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Saul Glazer
Contact Information:
Phone: 608.260.2473
Email: sglazer@axley.com
Legal Assistant: Deborah Dawson
Phone: 608.283.6701
Email: ddawson@axley.com
Saul Glazer is a litigation partner of the firm. Mr. Glazer has extensive litigation experience in federal and state courts, including complex construction, employment, commercial, and intellectual property-related disputes. Mr. Glazer has participated in numerous mediations, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings. Mr. Glazer also represents clients in appellate matters.
Mr. Glazer’s work as a construction lawyer includes representing owners, contractors, engineers and architects in preparation of construction contracts and integrated project delivery documents (including AIA, EJCDC, DBIA and Consensus documents), and in construction-related disputes. He has represented clients regarding bid disputes, change orders, construction and design defects, differing site condition claims, delay claims, insurance coverage issues, ATCP 110 and lien law claims. Mr. Glazer co-authored the update to the Wisconsin Chapter of the State by State Guide to Construction Contracts and Claims (Aspen 2009). Mr. Glazer is a co-author of the Wisconsin chapter of the DRI Construction Litigation Desk Reference. Mr. Glazer wrote a chapter for Construction Dispute Resolution for the Inside the Minds series (Aspatore 2010). He was formerly an attorney with Wickwire Gavin, PC, a national construction law firm.
Mr. Glazer’s work as an employment lawyer includes representing employers before administrative agencies and state and federal courts. He counsels clients on the Americans with Disabilities Act and other state and federal disability discrimination and accommodation laws. His experience also includes cases involving hostile work environments, retaliation, OSHA regulatory compliance, wage and hour laws, arrest and criminal convictions, equal pay, employment contracts, restrictive covenants, confidentiality and non-compete agreements. Mr. Glazer successfully represented a national retailer against a physical appearance discrimination claim before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. Mr. Glazer is the editor of the Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. He contributed to the 2010 publication Fifty Employment Laws in Fifty States. Additionally, he created the Seven Questions to Use When Disciplining and Terminating Employees seminar, and regularly presents this seminar to national audiences.
Mr. Glazer was a judicial intern for the Honorable John L. Coffey, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was a lecturer at the U.W. Law School. Mr. Glazer’s father, Sidney M. Glazer, is the oldest practicing attorney at the United States Department of Justice (89 years old), was a member of the Watergate Prosecution Force, and has argued six cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Significant Representations:
- Represented design-builder in $37 million dollar construction project
- Represented contractor in multimillion dollar claim involving building collapse
- Represented engineer in multimillion dollar claim involving alleged construction defects
- Represented design-builder in multimillion dollar insurance dispute
- Represented developer challenging rejection of subdivision plat
- Represented employer in quasi-class action harassment lawsuit brought by EEOC
- Represented Wisconsin County in False Claims Act retaliation claims
- Represented non-profit in $2.5 million dollar dispute
- Represented parties before the EEOC, local human rights commissions, including the Madison Equal Opportunities Commission
- Litigated employment contract disputes
- Litigated intellectual property disputes, including patent and trade secret, and publishing disputes
Selected Presentations and Publications:
- Author, "U.S. Supreme Court's 2011-12 Term to Address Several Significant Employment Cases." Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Jan. 2012
- Author, "I Read the News Today - Oh, Boy: Lessons From the 24-Hour Cable News Cycle." Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Dec. 2011.
- Speaker, "Employment Law Update." Madison, Wisconsin. Nov. 2011.
- Presentation, "E-Discovery Update." Axley Brynelson, LLP. Oct. 2011.
- Author, "Court Rejects Use of Disciplinary History After Employer Claims Employee Quit." Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Oct. 2011.
- Author, "Wisconsin Likely to Allow Schools and Prisons to Bar Employment of Felons." Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. June 2011.
- Author, "Poor Bedside Manner Trumps Alleged Complaint About Pay Discrimination." Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Feb. 2011.
- Speaker, “Employment Law Update.” Madison, Wisconsin. Nov. 2010
- Speaker, "Four-Day Workweek," National Tele-seminar. Sept. 2010
- Author, "Two Maine Female Firefighters Receive $850,000 for Sexual Harassment." Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Oct. 2010.
