Zachary Glubiak is an associate at Cohen Milstein and a member of the Antitrust practice. He represents a broad range of individuals and businesses in civil litigation, with a focus on multi-district class actions and antitrust litigation.
Mr. Glubiak first joined Cohen Milstein in 2020, and he rejoined the firm following a clerkship with the Honorable Randolph D. Moss of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Previously, Mr. Glubiak served as the John Marshall Fellow in the Solicitor General’s Office of the Virginia Attorney General. In this capacity, Mr. Glubiak litigated constitutional and other high-profile matters on behalf of the Commonwealth, including defending the constitutionality of recently enacted gun-control legislation and the Governor's Covid 19-related executive orders, serving as lead counsel in appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and presenting oral arguments before both the Supreme Court of Virginia and the Court of Appeals of Virginia.
Prior to joining the Solicitor General’s Office, Mr. Glubiak clerked for the Honorable Pamela A. Harris of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Mr. Glubiak is involved in the following high-profile matters:
- Jien v. Perdue Farms, Inc. (D. Md.): On October 8, 2019, the Court appointed Cohen Milstein Co-Lead Counsel in this putative wage and hour suppression class action against the nation’s largest chicken and turkey producers conspired to suppress their compensation. As of July 20, 2021, the Court has preliminarily approved $195.25 million in settlements with four defendants. Litigation continues against other defendants.
- In Re: Da Vinci Surgical Robot Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.): On September 24, 2021, the Court appointed Cohen Milstein Interim Co-Lead Counsel in this consolidated antitrust class action against Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Plaintiffs allege that Intuitive engages in an anticompetitive scheme under which it ties the purchase or lease of its must-have, market-dominating da Vinci surgical robot to the additional purchases of (i) robot maintenance and repair services and (ii) unnecessarily large numbers of the surgical instruments, known as EndoWrists, used to perform surgery with the robot—a violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.
Mr. Glubiak also maintains an active pro bono practice. High-profile cases include:
- Amici Curiae Counsel for Law Enforcement Officers (U.S. Crt. of Appeals, First Circ.): On March 21, 2023, Cohen Milstein filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of senior law enforcement officers in support of the United States of Mexico, plaintiff-appellant, before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Amici argue for the reversal of the district court’s grant of defendants’ motion to dismiss in Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc., et al. (D. Mass.), a landmark case brought by Mexico against U.S.-based gun manufacturers and a gun wholesaler for allegedly maintaining business practices that enable and allow for military-grade and other deadly guns to flow from the U.S. across the border “into criminal hands in Mexico." Mexico contends that this conduct violates state tort law and consumer protection statutes.
Mr. Glubiak received his B.A. from Columbia University and his M.S.T. from Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education. He received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was the Co-Founder and Co-President of the Stanford Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Association.
Prior to law school, Mr. Glubiak was a history teacher, coach, and advisor at KIPP NYC College Prep, a high school in South Bronx, NY.