Sylvius von Saucken is a managing director of mass tort and class action solutions for Epiq, having served the mass tort industry as a thought leader and problem solver for some of the nation’s largest and most complex mass tort settlements.
Sylvius leverages his 20 years of experience to manage Epiq’s mass tort business, also serving as a lead subject-matter expert for clients and colleagues. He regularly consults with clients about best practices, innovative approaches to lien resolution, and other payment complication challenges, including how to manage qualified settlement funds efficiently and cost-effectively. Sylvius has served as a lead designer of global settlement models, working to create synergies with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Sylvius also works extensively on Epiq’s relationships with the United States federal government, including the Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs. Sylvius was a key member of the team who worked closely with Sr. U.S. District Court Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein to design the settlement paradigm in In re World Trade Ctr. Disaster Site Litig., 270 F. Supp. 2d 357, 361 (S.D.N.Y. 2003).
He has:
- served as the successor trustee of the (BP) Medical Settlement Trust, which is the administration vehicle for the BP Oil Spill Medical Settlement established in In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig “Deepwater Horizon” in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010 , MDL No. 2179, involving over 250,000 claims, a Gulf Coast outreach program, and hundreds of millions of dollars of payments;
- overseen Epiq’s administration of the Tronox, Inc. Tort Claims Trust, in In re Tronox Incorporated, et al. , Case No. 09-10156 (Hon. Michael E. Wiles), an environmental remediation trust involving more than 40,000 claims and hundreds of millions of dollars; and
- overseen Epiq’s administration of both fund administration and lien resolution activities in: (i) In re National Football League Players’ Litigation, MDL No. 2323, and (ii) Denhollander v. Michigan State University, Lead Case No.1-17-cv-29 (Hon. Gordon J. Quist), the nation’s first #MeToo settlement involving survivors of sexual abuse.
- Sylvius continues to serve as the national probate consultant for the attorneys who represent Gold Star families who secured judgments against the Islamic Republic of Iran, leading to a distribution order in Peterson, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, et al., Case No. 1:10-cv-04518 (KBF) (June 6, 2016), following more than a decade of litigation which culminated in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bank Markazi, et al. v. Peterson, et al., 578 U.S. ___ (2016), No. 14-770 (April 20, 2016).
- Litigation, MDL No. 2323, and (ii) Denhollander v. Michigan State University, Lead Case No.1-17-cv-29 (Hon. Gordon J. Quist), the nation’s first #MeToo settlement involving survivors of sexual abuse.
- Sylvius continues to serve as the national probate consultant for the attorneys who represent Gold Star families who secured judgments against the Islamic Republic of Iran, leading to a distribution order in Peterson, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, et al., Case No. 1:10-cv-04518 (KBF) (June 6, 2016), following more than a decade of litigation which culminated in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bank Markazi, et al. v. Peterson, et al., 578 U.S. ___ (2016), No. 14-770 (April 20, 2016).