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Ep. 005: “An Underdog Spirit” – Inside the Fight for Everyday People with Appellate Lawyer Glenn Danas

Welcome to Represent More, produced by We Are Them Media. In Episode 5, Ryan and Shireen sit down with Glenn Danas, partner at Clarkson and chair of the firm’s Appellate and Employment Litigation practice groups, for a wide-ranging conversation about what it means to fight for everyday people from inside the legal system.

  • Glenn’s path from Big Law to public interest litigation — and why it felt like coming home
  • The landmark Iskanian v. CLS Transportation decision and the ongoing battle over mandatory arbitration
  • Clarkson’s high-stakes cases against UnitedHealthcare, Humana, and Cigna — and how health insurers are using AI algorithms to deny Medicare Advantage claims at scale
  • The California Supreme Court’s upcoming review of a major consumer privacy case against Twitter
  • An amicus brief filed on behalf of Senator Cory Booker in the Monsanto/Roundup preemption case before the U.S. Supreme Court
  • What 66 appellate arguments teaches you about the law — and about people

Corporations are finding new tools to avoid accountability — algorithms that deny care, preemption arguments that erase state protections, arbitration clauses that close courthouse doors. Glenn Danas has spent his career pushing those doors back open. This episode is about the cases, the strategy, and the underdog spirit that drives it all.

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About the Podcast

Represent More is a podcast about power — who has it, who doesn’t, and what happens when accountability breaks down. Hosted by Ryan and Shireen Clarkson, founding partners of Clarkson, the show explores the systems shaping everyday life, from healthcare and AI to consumer markets and corporate behavior. Drawing on decades of civil litigation, they unpack real cases, real harm, and the forces that often go unchecked.

This podcast isn’t legal advice.

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