Scott A. Kamber

Scott A. Kamber

Managing Member


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skamber@kamberedelson.com

SCOTT A. KAMBER is a founding member of KamberEdelson. He has served as lead counsel in dozens of class actions, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in relief for his clients. His class action cases have established precedent concerning Internet privacy rights, liability for database breaches, the responsibilities of growing genetically modified foods, the relationships between corporation and consumers concerning the definition of consent, digital rights management, and shareholder rights.


Mr. Kamber has worked as a financial consultant, and, after entering private legal practice, represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of commercial litigation, initially at the defense firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed.


While his defense background influences Mr. Kamber’s litigation philosophy, his interest and background in privacy rights and the Internet dates back to the 1990’s, when he resolved what is believed to be the first Internet privacy case to recover a benefit for impacted class members. A particular area of interest for Mr. Kamber has been the litigation and resolution of matters that have set the standard for digital rights management for computer software, video games and music. In pursuit of these matters, Mr. Kamber has gained extensive courtroom experience and tried over 15 cases to verdict.


Additionally, Mr. Kamber has also had an active and broad practice involving international law, which has catered to his love of negotiations and dispute resolution. Mr. Kamber has traveled to over 30 countries, handled negotiations on 5 continents and structured transactions with the Olympic Committees of several Eastern European and Latin American nations. Mr. Kamber has worked to vindicate the rights of African torture victims and worked with the President of the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Kamber is a frequent lecturer on international matters and is a regular speaker and moderator for the Center for International Legal Studies based in Austria.


Mr. Kamber graduated cum laude from University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1991 where he was Order of the Coif, Articles Editor for Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly and a member of the Moot Court Board. Mr. Kamber graduated with University and Departmental Honors from The Johns Hopkins University in 1986. Mr. Kamber is admitted to practice in the State of New York as well as the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. In addition, Mr. Kamber is well versed in the procedures and practice of numerous arbitration forums, both domestic and international.