One of the nation’s preeminent class action and mass tort attorneys. Arnold Levin was not only a prominent Philadelphia attorney and a founding partner of Levin Sedran & Berman, but an attorney who practiced law nationwide, and was inducted into the prestigious Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame in 2025. He was a trial lawyer and appellate lawyer, and usually heavily involved in negotiating settlements in complex cases. In the early years of his practice, he focused on admiralty, but then he evolved his practice to focus on environmental, product liability (including defective medical devices and dangerous pharmaceuticals) and antitrust litigation.

Mr. Levin graduated Temple University (B.S., Honors, 1961) and Temple Law School (LL.B., 1964), where he served as Articles Editor of the Temple Law Quarterly. Mr. Levin served in the United States Army (MPC) before launching his legal career.

Mr. Levin was an active member of numerous legal organizations during his career. Mr. Levin served as Chairman of the Commercial Litigation Section of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (now known as the American Association for Justice) and as a co-chairman of the Antitrust Section of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Consultation Committee, Class Action Section, a fellow of the Roscoe Pound Foundation and as past Vice-Chairman of the Maritime Insurance Law Committee of the American Bar Association. He was also a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers and was chosen by his peers to be listed in Best Lawyers of America.

Mr. Levin was admitted to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, multiple U.S. District Courts, various Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He frequently lectured on class actions, antitrust, environmental law, and tort litigation for prestigious institutions including the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the American Bar Association.

Some of the most noteworthy cases Mr. Levin was involved in include the seminal class action In re: Asbestos School Litigation, No. 83-0268 (E.D. Pa.), where the Court certified a nationwide class on behalf of school districts seeking to hold asbestos manufacturers liable for remediation to make schools safe. Mr. Levin also served as Co-Lead Counsel of the Plaintiffs’ Management Committee and Plaintiffs’ Liaison Counsel in In re: Diet Drugs Litigation, MDL 1203 (E.D. Pa.). In Diet Drugs, American Home Products Corporation agreed to a multi-billion-dollar settlement of a class-action lawsuit brought by patients who experienced heart defects after taking the company’s Pondimin and Redux diet pills, sometimes in combination with phentermine. The class-action settlement still represents one of the largest monetary rewards for a product liability case in history — over 11,000 plaintiffs filed 6,500 separate lawsuits, but the settlement involved all of the six million users of the Fen-Phen combination. It resulted in a total payout to the class of $7.65 billion. In In re: National Football League Players’ Concussion Litigation, MDL No. 2323 (E.D. Pa.) Mr. Levin was appointed as Subclass Counsel for Subclass 1 of that Class Action Settlement. This settlement was instrumental in changing the way the NFL handles head injuries. Mr. Levin was also a member of the Trial and Discovery Committees in the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Litigation, No. 89-095 (D. Alaska) In addition, Mr. Levin served as Lead Counsel in the prosecution of individual fishing permit holders, native corporations, native villages, native claims and business claims.

The list of other noteworthy cases Mr. Levin was involved in is long and extensive. His roles involved him being Court appointed to various positions in those cases, including appointment as: a Co-Lead Counsel in cases, as a Chair of Law and Briefing Committees, as a member of numerous case Steering Committees, as a Chair of Liaison Committees to coordinate federal and overlapping state court litigation, as a member of a Settlement Negotiating Committees, and as a member of a Fee and Cost Committees. Some of the cases include Silicone Gel Breast Implants Products Liability Litigation, No. CV-92-P-10000-S, MDL 926 (N.D. Ala.); In re: Orthopedic Bone Screw Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1014 (E.D. Pa.); In re: Propulsid Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1355 (E.D. La.); In re: Phenylpropanolamine (PPA) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1407 (W.D. Wash.); In re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1657 (E.D. La.); In re: Human Tissue Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1763 (D.N.J.); In re: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Product Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2047 (E.D. La.);In re: CertainTeed Corp. Roofing Shingles Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1817 (E.D. Pa.); In re: Pool Products Distribution Market Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2328 (E.D. La.); In re: Testosterone Replacement Therapy Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2545 (N.D. Ill.); In re: Zoloft (Sertraline Hydrochloride) Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2342 (E.D. Pa.); In re: Yasmin and Yaz Marketing, Sales Practices and Relevant Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2100 (S.D. Ill.); In re: Fresenius Granuflo/Naturalyte Dialysate Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2428 (D. Mass); In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010, MDL 2179 (E.D. La.); In re: Rezulin Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1348 (S.D.N.Y.).

Mr. Levin’s impactful contributions to the legal field during his 60-year career were recognized through numerous accolades. He was consistently listed in Best Lawyers in America, Law Dragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers. He received top honors from U.S. News and World Report and The National Trial Lawyers Association. He was also named to the National Law Journal’s Inaugural List of America’s Elite Trial Lawyers. Mr. Levin was rated an “AV” attorney in Martindale-Hubbell and was included in in Martindale-Hubbell’s Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

Mr. Levin will be remembered not only for his vast legal expertise and leadership but also for his mentorship and dedication to justice and advocacy.

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