Sean Zehmer

  • Senior Attorney
  • Washington, DC
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  • szehmer@hausfeld.com
  • +1 202 849 4769
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-zehmer-aa626033/
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OVERVIEW

Sean is a Senior Attorney at the firm’s Washington, DC office. His work spans all stages of complex MDL litigation and focuses on antitrust and competition law. Sean’s prior legal experience involved various commercial and civil matters, including contract disputes and environmental insurance recovery. Additionally, Sean worked as a German translator to establish the provenance of stolen artwork during World War II and aided in the recovery of the art.

Before practicing law, he worked at a private equity firm with an investment focus on health care companies and technologies. He assisted in launching the firm’s new compliance program with the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking of the District of Columbia and researched and wrote industry reports covering the Affordable Care Act, Medicare fraud, and home health care trends.

In 2023, Sean was recognized in the Pragmatic Award category, an award given to those persons who have demonstrated level-headedness and a thoughtful approach to dealing with any problem or situation they confront, one of five award categories that make up the Hausfeld Values Awards, an annual recognition program that highlights the achievements of Hausfeld team members based on their significant contributions made and results achieved over the prior calendar year.

Clients

Sean represents clients from a wide array of industries, including individual investors, investment funds, chemical manufacturers, and multinational corporations harmed by anticompetitive conduct.

EDUCATION

George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2016

University of Maryland at College Park, B.A., Germanic Studies and English, 2011

BAR ADMISSIONS

District of Columbia

AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association - Antitrust Law Section, Member

LGBT Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Member

EXPERIENCE

Antitrust/Competition

  • In Re: RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation – Hausfeld serves as co-lead counsel in the federal antitrust class action against RealPage, Inc. and several of their property management clients, alleging that the Defendants, some of the largest owners and managers of rental real estate in the United States, conspired to use RealPage’s so-called “revenue management” service to set rental prices and restrict the supply of available rental units in major metropolitan areas across the United States.
  • In re Diisocyanates Antitrust Litigation - Sean represents direct purchasers seeking recovery from an alleged international price-fixing cartel of the chemicals methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and toluene diisocyanate (TDI).
  • In re Foreign Exchange Benchmarks Rates Antitrust Litigation – Sean represented market participants alleging collusion among international banks to artificially fix the prices of foreign exchange instruments. 15 major banks settled for more than $2.3 billion dollars, making it one of the largest antitrust class action settlements in U.S. legal history.