About Jessica Glynn
Jessica Centers Glynn is a writer and teacher in Denver, Colorado. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and her award-winning reporting has also appeared in The Anniston Star and Westword.
Articles written by Jessica Glynn
Madigan, Bargain Again
Denise Madigan helps teach female professionals to negotiate for themselvesDenise Madigan believes negotiation is a skill that can be taught, practiced and improved upon. Her own story proves it. Before earning her J.D. from Harvard and embarking on a 30-year career as a professional mediator, she came out of grad school and accepted the first salary she was offered. She told herself she was lucky to get the job and didn’t want to risk losing the opportunity by appearing too demanding. “I subsequently learned this is something a lot of women do, and it ends up …
Vindicating Victims
Why did Trump supporter Douglas H. Wigdor take on Fox News? The same reason he’s sued the Weinstein Company, NY1 and, yes, UberDouglas H. Wigdor is no stranger to the spotlight. At his eponymous firm, he represents victims of discrimination and sexual assault against high-profile defendants such as Uber, Harvey Weinstein and Dominique Strauss-Kahn. He recently made headlines as the Trump-supporting conservative leading a crusade against the president’s favorite media outlet, Fox News, having filed an onslaught of racial- and gender-discrimination suits against the company at the same time news of sexual harassment …
Tales Out of School
Timothy J. Mullins represents school districts and their myriad legal issuesConsider some of the most controversial issues of our time: gun violence, sexual harassment, transgender rights, and the ramifications of rapidly changing technology. Timothy J. Mullins gets to weigh in on all of them, thanks to a practice area that is as niche as it is varied: school law. “Everything in society comes to schools, so if you have something happening in the community, you’re going to see it at school,” he says. Over 30 years, it has gone from one aspect of Mullins’ …
Antiques Homeshow
How Arthur Saito came to steward an Asian art collectionWhen Arthur K. Saito was just 5 years old, he was captivated by a small framed symbol hanging on the wall of his family’s home in California. His parents were both immigrants, and his father, an artist from Japan, filled their house with paintings and statues from East and West: ceramics, woodblock prints, sculpture and breathtaking embroidered silk screens. The symbol on the wall that captured Saito’s attention was a Japanese calligraphy print of the Chinese character for tiger. “It was …
Get Back Up
No matter how many times he’s been knocked down, Michael Burg always risesWhen Michael S. Burg was 12 years old, he found a biography of Clarence Darrow on his parents’ bookshelf and decided that if his NBA career did not take off—at 6-foot-2, he was the Wilt Chamberlain of his junior high in Chicago—he would become a lawyer. Not just any lawyer, of course. Darrow had said, “The only real lawyers are trial lawyers.” Fifty years later, Burg held up that same tattered biography, theatrically watching a piece of the cover crumble to the ground, as he received …
The Impact Arbitration Clauses Have on Class Action Lawsuits
The recent developments in class actions waiversRemember those class action notices you’d get in the mail about an injury you didn’t know you’d suffered? Has it been a while? That may be because of the fine print of user agreements—like the ones you don’t read and then click to approve with your bank or phone service. “The big recent development in class action litigation is arbitration clauses that may prevent you from bringing a class action claim,” says Anthony L. Giacomini of Zonies Law, who has represented clients on both …
How to Defend a Discrimination Claim
Employment lawyers give their adviceJulie A. Gafkay, an employment lawyer at Gafkay Law Firm, thinks the best way for a company to avoid the employment actions she sees most often—sexual harassment and wrongful termination—begins with preventative measures and a little common sense. “The best way to avoid a discrimination lawsuit is to be fair, consistent and treat people equitably,” she says. Michigan is an at-will state, meaning employees can be discharged at any time, with or without cause—so long as they aren’t a …
Where Are You Safe from Workplace Monitoring?
Where Colorado employment law stands on Big Brother and privacyIf you’re reading this at work, you might want to sit down. Or at least look over your shoulder. “The law is extraordinarily unfavorable as it relates to employee privacy and monitoring practices,” says attorney Qusair Mohamedbhai, who represents employees in discrimination and civil rights litigation at Rathod Mohamedbhai. “Anytime personal information is entered through an employee’s computer, employers have been successful at lawfully intercepting and obtaining that information. …
Justice Is Coming
Tina Habas is civil defense’s worst nightmare: a former defense attorney, now plaintiff’s attorney, who “speaks Judge”Christina Habas rummages through the desk of her small office for a newspaper clipping. Her space at Keating Wagner Polidori Free in Denver is overflowing with memorabilia, including: a case of gavels from nearly 10 years on the bench; an artist’s rendering of her presiding over Denver Bronco Darrent Williams’ murder trial; and a host of awards she humbly plays down, such as the American Board of Trial Advocates’ Judicial Excellence Award (“they should have never given me”) and the …
The Force of Nature and the Steadying Hand
How Iris Eytan and Dru Nielsen create magic—and not-guilty verdictsDuring the high-profile murder trial of Tom Fallis in 2016, defense attorneys Iris Eytan and Dru Nielsen weren’t just interested in creating reasonable doubt; they wanted to convince the jury that their client—accused of shooting his wife, Ashley, after a New Year’s Eve party in 2011—was completely innocent; that he had simply watched in horror as his wife killed herself. “All we have to do is prove they don’t have a case,” explains Eytan, her voice rising. She is sitting beside …
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