Glenn K. Vanzura

• Named Benchmark – “California Litigation Star" (2023) and "Litigation Star" (2025) for Securities
• Recognized by Best Lawyers in America© for Securities Litigation, 2021-2023
• Named in Los Angeles Business Journal’s “LA500” as one of the “most influential, most powerful, and most impactful business professionals” in Los Angeles, 2020-2024
• Named as "Local Litigation Star" in Benchmark Litigation, 2018-2019
• Named in "Lawyers on the Fast Track" by The Recorder, 2012
• Named as Southern California Rising Star, 2009-2015

• Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Judicial Elections Committee

• Co-Author, “Evolving Risks for Officers and Directors of Public Companies,” The Journal of Federal Agency Action, January-February 2024
• Co-Author, “Mitigating SPAC Enforcement and Litigations Risks,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, May 18, 2021
• Author, “Ninth Circuit Holds That Whistleblower Action May Qualify as a ‘Corrective Disclosure,’” Wolters Kluwer, February 2021
• Co-Author, “BofI Ruling May Erode Cos.’ Securities Class Action Defenses,” Law360, October 28, 2020
  
   

• Led the defense of dozens of public companies, directors and officers in numerous shareholder class and derivative actions involving alleged securities law violations, including actions in federal and state courts, with exposures from the low millions to the billions of dollars.
• Represented companies and individuals in connection with investigations and enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
• Represented companies and individuals in connection with investigations and criminal prosecutions by the US Department of Justice, international prosecuting agencies, and state and local government agencies, including matters involving alleged violations of the federal mail fraud, wire fraud and honest services statutes; alleged insider trading; alleged trade secret theft and economic espionage; and alleged violations of the federal securities laws.
• Led internal corporate investigations on behalf of boards of directors, audit committees, other board subcommittees, and company management, including in connection with whistleblower complaints and restatements of prior period financial statements, and represented c-suite executives in connection with such investigations.
• Defended an international law firm and lawyers in numerous suits alleging legal malpractice and other torts in state and federal courts.
• Defended and prosecuted numerous partnership disputes in courts and arbitrations.
• Represented individuals in employment and contract disputes, including a matter concerning the sale of a solely owned company to a national entertainment conglomerate and a matter involving a dispute with a major real estate developer.
• Represented celebrity clients in pre-litigation and litigation matters.

_{*Glenn advised on some of these matters prior to joining Willkie.}