Jenny Gassman-Pines
Experience
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Chief Justice Russell Anderson, Minnesota Supreme Court (2006-2007)
Selected Results*
Member of trial team in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, American Medical Security Life Insurance Company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska, Carefirst, Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, Inc., Excellus Health Plan, Inc., Hawaii Medical Service Association, Health Care Services Corporation, Horizon Health Care Services, Inc., Humana Inc., Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company, Medical Mutual of Ohio, Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, Oxford Health Plans, LLC, Wellmark, Inc., The Regence Group, Time Insurance Company, Union Security Insurance Company, John Alden Life Insurance Company v. Glaxosmithkline plc, et al.: Representation of Blues plans and other health insurers in litigation against drug manufacturer for overpayments made for the prescription drug Paxil and Paxil CR. After lengthy discovery and numerous pretrial motions on claims which included allegations of antitrust violations arising from manufacturers' use of patents to keep generics out of the market, settlement obtained in the fall of 2008.
Recognition
- Arthur T. Pfefer Memorial Award, Twin Cities Cardozo Society (2009)
- Outstanding Achievement Award in Employment Discrimination Law, Minnesota State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law
Section (2006)** - Baldwin Fellowship, awarded to the member of the senior class who shows the most promise of becoming an outstanding lawyer and public spirited citizen, Wesleyan University (2003)**
Languages
Memberships
- Federal Bar Association
- Minnesota State Bar Association
- Hennepin County Bar Association
Civic Associations
- Board of Directors, Jewish Community Action
Bar Admissions
- Minnesota
- U.S. District Court, Minnesota
Education
- University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif (2006); Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006), Staff (2004-2005)
- Wesleyan University, B.A., English and Women's Studies, Phi Beta Kappa (2003)
Articles
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Defining Child Exposure to Domestic Violence as Neglect: Minnesota's Difficult Experience
Social Work, Vol. 51, Issue 2 (with Jeffrey L. Edelson and Marissa B. Hill)
(April 2006)