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Anthony Michael Glassman
Education:
- University of Southern California (B.A. 1962)
- Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley (J.D. 1965)
- Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, Criminal Division, 1966-1968
- Member, U.S.C. baseball team which played in 1960 College World Series
Practice Areas:
- Complex Civil Litigation
- White Collar Crime
- Media and First Amendment Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Publicity, Privacy and Misappropriation Litigation
- Employment and Sexual Harassment Litigation
- Appellate
Achievements and Honors
- Fellow-American College of Trial Lawyers (membership in the College is by invitation only and is limited to not more than 1% of the lawyers who are licensed to practice in a state)
- "Best Lawyers in America" (Naifeh & Smith, Woodman/White)
- Southern California Super Lawyers
Areas of Expertise
- Specializing in First Amendment/media, entertainment, significant personal injury litigation, complex business, and defense of white collar criminal prosecutions.
- During his career, Mr. Glassman has represented a wide range of well-known clients such as Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, Playboy Enterprises, the supermarket tabloid Globe, Al Shugart (founder of Seagate Technology). Mr. Glassman has also represented a number of well known attorneys such as Mike Bidart, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Robert Shapiro and Barry Tarlow.
- In his career, Mr. Glassman has tried over 100 jury trials. Several of his most significant and interesting cases are highlighted below.
- Mr. Glassman has also argued numerous appeals before the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit, the California Court of Appeal and the Fifth and Tenth Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Teaching/Lecturing
- Speaker—"Newsgathering and Libel Litigation 2000: The Use of Defamatory Implications", Practicing Law Institute, Los Angeles, 2000
- Speaker—"Electronic Discovery-The Playboy Protocol", Association of Business, Trial Lawyers, San Francisco, 2003
- Speaker—"Federal Implementation of California Anti-SLAPP Statute", Mealy's SLAPP Conference, Pasadena, 2003
- Speaker—"Trying The Business Punitive Damages Case", Association of Business Trial Lawyers, New Mexico, 2003
- Moderator—"Current Development in Punitive Damages Litigation", Association of Business Trial Lawyers, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, 2004
Experience
- 1966-1968—Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, Criminal Division, Los Angeles, California
- While serving as an Assistant United States Attorney, Mr. Glassman tried 35 federal criminal jury trials including prosecutions for tax, mail and wire fraud, narcotic conspiracies, counterfeiting and obscenity.
- October 1968-present—Glassman, Browning, Saltsman & Jacobs, Inc., Founder
- 1997-present—Of Counsel, Bergeson L.L.P., San Jose, California
Anthony Glassman is a veteran trial attorney having tried over 100 cases to jury verdicts including extensive experience in litigating and trying complex civil and criminal cases and related investigations involving corporations, directors and private individuals in financial and other business disputes including white collar criminal matters.
Mr. Glassman is also one of the most experienced and successful media and First Amendment attorneys in the United States having obtained close to $10,000,000 in jury verdicts against the New York Times on behalf of the then largest shareholder of Santa Barbara Savings and Loan; a $500,000 settlement on behalf of Al Shugart, founder of Seagate Technology, against the Consumer Attorneys of California; successfully defended Playboy founder Hugh Hefner against personal defamation claims and having successfully sued Larry Flynt and Hustler Magazine for invasion of privacy.
Mr. Glassman has also represented corporations and individuals in wrongful termination and sexual harassment claims.
Click here for Significant Cases Tried to Judgment or Settled