W. Glenn Merten
Partner

Washington, D.C.

Email: wgm@jordenusa.com
Phone: 202.965.8112
Fax: 202.965.8104

W. Glenn Merten is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Jorden Burt LLP, where he is a Vice Chair of the Health Care Industry Group, as well as Deputy Chair of the Employment and ERISA Practice Team. Glenn represents insurance carriers, financial institutions and other corporate clients in a wide range of matters, including complex litigation and class actions, administrative investigations, enforcement actions and compliance issues.

Glenn has extensive experience in litigation involving consumer fraud claims, suitability determinations, bad faith claims, sales practices issues, bankruptcy proceedings, claims of unfair trade practices, all manner of statutory and regulatory violations, and appellate proceedings. He also has substantial experience in employment litigation, life, health and disability disputes under ERISA, multidistrict consolidation proceedings, negotiating and memorializing employment agreements, antitrust issues, FINRA arbitrations, and settling disputes through alternative dispute resolution.

In addition to his litigation experience, Glenn has extensive experience in state administrative proceedings and investigations. He has guided clients through market conduct examinations, state attorney general investigations, civil investigative demands, Congressional subpoenas, and insurance department investigations. In addition, he has represented insurance companies in numerous administrative hearings involving customer complaints. Glenn also counsels clients in connection with a variety of labor and employment issues, including employee handbooks, collective bargaining requirements, unfair labor practices, and trade secrets and restrictive covenants.

Glenn is a frequent author on a variety of topics, including class action developments, and recently has spoken on current topics in alternative dispute resolution.

Representative Matters

• Latimer v. Washington Gas Light Co., et al., Case No, 11-CV-571 (E.D. Va. Oct. 4, 2011) (dismissal with prejudice of all claims against client).
• Rivera v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, et al., 2011 WL 2619129 and 2011 WL 2608602 (D. Nev. June 30, 2011) (granting motions to dismiss).
• Rivera v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, et al., 2011 WL 2938372 (D. Nev. June 28, 2011) (denying motion to remand).
• MIA Ex rel. R.B. v. Genworth Life and Annuity Co., MIA No. MIA-CC-10-27891 (Maryland Insurance Administration Feb. 1, 2011) (affirming finding of no violation).
• MIA Ex rel. D.L.P. v. Genworth Life and Annuity Ins. Co., MIA No. MIA-2010-04-0006 (Maryland Insurance Administration July 20, 2010) (affirming finding of no violation).
• Hardy v. Minnesota Life Ins. Co., Case. No. CV-10-724780 (Court of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 2010) (favorable settlement of putative class claims).
• Turner v. Talbert, 2009 WL 1683297 (M.D. La. June 15, 2009) (denying motion for class certification).
• Turner v. Talbert, 2009 WL 2356662 (M.D. La. July 30, 2009) (denying motion for reconsideration).
• Levin v. Minnesota Life Ins. Co., 2008 WL 2704772 (S.D. Tex. 2008) (granting motion to dismiss on all counts).
• King v. Guardian Life Ins. Co., et al. Case No. 06-cv-0270-UWC (N.D. Ala. 2006); King v. Union Security Life Insurance Co. of New York, Case No. 2:06-cv-1256-RBP-TMP (N.D. Ala. 2006) (dismissing all claims against client).
• In re American Investors Life Ins. Co. Annuity Marketing and Sales Practices Litig., 398 F. Supp. 2d 1361 (J.P.M.L. 2005) (granting motion to centralize).
• Topel v. Reliastar Life Insurance Company of New York, 2004 WL 841407 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004).
• Minton v. American Bankers Ins. Group, 2002 WL 1040984 (S.D. Fla. 2002) (granting motion for summary judgment); aff'd 2003 WL 21303330 (11th Cir. 2003) (per curiam).

Speeches and Publications

• Co-Author, Class Certification in the Managed Care Context, Chapter 9 of MANAGED CARE LITIGATION (ABA/BNA) (2005), Supplements (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012 (forthcoming)).
• Panel Moderator, Pre-Litigation Dispute Resolution: What's Working? (American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section's 38th Annual Midwinter Symposium, January 12-14, 2012).
• Co-Author, D.C. Circuit Chapter of "ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits" (ABA 2007, 2010, 2012 eds.).
• Speaker: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution: What is Working?, ACLI Compliance and Legal Sections Annual Meeting (2011).
• Speaker, Litigation Trends: The Continuing Assault on Annuities, NAVA Government and Regulatory Affairs Conference (2008).
• Co-Author: Managed Care Organizations and Their Liability for Treatment Decisions, THE HEALTH LAWYER, Vol. 13, No. 5 at 8-13 (ABA Health Law Section, Aug. 2003).
• Author: "The Nonstatutory Labor Exemption, Collective Bargaining, and Impasse" (The George Washington Law Review, Volume 64, Number 5/6, June/August 1996).