuals affected by corporate data breaches, including identity theft, ransomware, fraud, and account theft cases.
• Consumer Protection & Consumer Fraud Pursues class actions against companies engaging in defective products, deceptive pricing, deceptive marketing, and false labeling practices.
• Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law Represents purchasers in state and federal courts against companies engaging in anticompetitive practices including price-fixing, customer allocation, tying/bundling, and pay-for-delay.
• Employee Benefits & ERISA Handles civil legal action for participants in employee benefits plans covered by ERISA, including retirement plans, ESOPs, health insurance plans, and disability plans, addressing mismanagement of pensions, denial of benefits, breach of fiduciary duties, and retaliation.
• Wage & Hour Litigation Pursues claims for unpaid wages and overtime, off-the-clock work, tip pooling, employee misclassification, and other FLSA and state wage law violations.
• Insurance Subrogation Recovery Provides subrogation recovery services for insurance carriers to reclaim losses paid due to third-party negligence.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $1 billion recovered for clients

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Berger Montague PC: National class action and complex litigation firm with strong ERISA, securities, and consumer practices. Directly comparable as a contingency-fee class action boutique; founding partner Eric Lechtzin was previously a Shareholder at Berger Montague.
• Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP: Leading plaintiffs' securities class action firm with substantial MDL practice. Directly competes for lead-counsel positions in securities fraud and shareholder class actions, with substantially greater scale and resources.
• Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP: Plaintiffs' class action firm focused on securities fraud, corporate governance, and shareholder litigation. Directly competes in securities and fiduciary class actions with similar contingency-fee model.
• Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP: Premier plaintiffs' firm specializing in securities class actions, derivative suits, and institutional investor litigation. Direct peer in securities fraud practice with substantially larger team and institutional client base.
• Labaton Sucharow LLP: Plaintiffs' securities and antitrust class action firm with strong SEC whistleblower practice. Direct competitor in securities class actions and complex litigation.
• Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP: Plaintiffs' class action firm with significant consumer protection, antitrust, and securities practices. Direct peer in mass tort and consumer class action litigation, with comparable mid-size structure.
• Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC: National plaintiffs' firm with practice areas including securities, consumer protection, antitrust, and ERISA. Direct competitor across multiple practice areas with similar contingency fee model.
• Pomerantz LLP: Specialized plaintiffs' securities class action firm with deep institutional investor relationships. Direct competitor in securities fraud and shareholder litigation.
• Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith LLP: Class action and antitrust litigation boutique where Senior Counsel Andrew Lapat previously practiced. Directly comparable in class action scope and contingency fee structure.

Broad incumbents

• Susman Godfrey LLP: Prominent trial and class action firm with broader commercial litigation practice. Comparable in complex plaintiff-side litigation capability but with broader scope including commercial and IP disputes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EdelsonLechtzin
• Facebookfacebook.com/edelsonlechtzin
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/edelson-associates-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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