- Author, "New Administrative Interpretations for Protective Equipment, Same Sex Couples' Kids." Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Aug. 2010.
- Speaker, “Employment Law Update.” Madison, Wisconsin. Nov. 2009
- Speaker, “FMLA Master Class.” Brookfield, Wisconsin. June 2009
- Speaker, “Dwelling Contractor Education.” Wisconsin Builders Association. Various locations throughout Wisconsin. 2007 2009.
- Speaker, Lien Law Seminars, Wieser Concrete. Various locations throughout Wisconsin. Feb. Mar. 2009
- Speaker, “Fair Labor Standard Act Master Class.” Madison, Wisconsin. Dec. 2008
- Speaker, “Employment Records Retention, Retrieval, and Destruction,” Brookfield, Wisconsin. Oct. 2008.
- Speaker, “Do The Right Thing, Legal Aspects.” Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin. Jan. 2008.
- Author, “Google Faces Trial in Age Discrimination Case.” Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Dec. 2007.
- Speaker, “Legal Issues in Engineering.” American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Wisconsin. Madison, Wisconsin. Nov. 2007.
- Speaker, “Preserving Lien Claims and Preparing Lien Claims and Notices.” Construction Financial Management Association. Madison, Wisconsin. Sept. 2007.
- Author, “Pirated Software Creates Substantial Risk For Employers.” Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Sept. 2007.
- Speaker, “5 Principles for Successful Design-Build Projects.” National Teleconference. Aug. 2007.
- Speaker, “Economic Loss Doctrine.” Madison, Wisconsin. May 2007.
- Speaker, “Construction Lien Law.” Madison, Wisconsin. March 2007.
- Author, “College Didn’t Violate First Amendment by Failing to Renew Instructor’s Contract.” Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Jan. 2007.
- Speaker, “Managing Complex Construction Issues.” Waukesha, Wisconsin. Jan. 2007.
- Author, “Attempts to Clarify What ‘Similarly Situated’ Means In Disparate Treatment Cases." Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Nov. 2006.
- Author, “EEOC Issues New Compliance Manual On Race And Color Discrimination.” Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Oct. 2006.
- Speaker, “Understanding the Construction Bidding Process.” National Tele-Seminar. Oct. 2006.
- Speaker, “Seven Questions to Use When Disciplining and Terminating Employees in Wisconsin.” Madison, Wisconsin. Sept. 2006.
- Author, “Wisconsin Court Affirms Employer Must Offer ‘Clemency And Forbearance’ As A Reasonable Accommodation.” Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. Sept. 2006.
- Speaker, “Resolving Problems and Disputes on Construction Projects.” Madison, Wisconsin. Sept. 2006.
- Speaker, “Using a Mechanic’s Lien to Get Your Money.” Madison, Wisconsin. May 2006.
- Speaker, “Averting Chaos on the Job Site.” Madison, Wisconsin. Feb. 2006.
- Speaker, “Contract Litigation From A to Z in Wisconsin.” Madison, Wisconsin. Jan. 2006.
Education:
J.D., Order of the Coif, Articles Editor, Wisconsin Law Review, Recipient of Three American Jurisprudence Awards, University of Wisconsin Law School-Madison, 1990
Masters, University of Wisconsin School of Library Science, 1989 B.S., English, University of Wisconsin, 1984
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Practice Areas:
Construction & Transportation Practice Group, Labor & Employment Practice Group, Litigation Practice Group, Intellectual Property and Technology Team, Appellate Practice, Bid Disputes & Protests, Bond & Insurance Claims, Commercial Litigation, Construction Arbitration & Mediation, Construction Contract Preparation & Review, Construction Disputes, Electronic Discovery and Records Management, Employment Discrimination, Employee Hiring, Discipline & Discharge, Employment Law, Employment Litigation, Federal Court Litigation, Green Building, Lien Claims, Litigation of Defect, Delay, Acceleration & Payment Claims, Professional Liability, Professional Negligence, Real Estate Disputes/Adverse Possession Claims, State & Federal Family & Medical Leave Acts, Workplace Harassment
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