Ben Barnett

325 Chestnut Street
Suite 917
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Partner Ben Barnett joined Seeger Weiss in 2024 after over two decades with Dechert LLP, where he was a leading litigation partner representing corporate defendants in a wide array of significant civil and criminal matters. While at Dechert, Barnett was the driving force behind creating and implementing the firm’s eDiscovery Advisory Team, which provided eDiscovery advice and support across the global Litigation Team and a Preferred Vendor Program, designed to improve the quality of eDiscovery vendor services while reducing the associated costs for Dechert’s clients. Barnett held multiple leadership positions at Dechert, including chair of the Product Liability and Mass Tort group, co-chair of the Complex Commercial Litigation group, and co-chair of the Innovation Task Force. Ben was also a member of the firm-wide Information Governance Steering Committee and, for many years, served on the firm’s Hiring Committee in Philadelphia. His work on multiple high-profile cases, including In re: Takata Airbag Litigation, In re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation, In re: Seroquel Litigation, and the 2022 global Airbus bribery and corruption investigation, received widespread recognition through awards and rankings for teams at Dechert. Despite these accomplishments, in 2024, Barnett decided to fundamentally change the focus of his legal practice to representing individuals harmed physically or financially because of corporate misconduct or malfeasance and he joined former opposing counsel Chris Seeger and David Buchanan at Seeger Weiss.

Lawdragon Honors

Honor	Year	Practice
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America	2026	Product Liability, Class Actions Plaintiff
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers	2025	Complex Litigation, Environmental, Whistleblower
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers	2025	Plaintiff Class Action Litigation
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers	2025	Product Liability, Mass Tort, E-Discovery
The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America	2025	Plaintiff Mass Torts Litigation
The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers	2024	Complex Litigation, Environmental, Whistleblower

Barnett is widely recognized for his extensive experience in eDiscovery, having pioneered many of the best practices now commonly used by corporations and litigators navigating multidistrict litigation and government investigations. Believing that eDiscovery can and should be used strategically by plaintiffs to accelerate trials and resolution, Barnett is working to augment and support an already formidable eDiscovery team at Seeger Weiss. In doing so, Barnett prioritizes the mentorship of younger attorneys to develop and hone their eDiscovery expertise, stressing the importance of this ever-evolving complex and critical component of high-stakes litigation.

Since joining Seeger Weiss, Barnett has been involved in multiple firm matters, including the following:

Working as ESI Discovery Liaison in Alford v. The NFL Player Disability & Survivor Benefit Plan, Barnett led the negotiations on an ESI Protocol and Protective Order, argued a motion to compel, and deposed one of the Plan’s key witnesses.

In the AT&T Data Breach MDL, Barnett was named ESI Liaison to the Plaintiff Executive Committee and was part of a team that successfully negotiated a Protective Order, Rule 502(d) Order, and ESI Protocol in three months despite steadfast opposition from counsel for Defendants.

Barnett was briefly involved in In Re: Philips Recalled CPAP, Bi-Level Pap, and Mechanical Ventilator Products Litigation, supporting fellow Seeger Weiss attorneys pursuing unproduced mobile device data at the time that Phillips announced a global settlement.

In the Allergan Breast Implant Litigation, Barnett was part of a multi-firm team working to reverse an unprecedented decision involving the shifting of costs for the scanning and production of FDA-mandated manufacturing files stored in Puerto Rico.

In the Insulin Pricing Litigation, Barnett regularly consults with Seeger Weiss colleagues and counsel from other firms regarding effective unified review processes and procedures.

Prior to joining Dechert, Barnett served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. During law school, Ben worked on Capitol Hill for Representative Mo Udall and in the Transnational and Major Crimes Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.