Seeger Weiss LLP announced today that Roy Schwartz has joined the firm as its new Director of Communications.

Previously, Roy was the Assistant Director of Communications at Sigma Alpha Pi, Communications Specialist at Sullivan & Cromwell, and Senior Brand Strategist at The Equinox Group. Roy brings over a decade of experience in marketing, communications and business development.

Roy will lead Seeger Weiss's internal and external communications and public relations, liaising with media, business, counsel and government.

"I'm truly thrilled to join the Seeger Weiss team," Roy said. "They are passionate believers in the right of people to redress wrongs done to them through litigation, and it's immensely satisfying to be one of the good guys."

Partner Stephen Weiss commented; "Roy is a great addition to the firm. He brings high intelligence and high energy to the position, with unique qualifications that will help us enhance our client services nationally."

Roy is also a former Adjunct Professor of English and Social Thought at CUNY, the City University of New York, as well as an army veteran, having served three years as a Non-Commissioned Officer, Sergeant First Class, in Counterterrorism Intelligence.

He received his interdisciplinary MA in English and Social Thought from NYU, graduating magna cum laude, and his BA in English from The New School University, graduating summa cum laude.

About Seeger Weiss

Founded in 1999, SEEGER WEISS LLP is broadly admired as one of the nation's premier plaintiffs' law firms. The Firm currently numbers approximately 30 attorneys operating out of offices in New York City; Newark, NJ; and Philadelphia, PA, and regularly litigates in state and federal courts throughout the United States. It focuses on mass tort and class action litigation, with particular emphasis in the areas of products liability, pharmaceutical injury, consumer protection, environmental and toxic tort, securities fraud, antitrust, insurance, ERISA, employment, and qui tam litigation. The Firm is made up of experienced trial litigators, many of whom honed their talents at government and international defense firm positions. Seeger Weiss's reputation for leadership and innovation has resulted in its appointment to numerous plaintiffs' co-lead, steering and executive committees in a variety of multidistrict litigations throughout the United States, and it regularly serves as court-appointed Liaison Counsel in New York and New Jersey federal and state courts.