Bio
Ethan Binder is an Associate in the firm’s New York office, specializing in consumer litigation and class actions in both federal and state courts.
While in law school, he was the Executive Editor of the Moot Court Association and a member of the Trial Competition Team.
Prior to joining Scott+Scott, Mr. Binder served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Economic Crimes Bureau of the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office, where he gained extensive experience investigating and prosecuting felonies involving high-value larcenies, schemes to defraud the public/government, and identity theft. His experience at the District Attorney’s Office gave him firsthand insight into the devastating effects data breaches have on victims, and that understanding continues to shape his advocacy for consumers today.
Associations:
Member of the New York City Bar Association
Member of Binghamton University’s Harpur Law Council Committee
Admissions
- States of New York and New Jersey
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Representative Cases
- State of Connecticut v. Assured Rx, LLC, No. HHD-CV18-6101282-S (Conn. Super. Ct.) (As part of the trial team, secured a $39 million verdict for the State of Connecticut for a kickback scheme that paid patients to obtain compound drugs through the state healthcare plan)
- In re Overby-Seawell Company Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 1:23-md-03056 (N.D. Ga.) ($6,000,000 settlement on behalf of a Class of individuals whose personal information was compromised)
- Doe I et al v. Google LLC, No. 3:23-cv-02431 (N.D. Cal.) (representing Plaintiffs whose sensitive health information was allegedly intercepted and disclosed via Google’s tracking code on healthcare provider websites)
- In re AT&T Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 3:24-cv-00757 (N.D. Tex.) (representing Plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation concerning a data breach allegedly impacting more than 70 million people)
- In re Change Healthcare, Inc. Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 0:24-md-03108 (D. Minn.) (representing Plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation concerning a data breach allegedly impacting more than 190 million people)
Education
- New York Law School (J.D., 2019)
- State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., Philosophy, Politics, & Law; Psychology, 2015)