Jay Edelson, Founder and CEO of Edelson PC, is recognized as one of the most innovative and influential plaintiff’s attorneys in the United States. His firm, which focuses on class actions, mass torts, and public client litigation, has secured over $5 billion in verdicts and settlements as lead counsel and assisted in total recoveries exceeding $45 billion. Edelson's work includes a variety of high-stakes litigation, from wildfire and environmental mass torts to opioid lawsuits, corporate fraud, and pioneering privacy, technology, and AI cases.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors | 2026 | AI Consumer Rights Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2025 | Commercial Litigation, esp. Privacy, Consumer Fraud, Financial Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers | 2024 | Commercial Litigation, esp. Privacy, Consumer Fraud, Financial Litigation |
Edelson has been at the forefront of AI litigation since the advent of the technology. He secured a consent decree from Clearview AI banning its AI-powered facial recognition from the private market—called a “milestone for civil rights.” He serves as counsel to the State of Utah in the first-of-its-kind enforcement action against social media AI harm to teens. In the first-ever certified class action against an AI company, he represented the interests of publishers whose copyrights had been allegedly infringed—ultimately leading to a $1.5 billion settlement. He also represents families in wrongful death cases against AI companies, including the parents of a 16-year-old, Adam Raine, who the family alleges was coached to suicide by ChatGPT.
Edelson has also been at the forefront of developing modern consumer privacy law, securing over $1.5 billion in settlements, including the landmark $650 million Facebook biometric privacy settlement —the largest of its kind for a single state.