Glenn Bridgman

Glenn Bridgman is a trusted resource, valued trial lawyer, and relied upon legal counsel to his clients and colleagues. Glenn, who has recovered over one billion dollars for his clients, represents both plaintiffs and defendants in high stakes commercial litigation, trying cases successfully across practice areas and industries such as insurance, antitrust, intellectual property, securities, malpractice and breach of contract.

Glenn has been recognized as a California Lawyer Attorney of the Year by The Daily Journal,  a California Trailblazer by The Recorder, and a Rising Star in Insurance Litigation by Law360. He is also recognized as a Rising Star in General Commercial Litigation by The Legal 500.

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In the insurance sector alone, Glenn has secured over $500 million for policy holders in class actions against some of the country’s largest insurers. In a six-month time span Glenn secured three settlements totaling in the hundreds of millions for plaintiffs in breach of contract class actions against insurance industry titans AXA, North American and American General Life Insurance Company. In 37 Besen Parkway v. John Hancock Life Insurance Co., Glenn helped secure a $91.25 million settlement for insurance policy owners who alleged breach of contract against John Hancock Life Insurance Company. Judge Paul Gardephe described the settlement as a “quite extraordinary.” Glenn was quoted about the case and the enormous result in an article by Law360. In addition, in TVPX ARS, Inc. v. Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company, Glenn took over the case when it was on appeal and persuaded the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate a district court’s injunction restraining a breach of contract action against Genworth. The opinion can be read here and you can listen to Glenn’s argument before the court here (start at 3:15).

Glenn’s litigation savvy is not limited to insurance matters. Glenn is well-versed in all types of high stakes litigation. He has:

• Defeated preliminary injunction and secured dismissal while defending Pzena LLC in a breach of contract action alleging breach of LLC agreement. Read more (subscription required);

• Successfully represented Jasmin Solar Pty Ltd. in its breach of contract action against a Chinese equipment supplier. After the solar company suffered defeats with prior counsel, Glenn took over the appeal at the Second Circuit. His briefing persuaded the appellate court to not only overturn the district court’s previous order confirming the arbitration award, but also to vacate entire judgment against Jasmin;

• Defeated a trademark-infringement preliminary injunction sought against one of the world’s largest technology companies;

• Litigated the LIBOR OTC class action currently pending in the Southern District of New York, which has already produced almost $700 million in settlements (fees and expenses not yet determined) and a certified class against additional defendants;

• Secured favorable settlements on behalf of, among other clients, a large telecommunications company, lease-financing companies, and defrauded individual entrepreneurs in both federal and state court; and

• Represented automotive dealership software company in defense of antitrust claim seeking hundreds of millions of dollars of damages.

PRO BONO AND BACKGROUND

Glenn maintains an active pro bono practice. He currently represents a tenant advocacy group helping defend the constitutionality of eviction protections for renters enacted by the City of Oakland and Alameda County in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Daily Journal and Law360 profiled Glenn and his colleagues for their work in this area. He was also awarded Daily Journal’s prestigious California Lawyer Attorney of the Year award for his work on these timely and significant matters.

Glenn attended Yale Law School where he was the Notes Editor for the Yale Law Journal and served the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization as both a Board Member and the Clinic Director.  Glenn also received the William K.S. Wang Prize for Excellence in Corporate Law, the Thomas I. Emerson Prize for Best Paper on Legislation, and the C. LaRue Munson Prize for Excellence in the Presentation of a Clinical Case.   Glenn also directed the Yale Landlord Tenant Clinic.

Before attending law school, Glenn was a Peace Corps Volunteer in rural Bulgaria. Before starting his practice at Susman Godfrey, Glenn clerked for Chief Judge Robert A. Katzmann of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Christina A. Snyder of the Central District of California.

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