Theodore M. Lieverman focuses his practice on class actions involving unions and union benefit funds. During his more than 20 years of legal practice, he has concentrated on complex civil litigation and appeals, including claims under the Labor Management Relations Act, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), federal civil rights statutes, constitutional law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), and antitrust statutes.

Mr. Lieverman served as co-counsel for a nationwide class of retirees who sued Campbell Soup for lost medical benefits, Local 56 UFCW v. Campbell Soup Co., 954 F. Supp. 1000, 1003 (D. N.J. 1997). He litigated one of the leading cases issued by the National Labor Relations Board on the use of labor-management cooperation programs in unionized workplaces, E.I. duPont deNemours & Co., 311 NLRB No. 88 (1993). He also served as co-counsel in Cement Masons Local 699 Health & Welfare Fund v. Mylan Laboratories, Docket No. MER-L-000431-99 (N.J. Super. L.), which was part of a recent $147 million nationwide settlement.

Mr. Lieverman currently represents employee pension and benefit funds in a number of class actions, including In re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation; and In re TriCor Antitrust Litigation, C.A. No, 05-360 (D. Del.).

Other notable cases in which Mr. Lieverman served as lead counsel include Manufacturers Association of Tri-County v. Knepper, 623 F. Supp. 1066 (M.D. Pa. 1985), rev. in part, 801 F.2d 130 (3d Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 815 (1987); Local 397 IUE v. Midwest Fasteners, Inc., 763 F. Supp. 78 (D. N.J. 1990), 779 F. Supp. 788 (D. N.J. 1992); Doe v. Borough of Barrington, 729 F. Supp. 376 (D. N.J. 1990); Knoll v. Springfield Township School District, 699 F.2d 137 (3d Cir. 1983), vacated and remanded, 471 U.S. 288 (1985), on remand, 763 F.2d 584 (3d Cir. 1985); and Araujo v. Welch, 742 F.2d 802 (3d Cir. 1984).

During 1995-1997, Mr. Lieverman served as general counsel to the Court-appointed Election Officer who conducted the 1996 officer elections for the 1.4 million members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts, as well as the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania, the District of New Jersey, and the Southern District of New York; the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Eleventh, D.C. and Federal Circuits; and the United States Supreme Court.

Mr. Lieverman is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in Who's Who in American Law (9th ed.) and The Best Lawyers in America. He has lectured on various legal issues to lawyers and union officials and has been an adjunct professor of law at Rutgers Law School-Camden. He has published a number of articles on the law as well as public policy issues. He earned a B.A. with general and departmental honors in History from Vassar College and a J.D. degree from Northeastern University Law School. Mr. Lieverman is a member of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee and the Philadelphia Bar Association.