Glenn E. Chappell
Washington, D.C.
Tycko & Zavareei LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 1010
Washington, DC 20006
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Email:
gchappell@tzlegal.com
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Glenn Chappell is chair of Tycko & Zavareei LLP’s Appellate Practice Group. He and his team primarily represent consumers, plaintiffs, and public interest groups in high-impact appellate litigation. He briefs and argues cases in appellate courts across the country, most recently including the United States Supreme Court (one principal brief and three amicus curiae briefs in the past year), numerous federal circuit courts (more than a dozen appeals in the past year), and state appellate courts. He has significant experience at every stage of pursuing and defending appeals, including oral argument, principal and amicus curiae brief writing, petitions for certiorari and interlocutory review, and motions practice.
Mr. Chappell believes the best appellate lawyers have intimate first-hand knowledge of how a case is tried. Accordingly, he also maintains an active litigation practice in the trial courts. He is currently serving as Discovery Chair in two multidistrict litigation proceedings and class counsel representing millions of consumers at both the trial and settlement stages in multiple cases. He also routinely serves as embedded appellate counsel in trial court proceedings, advising co-counsel on crucial issues in the case with an eye toward future appellate proceedings. He and his colleagues have secured victories for their clients at every level from trial courts to courts of last resort.
Before joining Tycko & Zavareei, Mr. Chappell was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. During his time at Gibson Dunn, he practiced in the firm’s award-winning Appellate and Constitutional Law and Litigation practice groups. He also maintained an active pro bono practice that focused on police and sentencing reform.
Mr. Chappell graduated summa cum laude from Duke University School of Law in 2017. After graduation, he clerked for the Honorable Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Honorable Anthony J. Trenga of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. His articles and scholarly publications have appeared in multiple publications, including Law360, the Duke Law Journal, and the University of Richmond Law Review.
- Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, No. 22-105
Lead counsel for plaintiff in United States Supreme Court litigation.
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Briefed and argued appeal that resulted in the Fifth Circuit reversing the dismissal of a class action suit by a student against her university for refusing to refund tuition and fees paid for in-person, on-campus instruction and services canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Co-lead counsel in appeal that resulted in the Ninth Circuit reviving a multimillion dollar False Claims Act suit against one of the nation’s largest corporations.
- Murthy v. Missouri, No. 23-411
Counsel for Senator Mark Warner in Supreme Court case involving challenge to federal government’s engagement with social media platforms over foreign malign influence threats.
- Netchoice, LLC v. Paxton, No. 22-255
Counsel for a coalition of law and history scholars in Supreme Court case involving First Amendment challenge to social media anti-censorship laws.
- Glover v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC, No. 23-12578 (11th Cir.)
Lead counsel in appeal presenting important issues of fist impression concerning interpretation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
Co-Author, “Tools To Fight Delay From Arbitrability Appeals After Coinbase,” Law360 (August 1, 2023)
Interview with Public Justice, “Texas Two-Step Called Out in Third Circuit” (July 6, 2023)
Quoted in “Supreme Court takes Coinbase appeal over crypto lawsuits,” CNBC (December 9, 2022)
Quoted in: “Federal Appeals Court Revives COVID-19 Tuition Refund Lawsuit,” National Law Journal (August 23, 2022)
Quoted in: “‘Watching the Outcome Like a Hawk’: COVID-19 Tuition Refund Fights Heat Up in Appeals Courts,” National Law Journal (February 1, 2022)
Co-author, “J&J Can’t Be Allowed To Dodge Civil Justice With Bankruptcy,” Law360 (2022)
Co-author, “Special Considerations for Class Action Civil RICO Claims,” American Bar Association Consumer Protection Conference (2021)
The Historical Case for Constitutional “Concepts”, 53 University of Richmond Law Review 373 (2019)
Health Care’s Other “Big Deal”: Direct Primary Care Regulation in Contemporary American Health Law, 66 Duke Law Journal 1331 (2017)
Seeking Rights, Not Rent: How Litigation Finance Can Help Break Copyright’s Precedent Gridlock, 15 Duke Law & Technology Review 269 (2017)
We bring fresh and creative perspectives to cases on appeal and present clear, focused, and powerful arguments in our written and oral advocacy. We pride ourselves on the thoroughness of our research and our mastery of the law and record in each case. We also deeply appreciate the importance of keeping sight of the big picture. Accordingly, we strive in each appeal to tell a consistent narrative of the case that is both persuasive and enjoyable to read.
Members of our Appellate Practice Group possess impeccable credentials. Our team members graduated from Duke, Harvard, Columbia, Berkeley, and University of Chicago law schools. We draw on the experience gained in three federal appellate clerkships, three federal district court clerkships, and one clerkship for a judge on the District of Columbia’s highest court.
We believe the best appellate lawyers maintain active trial practices as well. Each member of our Appellate Practice Group works on cases at every stage of litigation. Our team members also bring unique perspectives to the table. Before joining the Tycko & Zavareei LLP team, our lawyers practiced at top-tier corporate law firms, leading civil rights and public interest organizations, and the federal government. Our diverse professional and personal backgrounds allow us to approach appellate issues from many viewpoints and develop creative and compelling arguments.
Tycko & Zavareei is a private law firm consisting of the nation’s top attorneys serving the public interest.
Based in Washington, D.C., Oakland, and Los Angeles, Tycko & Zavareei lawyers are among the most qualified and impeccably trained in the profession—with backgrounds in highly coveted clerkships, government, public interest, and advocacy roles, and credentials from the country’s most prestigious law schools.
Our wide range of clients has trusted us with their most challenging problems. Our lawyers have prevailed in high profile civil rights disputes, consumer protection and class action litigation, whistleblower cases exposing fraud and corruption, and many more. Our settlements have netted clients hundreds of millions of dollars in monetary relief and changes in practices by banks and other businesses that have real impacts on our clients’ day-to-day lives and the safety of consumers nationwide.