Commercial Litigation
Brian T. Glennon
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024 
Firm
Glennon Law APC
1 Best Lawyers award
Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Brian Glennon is a trial lawyer with an esteemed career spanning over two decades. His successful representations of public companies, accounting firms, and professional services firms and their officers and directors cement Brian as a leading lawyer for securities litigation and accounting defense.
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Firm
Glennon Law APC
1 Best Lawyers award
Overview
- University of California Berkeley, J.D., graduated 2000
- University of California Berkeley, J.D., graduated 2000
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Commercial Litigation
News & Media
Case History
Cases
- Shareholder
Successfully represented the owner of a closely-held company in a matter arising out of the dissolution; prevailed on more than a dozen motions before the shareholder plaintiffs agreed to settle on nominal terms.
- Shareholders litigation
Represented minority shareholders in a landmark case which ultimately culminated in a hearing before an en banc panel of the Nevada Supreme Court in which Nevada adopted Delaware pleading standards for shareholder litigation.
- Securities fraud
Successfully represented the former CEO of Wilshire State Bank in a securities fraud class action and related derivative cases, obtaining dismissals of all cases at the pleadings stage.
- Professional malpractice
Successfully represented multiple accounting and other professional services firms in claims of professional malpractice in confidential arbitrations in which the claimants alleged well in excess of US$2 billion.
- Securities class action
Successfully represented the founder, former Chairman, and CEO of Banc of California in a securities class action and three shareholder derivative lawsuits. After 12 defeats on the pleadings and in fact discovery, the plaintiff dismissed the client with prejudice.
- Shareholder lawsuit
Successfully represented Hudson Pacific Properties and its Board in a shareholder lawsuit arising out of a US$3.5 billion acquisition. After soundly defeating plaintiff’s emergency motion to enjoin, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit against all defendants.
- Acquisition
Successfully represented Avago in its high-profile US$37 billion acquisition of Broadcom (at the time, the largest such acquisition in US history).
- Securities fraud
Obtained dismissals with prejudice of all lawsuits against Insight Enterprises, Inc. and its officers and directors in a securities fraud class action and multiple derivative cases.
- Commercial jury trial
Successfully represented a real estate company and the individual defendants in a complex commercial jury trial involving alleged damages in excess of US$100 million. Following four weeks of trial, the jury returned a complete defense verdict after deliberating for less than 24 hours.
- Securities class action
Obtained complete dismissals with prejudice of all lawsuits against LogMeIn and its senior executives in a string of securities class actions filed in federal and state court, as well as a shareholder derivative lawsuit, following LogMeIn’s US$1.8 billion acquisition.
- Securities fraud
Obtained a dismissal with prejudice of claims against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Wal-Mart’s Mexican subsidiary, and its executives in a high-profile securities fraud class action in the Southern District of New York.
- Securities fraud
Secured summary judgment on behalf of Oracle Corporation and its officers in a US$3 billion securities fraud class action.
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