PRACTICE AREAS

Business Litigation

Gary Ansel focuses his practice on representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation involving business disputes, class actions, contract claims and antitrust matters. Mr. Ansel's litigation experience extends to representing bankruptcy trustees in suits to recover assets on behalf of bankruptcy estates, an arena where the rules and nuances differ from litigation in state and federal trial courts.

COMMUNITY AND BAR INVOLVEMENT

* State Bar of Arizona

* Bar admission in Minnesota, 1989 (Inactive)

* American Diabetes Association, 2008

Valley of the Sun Legal Advocacy Committee, Chair

* Arizona Lawyers for Obama, 2008

Co-Chair

* Columbia University Alumni Relations Counsel, 2007-present

* Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, Legal Committee, 1995-1999

* Volunteer High School Teacher, Constitutional Religious Liberties, 1990-2000

NOTABLE EXPERIENCE

Representative Cases:

* In re NASDAQ Market-Makers Antitrust Litigation (Discovery Committee; case settled for $1.03 billion);

* In re Brand Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litigation (directed discovery against Schering-Plough; case settled for $750 million);

* In re Polypropylene Carpet Antitrust Litigation (Discovery Team Leader);

* In re Industrial Silicon Antitrust Litigation (Firm Served as Lead Counsel; case settled for $27 million);

* In re Plastic Cutlery Antitrust Litigation (served on Executive Committee; served as Discovery Team Leader);

* In re Medical X-ray Film Antitrust Litigation (Discovery Team; settled for $40 million);

* In re Corrugated Sheets Antitrust Litigation (served on Executive Committee, responsible for Economic Experts for Class Certification).

* In re High Carbon Concrete Litigation (Lead Counsel; secured concrete replacement settlement where defendant, not class members, paid attorneys’ fees);

* In re Salmonella Litigation (Firm served as Co-Lead Counsel; secured matrix scale settlement).

* Howard v. General Electric Capital Business Asset Funding (Wrongful loan termination; settled for $7.2 million);

* Southwest Supermarkets, Inc. v. Kohlberg and Company, et al., (Suit on behalf of bankruptcy trustee against venture capital firm which allegedly acquired and then drove supermarket chain into bankruptcy; settled for $8 million).

* Children’s Healthcare is a Legal Duty v. Vladeck, 938 F.Supp. 1466 (D.Minn. 1996);

* Chiglo v. City of Preston, 909 F.Supp. 675 (D.Minn. 1996);

* Minnesota v. Hershberger, 495 U.S. 901, 110 S.Ct. 1918, 109 L.Ed.2d 282 (1990);

* City of Boerne v. P.F. Flores, 521 U.S. 507, 117 S.Ct. 2157, 138 L.Ed.2d 624 (1997).

EDUCATION

# J.D., Duke University, 1989

# B.A., English, Columbia University, 1984

BAR ADMISSIONS

* Arizona, 2001