Glenn A. Danas

Danas manages the briefing and litigation strategy for his firm’s major motions, appeals, writs, and settlement approvals. He has argued over 25 appeals in California’s appellate courts, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and in the California Supreme Court.

Danas’ said that his undergraduate degree in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University, which included classes on collective bargaining and labor law, was “a ready-made focus on economics and organized labor and modern employment.”

He began his career in New York City at Shearman & Sterling LLP, where he primarily focused on antitrust and securities litigation, and joined Capstone when the firm was founded in 2012.

Danas has been successful in arguing cases regarding the unenforceability of Private Attorneys General Act waivers, such as Brown v. Ralphs Grocery Co., 197 Cal. App. 4th 498. He also prevailed on an appeal concerning an issue of first impression under the Class Action Fairness Act’s “local controversy exception” in Coleman v. Estes Express Lines Inc., 631 F.3d 1010, which created new laws in the process.

In the last four months, Danas has argued two cases in the California Supreme Court.

In one of these cases, Danas filed a putative class action on behalf of client Sharon McGill, suing Citibank under California’s consumer protection laws for alleged unfair competition and false advertising in regards to its “card protector” plan, a credit insurance plan she purchased in order to protect her Citibank credit card account. McGill alleged Citibank’s marketing of the plan, a type of credit insurance advertised to defer or credit certain amounts to her account upon a qualifying event — such as unemployment — was deceptive.

The class action was based on Citibank’s deceptive marketing of the plan and handling of her claim once she became unemployed. McGill sought public injunctive relief, along with other remedies, against Citibank’s unlawful business practices. The California Supreme Court ultimately filed a unanimous decision in favor of McGill. McGill v. Citibank, N.A. (2017) 2 Cal.5th 945, 967.

— Skylar Dubelko