JEFFREY L. SPECTOR is a partner and has been prosecuting complex class actions for more than a decade and a half, representing consumers and small businesses in a wide array of cases involving products in a variety of industries, including the automotive, protein, construction, health care, baby product and financial instrument markets. Presently, Jeff is helping to lead the litigation for SCC as co-lead counsel for a proposed class of hospitals in In re da Vinci Surgical Robot Antitrust Litigation, No. 3:21-cv-03825-VC (N.D. Cal.), a proposed class of indirect purchasers of credit scores in In re FICO Antitrust Litigation, No. 1:20-cv-02114 (N.D. Ill.), a proposed class of indirect purchasers of store brand baby formula in Thomas Conry, et al. v. Gerber Prod. Co., et al., No. 1:24-CV-06784-NG-AYS (E.D.N.Y.); and a proposed class of indirect purchasers of Apple iPhones in In re: Apple Inc. Smartphone Antitrust Litigation, No. 2:24-md-03113(JXN)(LDW) (D.N.J.).
Jeff has served as part of the SCC co-lead counsel teams in In re Interior Molded Doors Antitrust Litigation, No. 3:18-cv-00718-JAG (E.D. Va.), In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litigation, No. 13-md-2437 (E.D. Pa.), In re Automotive Parts Antitrust Litigation, No. 2:12-md-02311 (E.D. Mich.), In re Blood Reagents Antitrust Litigation, No. 09-md-02081 (E.D. Pa.), McDonough, et al. v. Toys "R" Us, Inc. d/b/a Babies "R" Us, et al., No. 2:06-cv-00242 (E.D. Pa.), and Elliott, et al. v. Toys "R" Us, Inc. d/b/a Babies "R" Us, et al., No. 2:09-cv-06151 (E.D. Pa.), cases which have settled for a combined total of over a half-billion dollars. Jeff was also a part of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in Cheng v. Toyota Motor Corp., No. 1:20-cv-00629-WFK-CLP (E.D.N.Y.), an automotive defect case that settled for relief with an estimated value of more than $200 million.
Jeff has extensive experience working closely with experts on a variety of issues, including analyzing industry market structure, class certification, and estimating damages (including through the use of econometric techniques). In addition to the above actions in which SCC is or was lead counsel, Jeff is currently working extensively with expert economists in several pending actions, including In re: Local TV Advertising Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 2867, No. 18 C 6785 (N.D. Ill.), and In re Pork Antitrust Litigation, No. 0:18-cv-01776-JRT-HB (D. Mn.). Other recent cases in which Jeff also worked closely with experts include In re Broiler Poultry Antitrust Litigation 1:16-cv-08637 (N.D. Ill.), and In re Peanut Farmers Antitrust Litigation, No. 2:19-cv-00463-RAJ-LRL (E.D. Va.).
Jeff has previously been involved in litigating, among other cases, In re Aftermarket Filters Antitrust Litigation, No. 08-cv-04883 (N.D. Ill.); In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation, No. 08-md-01950 (S.D. N.Y.); In re NCAA Student-Athlete Name and Likeness Licensing Litigation, No. 09-cv-1967 (N.D. Cal.); In re Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation, No. 10-ms-02143 (N.D. Cal.); and In re Fresh and Process Potatoes Antitrust Litigation, No. 10-md-02186 (D. Id.).
Jeff graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2000 with a B.S. in Economics and concentrations in Marketing and Legal Studies. He received his J.D. from Temple University in 2007.
Jeff is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey, and the
Jeff is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the United States District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the District of New Jersey, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 4th Circuit, and 9th Circuit. He is currently a member of the American and Philadelphia Bar Associations. Jeff has been selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in 2023, and 2024, and received the 2021 award for Outstanding Antitrust Litigation Achievement in Private Law Practice from the American Antitrust Institute as part of the team that litigated the Peanut Farmers litigation.
