Danny G. Solomon

Appellate Experience

• Successfully represented large municipal police association before the Fifth Circuit, securing affirmance of summary judgment on race discrimination and retaliation claims.
• Successfully represented pharmacy benefit manager before the district court and Ninth Circuit, obtaining and securing summary judgment on claims alleging underpayment of specialty generic drugs.
• Successfully represented the Montana Department of Revenue before the Ninth Circuit, obtaining reversal of the bankruptcy court's order denying sovereign immunity in adversary proceeding, and successfully opposed plaintiff's petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Successfully represented life insurance company before the district court and Sixth Circuit in a class action alleging that the insurer breached state law in adjudicating contestable life insurance claims, obtaining and securing summary judgment on plaintiff's individual claim.
• Successfully represented public university officials in First Amendment challenge to a university policy before the Eighth Circuit, obtaining reversal of the district court's order and entry of judgment in favor of the University.
• Successfully represented construction company before the Missouri Court of Appeals, securing affirmance of summary judgment on $3 million suit on account claim.
• Successfully represented court-appointed Receiver before the Fourth Circuit, securing affirmance of distribution plan in equitable receivership for a ponzi scheme.
• Successfully represented prisoners before the Eighth and Ninth Circuits, defending claims for deprivation of constitutional rights.
• Represented major refrigerant supplier before the D.C. Circuit in challenge to EPA regulation on phasedown of hydrofluorocarbons.
• Authored several briefs at the petition stage in the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Presented six oral arguments in the Fourth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits and the Missouri Court of Appeals.

Trial Experience

• Successfully represented pharmacy benefits manager in putative class action alleging overcharges for copying medical records.
• Successfully defended Arizona hospital chain against antitrust conspiracy allegations, obtaining a dismissal of the antitrust claim with prejudice.
• Successfully represented large automobile insurer in putative class action alleging failure to pay dealer and license fees, obtaining denial of class certification.
• Successfully represented global pet care and nutrition company in false advertising class action, obtaining dismissal of claims with prejudice.
• Defeated motion for class certification in a consumer protection action alleging that a national sporting goods company had mislabeled youth-sized baseball bats.