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Spenser Jaenichen focuses his practice on representing clients nationwide in complex commercial disputes and government investigations before both federal and state courts. He advises businesses across a variety of industries, including energy, retail, e-commerce, finance, insurance, hospitality, entertainment, and technology, guiding them through all phases of litigation, from initial strategy through trial and appeal.
Spenser has a wide range of experience representing clients in business disputes, class actions, consumer protection defense, false advertising, environmental counseling and litigation, privacy and financial disputes, insurance recovery, and white collar and fraud investigations. He has substantial experience preparing fact and expert witnesses for testimony, managing discovery and expert witness strategy, and briefing and arguing dispositive motions. He also works closely with clients to coordinate public relations initiatives that align with their broader litigation strategy.
In addition to his work for corporate clients, Spenser is committed to pro bono service. He represents plaintiffs in voting rights litigation and assists nonprofit organizations facing government investigations.
During law school, Spenser served as notes editor on the University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy and represented veterans in the Veterans Legal Clinic as an Illinois Rule 7/11 Student Attorney. He participated in the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court Competition and taught legal writing and research to incoming LL.M. candidates as an adjunct instructor at the University of Illinois College of Law.
Concentrations
- Complex commercial litigation
- Class action litigation
- Consumer protection, false advertising, and deceptive trade practices litigation
- Products liability litigation
- Environmental litigation
- Greenwashing litigation
- Privacy litigation
- Financial litigation
- Construction litigation
- Voting Rights litigation
- Insurance recovery litigation
- White collar and fraud investigations
Kluczowe Praktyki
Doświadczenie
- Represented various companies in privacy class actions alleging violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), involving facial recognition technology, facial tracking technology, virtual try-on technology, and voice recognition.°
- Obtained a judgment in favor of clients alleging violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act against a state legislature seeking to enforce redrawn state legislative districts.°
- Represented a renewable energy company against its contractor for defective installation and construction of five separate renewable energy projects.°
- Achieved a successful pre-trial settlement in an environmental exposure class action in South Carolina arising from the release of noxious odors.°
- Coordinated four separate internal investigations on behalf of companies and non-profits to investigate potential fraudulent schemes on behalf of current and former employees and refer each investigation to the relevant government agencies.°
- Defended internet service providers in two consumer protection class actions challenging alleged bait-and-switch advertising practices.°
- Represented a major credit card provider in litigation against its collection agency for allegedly improper notification cardholders whose accounts had not been referred for collection.°
- Defended multiple financial services clients in cases brought under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, alleging incorrect reporting.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Jaenichen prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
- Adjunct Instructor, Legal Research and Writing, University of Illinois College of Law, 2022
Wykształcenie i uprawnienia do wykonywania zawodu
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J.D., magna cum laude, University of Illinois College of Law
- Notes Editor, University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology & Policy
- B.A., Butler University
- Illinois
- Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin