FLORHAM PARK, NJ – Sept. 26, 2019 – Philip R. Sellinger, a co-managing shareholder of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s New Jersey office, has been named a 2019 New Jersey Trailblazer by New Jersey Law Journal. According to the New Jersey Law Journal, New Jersey Trailblazers are “individuals that are truly agents of change and professionals who have made significant marks on practice, policy and the technological advancement of their practice.” Sellinger’s New Jersey Trailblazer profile appears in a Special Supplement of the New Jersey Law Journal.
“We are delighted that Philip has been recognized with this honor, as it is very well-deserved. He has been challenging the status quo of the New Jersey legal market for decades,” said David Jay, co-managing shareholder of the firm’s New Jersey office. “His legal, business, and volunteer work has had a significant and positive impact on the firm, the community, and our relationships with clients in New Jersey and beyond.”
Sellinger played an integral role in opening Greenberg Traurig’s New Jersey office and has served as a leader of the office since it opened in 2002. In addition, he recently served as co-chair of the firm’s global Litigation Practice. A former Assistant U.S. Attorney and New Jersey federal clerk, Sellinger has more than 30 years of trial experience and has led litigation teams around the country in a wide variety of class actions and other complex cases in state and federal trial courts and appellate courts, including the New Jersey Supreme Court. He has served as chair of the Lawyers Advisory Committee to the New Jersey federal judiciary and as a member of the New Jersey Supreme Court Civil Practice Rules Committee. He served as the founding chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Class Action Committee. Sellinger has represented the American Corporate Counsel Association and the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association in litigation challenging the right of in-house counsel to appear in court. He has appeared as amicus counsel in the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of 29 top-ranking former senior U.S. military officers and civilian Department of Defense officials.