Whitney D. Seltzer is an experienced defense litigator who focuses her practice on complex product liability, toxic tort, mass tort, and personal injury litigation in state and federal court. Well-versed in high stakes, sophisticated litigation, Whitney represents prominent national and international corporations in a range of industries, including premises owners, contractors, and manufacturers and distributors of consumer and intermediary goods. Whitney likewise has extensive experience as both local and national counsel for several manufacturers of cosmetic and personal care products in the evolving talcum powder litigation.

Companies seek Whitney’s counsel in devising innovative and creative defense tactics to meet their immediate legal needs while advancing their long-term business goals. She is skilled in advising and implementing strategy to assist clients with managing their risks arising in multi-jurisdiction, high-volume litigation. With more than a decade of experience, Whitney has successfully managed the defense of thousands of cases pending in the Tri-State’s mass tort dockets. Whitney routinely works with experts across a variety of subject areas to minimize her client’s financial exposures, pursuing innovative and science-backed defenses to obtain favorable results.

As national coordinating counsel for several clients, Whitney has overseen discovery matters across the United States and crafted comprehensive defense strategies, from pre-discovery phase through trial, for a nation-wide docket.

Before joining Foley Mansfield, Whitney practiced at another leading New York defense firm specializing in complex product liability and toxic tort litigation. Previously, Whitney served as an in-house supervising attorney for a livery and commercial automotive insurer, where she determined defense strategy and directed allocation of resources for hundreds of arbitrations per month.