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  • Named a "Rising Star" by Minnesota Super Lawyers, 2008-2011

  • University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D., 2003), cum laude; Senior Managing Editor, Wisconsin Law Review, 2002-2003
  • University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire (B.A., 2000), magna cum laude

  • Honorable John C. Shabaz, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (2003-2005)

  • Minnesota
  • Wisconsin
  • United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
  • United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Wisconsin
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • The Supreme Court of the United States

Glenn M. Salvo

Associate
Minneapolis
P: (612) 492-6731
F: (612) 340-2807
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Glenn M. Salvo is a trial lawyer in the Minneapolis office of Dorsey & Whitney LLP. He practices in the areas of ERISA, securities litigation, healthcare litigation, fiduciary relationships, antitrust, privacy & data security, administrative law, and products liability.

Glenn has significant experience assisting clients facing business and legal challenges requiring the strategic coordination of administrative, legislative, media, and judicial advocacy, including matters involving substantial trade secret and intellectual property exposure, multi-jurisdictional disputes, class-action defense, and administrative advocacy on behalf of clients in heavily regulated industries. Glenn has negotiated several disputes to early, favorable resolutions, including settling several putative class actions prior to formal discovery.

Glenn also represents clients seeking cost-effective, business-sensitive solutions to routine and not-so-routine commercial lawsuits, including contract disputes and business torts.

Prior to joining the firm, Glenn clerked for the Honorable John C. Shabaz, U.S. District Court Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, and interned with the Civil Litigation Division of the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

Glenn earned his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School, with honors, in 2003. While attending law school, Glenn was elected Senior Managing Editor of the Wisconsin Law Review and received the André M. Saltoun Award for his service to that publication.

Representative Litigation

  • Represents public and private companies, their officers, directors, and advisors, as well as financial institutions, registered broker-dealers, and investment advisors in inquiries, examinations, trading reviews, investigations, and enforcement actions before the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and other self-regulatory organizations, as well as various securities exchanges and state securities commissions
  • Represents international clients in connection with cross-border securities investigations
  • Successfully defended federal action brought by former employee under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Family Medical Leave Act; obtained dismissal after deposing plaintiff and moving for summary judgment
  • Represents employer in state class action wage-and-hour lawsuit; briefed summary judgment motion resulting in dismissal of quantum meruit and unjust enrichment claims
  • Various FINRA and JAMS arbitrations (represented major broker-dealer firm and leading clinical research organization in several arbitrations involving securities fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of contract claims; lead associate in arbitration of multi-million dollar disputes)
  • Crawford v. Marion City Election Board, No. 07-21, 545 U.S. ___, (2008) (prepared merits amicus brief on behalf of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Navajo Nation in support of petitioner in voter-rights case challenging an Indiana statute mandating that those seeking to vote in-person produce a state- or federally-issued photo ID)
  • Falkowski v. Imation, Civ. No. A107926 (Cal. 2006) (briefed Answer to Petition for Review, successfully convincing California Supreme Court to deny certified class's petition for review of the trial court's dismissal of their claims on summary judgment in action arising out of Imation’s divestiture of a former subsidiary and termination of employee stock options)
  • Jenkins v. UnitedHealthcare, Civ. No. 3:06-7070 (N.D. Ohio 2006), and Yeager v. UnitedHealthcare, Civ. No. 3:06-704 (N.D. Ohio 2006) (represented third-party administrator in claims for benefits under ERISA)
  • Steenberg-Watrud Construction Company v. The Sherwin-Williams Company, No. 19-C2-06-8160 (Minn. Dist. Ct. 2007) (lead associate in defense of breach of warranty and misrepresentation claims; firm obtained defense verdict following two-day jury trial)

Professional Activities

  • Board Member, Non-Resident Division of the Wisconsin Bar Association
  • Minnesota Chapter President, Non-Resident Division of the Wisconsin Bar Association

Attorney Articles

2002
Note, "Minnesota Fire & Casualty v. Paper Recycling of La Crosse: Why Property Owners Should Fear the Mischief of Boys at Play and Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices at Work," Wis. L. Rev. 999