Seth C. Berenzweig

Seth Berenzweig is a founding and managing partner of Berenzweig Leonard. Seth has developed a legal practice centered on traditional business law and compliance matters while expanding his professional reach to represent companies in the high-tech space and sports and entertainment clients. He has extensive corporate, business, and litigation experience. Seth regularly handles transactions, government contracts, technology law, compliance, and white collar matters, as well as labor and employment cases for businesses, executives, and entrepreneurs in the Washington D.C. region and nationally. He also helps companies protect their software inventions and novel technologies. He has been quoted in the Washington and national media as an authoritative source, recognized in honorary lists of “Legal Elite” and “Superlawyers” in the Washington, D.C. region, and was previously selected as one of the Washington area’s “Top Lawyers” by Washingtonian Magazine. Seth has achieved the highest AV rating in the Martindale Hubbell directory for legal ability and ethics.

Seth appears in the national and international media to discuss business, litigation, technology, compliance, white collar, and constitutional matters and is a frequent guest on national television networks discussing breaking news and legal cases impacting businesses. He has commented on breaking news regarding Presidential impeachments and indictments, historic settlements reached with the U.S. Justice Department, high-profile jury verdicts, and cases involving professional athletes and celebrities. Seth frequently covers breaking news involving Big Tech and intellectual property issues, such as litigation and trademark issues involving Twitter and Meta, transactional and IP issues regarding the NFL’s Washington Commanders and sexual harassment cases occurring in Hollywood and on Capitol Hill. Seth has appeared several times as a panelist on the McLaughlin Group and various national news broadcasts, discussing legal and political news. He also lectures nationally on various legal issues impacting companies, executives, and HR professionals.

Seth’s diverse experience includes leading a team in the multi-state judgment collection against a D.C. business and its directors accused of fraud. His work has involved cutting-edge legal issues, such as the development of blockchain technology and the use of computer forensic evidence seized by United States Marshals. Seth also helps companies and executives address white collar and criminal matters, as well as assess the constitutionality of certain government actions. He has successfully prosecuted sanctions against opposing lawyers for filing unsound cases that impede company growth. He is one of only a few attorneys in the United States to obtain a full offer of judgment from a major federal agency in employment litigation and assists companies and management in implementing legal strategies aimed at decreasing costs and increasing revenue.