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Jonathan D. Selbin
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Jonathan D. Selbin

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250 Hudson Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10013 + 1 location

Consumer Protection and Defective Products

About Jonathan D. Selbin

One of the Nation’s Leading Lawyers for Consumers

Jonathan D. Selbin is a senior partner in the New York office of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, where he has practiced for 30 years, and a long-time member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He has led complex consumer protection, defective products, and sex abuse class action lawsuits in courts around the country against many of the world’s largest corporations and institutions. Together, cases in which Jonathan played a lead role have resulted in court-approved class action settlements with a combined total cash payout to class members in excess of $3.5 billion, plus other relief such as extended and enhanced warranties and implementation of best-practices institutional reforms. He has extensive appellate experience, having argued in the 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, and 11th Circuits, as well as before state supreme and appellate courts.

Since March 2025, Jonathan has served as Special Assistant Attorney General to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, assisting and advising her office on issues relating to federal constitutional and administrative law and connected questions.

Jonathan served on the Board of Directors of Equal Justice Works, where he and his family also founded the Selbin Voting Rights Fellowship which funds a rolling two-year fellow working to ensure fair access to voting. He also serves on the Board of the Beyond #MeToo Working Group on Corporate Governance, Compliance, and Risk.

Jonathan was a Finalist for The American Lawyer’s 2021 Litigator of the Year, a National Law Journal 2021 “Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer,” a Law360 2020 “Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar,” and a New York Law Journal “2020 Litigation Trailblazer.” In February 2020, Modern Counsel profiled Jonathan, highlighting his lifelong legacy of fighting for consumer and civil rights in “Jonathan Selbin Levels the Playing Field.”

Jonathan is a 1993 magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School and a 1989 summa cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan. He clerked for the Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from 1993-1995 prior to joining Lieff Cabraser.

Published Works & Appearances

•Speaker, Trial Lawyers of Mass Torts Los Cabos Conference, November 2025
•Panelist, “Cross-Border Litigation of Defective Products,” Perfect Law Class Actions & Mass Torts Conference, Florence, Italy, September 2025
•Panelist, “General Trends in Class Litigation,” Trial Lawyers of Mass Torts Park City, Utah Conference, February 2024
•Contributing Author, “Ninth Circuit Reshapes California Consumer-Protection Law,” American Bar Association, July 2012
•On Class Actions, 2009
•Contributing Author, California Class Actions Practice and Procedures (Elizabeth J. Cabraser, editor-in-chief), 2003
•“Bashers Beware: The Continuing Constitutionality of Hate Crimes Statutes After R.A.V.,” 72 Oregon Law Review 157, Spring 1993

Honors & Awards

•Selected for inclusion by peers in The Best Lawyers in America in field of Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs, 2013-2026
•“Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2026
•“Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America,” Lawdragon, 2025, 2026
•“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2023-2026
•“Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in America,” Lawdragon, 2021-2025
•Lawdragon Finalist, Lawdragon, 2009
•Super Lawyer for New York Metro, Super Lawyers, 2006-2025
•“Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Trailblazer,” National Law Journal, 2021
•“Litigator of the Year Finalist,” The American Lawyer, Industry Awards, 2020
•“Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar,” Law360, 2020
•“Litigation Trailblazer,” New York Law Journal, 2020
•Distinguished Service Award, American Association for Justice, 2016
•New York Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation, 2013-2016

In the News

•February 17, 2026
30 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Recognized as Lawdragon “500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers” for 2026
•February 4, 2026
Jonathan Selbin to Speak on Litigation Funding at Perfect Law’s 2026 Global Class Actions & Mass Torts Conference in London
•January 9, 2026
Eleven Lieff Cabraser Partners Named to 2026 “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America” List
•October 30, 2025
21 Lieff Cabraser Attorneys Selected as 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
•October 16, 2025
Lieff Cabraser Partners to Speak at TLMT Los Cabos 2025 Conference

 

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Areas of Law

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    • Consumer Protection
    • Defective Products

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Partner
    Firm Name
    Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
  • Representative Cases & Transactions
    Cases
    Representative Cases: American Cemwood
    Carrier Furnaces
    Dell Inspiron Notebooks
    Fleetwood Motor Homes
    Intuit QuickBooks
    Mercedes-Benz Tele Aid
    Whirlpool Front-Loading Washers

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1994, California
    1995, U.S. District Court, Central District of California
    1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
    2000, District of Columbia
    2001, New York
    2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
    2002, New York State Supreme Court
    2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
    2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
    2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
    2008, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
    2009, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit
    2009, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
    2010, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
    2012, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
    2012, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
    2012, U.S. Supreme Court
    2013, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
    2014, U.S. Court Of Appeals, 10th Circuit
    2014, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin
    2015, U.S. Court Of Appeals, Federal Circuit
    2016, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit
    2016, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
    2022, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit
    Memberships

    Professional Associations

    •American Bar Association
    •Bar of the District of Columbia
    •Beyond #MeToo Working Group Board
    •Equal Justice Works, Board of Directors
    Development Committee Chair, 2017-2022
    •New York State Bar Association
    •State Bar of California

  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Harvard Law School
    Class of 1993
    J.D.
    magna cum laude
    Other Education
    University of Michigan
    Class of 1989
    B.A.
    summa cum laude

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    Yes, Jonathan D. Selbin is admitted to practice in California, District of Columbia and New York.
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    Jonathan D. Selbin is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, United States District Court for the Central District of California, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, United States District Court for the Northern District of California, United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, United States District Court for the Southern District of California, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin and United States Supreme Court.
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    Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP has 100 attorneys at this location.
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    Jonathan D. Selbin is listed in the Antitrust Law, Aviation Law, Civil Rights, Civil Trial Practice, Environmental Law, Labor and Employment Law, Personal Injury, Product Liability Law, Securities Law and Toxic Torts section of the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

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