About Sol Weiss

Sol Weiss has played crucial roles in high-profile, national lawsuits including the National Football League Players' Concussion Injury Litigation , in which he serves as Co-Lead Counsel. In Pennsylvania, he is among Lead Class Counsel in the Kids for Cash civil rights litigation. "Indeed, throughout this settlement process, we have heard directly from countless retired players who are in dire need of these benefits , whether a spouse caring for her husband with ALS, a retiree who just received a diagnosis of dementia, or those who feel fine today but want a baseline assessment and an opportunity to speak with experts about the future. Their most common question has been to ask how quickly they can get help." - Statement from Co-Lead Counsel Sol Weiss and Christopher Seeger.

Sol was named 2014 Lawyer of the Year in Mass Tort and Class Action Litigation by Philadelphia's Best Lawyers, and he has been named in The Best Lawyers in America® since 2006. He was also featured on the cover of the 2011 edition of Philadelphia's Best Lawyers ®. Sol is an active member of the Board of Consultors of the Villanova University School of Law.

He also served as Director of the Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation. Sol earned his law degree from Villanova University School of Law in 1972. He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and is specially admitted to practice in other states.

Proven verdicts and settlements

~$1 billionSettlement

Sol Weiss and Larry Coben of Anapol Weiss served as co-lead class counsel in the landmark NFL concussion multidistrict litigation, securing a settlement valued at nearly $1 billion for thousands of retired players diagnosed with serious neurological conditions.

U.S. District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania (MDL) · 2015Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$206 millionVerdict

Sol Weiss served as co-lead counsel in a class action that secured $206 million in damages against two former Luzerne County judges who accepted $2.8 million in kickbacks to funnel hundreds of children into private juvenile detention facilities.

U.S. District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2022Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
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Villanova University School of Law
J.D.

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