Overview
Seth Darmstadter partners with entrepreneurial executives and disruptive companies to solve their most existential problems. Seth’s strategic vision results in outsized outcomes for his clients engaged in high-stakes business disputes. He works arm-in-arm as a strategic partner navigating the legal and business challenges that come with rapid growth. As a seasoned commercial litigator, he delivers solutions-driven counsel that keeps clients focused on their commercial goals throughout complex litigation.
As a former General Counsel for a high-growth technology company, Seth brings an insider's understanding of the pressures executives face when legal and business crises collide. He advises clients on partnership and business disputes, complex multi-jurisdictional battles, unfair competition, employment matters, fiduciary duty claims, restrictive covenants, and more, always aligning legal strategy with business objectives.
Seth has built a career handling class action defense, complex commercial litigation, and trial work across state and federal courts and arbitration forums. He is known for securing early injunctive relief that protects client interests at critical moments. Before joining Honigman, he served as co-chairman of the Litigation Department and Chicago managing partner at Raines Feldman Littrell LLP.
Services
Practice Areas
Experience
Prior Experience
- Raines Feldman Littrell, Co-Chair, Litigation Department; Managing Partner (Chicago)
- Michelman & Robinson, Managing Partner (Chicago)
- Outcome Health, General Counsel
- K&L Gates, Attorney
- Meckler Bulger Tilson Marick, & Pearson, Partner
Credentials
Education
Admissions
- Illinois
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Recognition
Awards
- Forty Under Forty, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and Chicago Lawyer (2014)
- GenX Leader in Law, Crain’s Chicago Business (2021)
- Notable Litigator, Crain’s Chicago Business (2023)
- Rising Star, Super Lawyers Magazine (2011-2019)
- Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine (2020-2026)
- Trailblazer, New York Law Journal (2019)
Professional & Community Involvement
- Chicago Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association College of Trial Advocacy (Faculty Member)
- Federal Bar Association
- The Chicago Leadership Alliance