Whitney Seltzer is a seasoned defense attorney who focuses her practice on complex product liability, toxic tort, mass tort, and personal injury litigation. Whitney represents prominent national and international corporations in a range of industries, including premises owners, contractors, and manufacturers and distributors of industrial equipment, chemicals, and consumer and intermediary goods. She likewise has extensive experience as both national and local counsel for several manufacturers of cosmetic and personal care products in the continually evolving talcum powder litigation. With her strategic approach to managing risk in complicated, high-stakes litigation, Whitney’s clients rely on her to protect their interests in media sensitive and reputation-shaping cases.
With more than a decade in the field, Whitney has successfully defended thousands of cases across the country’s mass tort dockets. She is a trusted adviser to companies facing complex litigation, executing strategies tailored to address immediate legal challenges while meeting broader business objectives. Whitney has overseen discovery matters throughout the United States as national coordinating counsel for multiple clients, and she routinely collaborates with industry professionals across a wide range of disciplines to build aggressive, trial-ready defenses that minimize her clients’ financial exposure and position them for success in the courtroom.
Admissions
New York
New Jersey
US District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
US District Court for the District of New Jersey
Education
J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2012
B.A., Tulane University, 2008
Experience
Served as national coordinating co-counsel for a century-old cosmetics corporation in high-profile talcum powder litigation, crafting and implementing defense strategies for hundreds of cases from inception through trial. This representation included preparing corporate witnesses for nearly two dozen depositions, a process requiring review of tens of thousands of corporate documents, assessing and synthesizing decades of company history, and researching product design, manufacture, testing, and sales. Also managed client’s most active state docket as local counsel in New York, devising case-specific litigation plans from pre-discovery through resolution, including assigning case handling attorneys and deposition coverage, and directing all fact investigation, legal research, and motion practice.
Presentations
Moderator, “Talc Litigation: Asbestos Redux or a Unique Legal Battleground,” Perrin Conferences Talc Litigation Conference, May 2025
Panelist, “Insurance and Risk Management,” Perrin Conferences Talc Litigation Conference, May 2024
Panelist, “Appellate and Summary Judgment Decisions,” Perrin Conferences New York Asbestos Litigation Conference, December 2023
Panelist, “‘Mixed Cases’ – Talc and Traditional Claims in the Same Case,” Perrin Conferences Talc Litigation Conference, June 2023
Panelist, “The State of the Bankruptcy Trusts,” Perrin Conferences National Asbestos Litigation Conference, September 2022
