Practice Areas
Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D. cum laude 1972
- Rider College, B.S. 1969
Bar and Court Admissions
- New Jersey, 1972
- Missouri, 1979
- Michigan, 1983
- New York, 1986
- United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- Supreme Court of the United States
Joseph Lipofsky
Since 1995, Mr. Lipofsky has been Of Counsel to Zwerling Schachter. Mr. Lipofsky has been primarily involved in the prosecution of antitrust class actions, including In re Tamoxifen Antitrust Litigation, E.D.N.Y., MDL No. 1408; Karofsky v. Abbott Laboratories, et al., Case No. CV-95-1009 (Super. Ct. Me.) (as well as in 10 related cases in other state courts); In Re Lorazepam and Clorazepate Antitrust Litigation, D.D.C., MDL-1290 (TFH) (as well as in 11 related cases in state courts) (“Mylan”); and In Re Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Antitrust Legislation, E.D.N.Y., Master File No. CV-00-4428 MDL No. 1383. Mr. Lipofsky has also been involved in innovative class action settlements providing benefits to community-based organizations. For example, in Mylan, Mr. Lipofsky was the principal attorney interacting with the National Association of Community Health Centers, through which $64 million in pharmaceutical benefits were provided to working poor families. In In re Norvir Abbott Laboratories Antitrust Litigation, N.D. Cal., Case No. 04-1511, Mr. Lipofsky undertook a major role in providing a portion of the settlement benefits to 13 not-for-profit organizations that deliver direct services to people who are HIV positive.
Past Experience
- Deputy Counsel to the Attorney General of New York
- Partner of Koppell, Drachler & Lipofsky
Professional & Community Activities
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association, Executive Committee of the Antitrust Section
- Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice
- National Lawyers Guild
- National Association of Consumer Advocates
- Board Member for Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A