Jason Kilene

Jason Kilene is a member of Gustafson Gluek PLLC. He is a graduate of the University of North Dakota and a graduate with distinction of the University of North Dakota School of Law.

After law school, Jason served as a law clerk to the Honorable Bruce M. Van Sickle, United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota.  Prior to joining Gustafson Gluek, Jason represented numerous clients in the areas of commercial and complex litigation.

Jason joined Gustafson Gluek in 2003 and became a member shortly thereafter.  Since then, Jason has continued his practice in the areas of antitrust, consumer protection and other complex litigation. 

Mr. Kilene currently represents individuals and businesses harmed by anticompetitive business practices.  Jason was part of the trial team that successfully recovered damages suffered by his clients due to alleged defective software in In re J.D. Edwards World Solutions Company, (AAA) (trial counsel for plaintiffs Quantegy and Amherst).  Jason also plays a significant role in identification, investigation, initiation and development of complex class action matters, along with his significant involvement with client relations.

For more information regarding Jason and a list of his representative cases, see below.

More About Jason

    • University of North Dakota School of Law - J.D., with distinction (1994)

    • University of North Dakota - B.A. (1991)

    • Minnesota State Bar

    • North Dakota State Bar

    • U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

    • U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota

  • Jason was actively involved in representing a class of individuals and small businesses who purchased auto parts at artificially-inflated prices in In re Automotive Parts Antitrust Litig. (E.D. Mich.). This nationwide class action alleged numerous separate conspiracies in the markets for a variety of different auto parts. The U.S. Department of Justice brought criminal charges relating to these conspiracies and obtained approximately $2.8 billion in criminal fines. To date, there have been settlements exceeding $1 billion for class members.

    As part of the Executive Committee in In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Litig. (E.D.N.Y), Jason also played a major role in depositions and discovery against one of the bank defendants. The case ultimately settled for over $6.2 billion.

    Jason has also been involved in In re Transpacific Passenger Air Transportation Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Cal.), representing consumers who allege that they were charged artificially inflated air passenger fees as a result of a conspiracy between the defendant airlines. There have been settlements for over $130 million dollars.

    Jason acted as a discovery team lead in In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litig. (E.D. Pa.) while representing direct purchasers of drywall who alleged the dominant drywall manufacturers in the United States conspired to fix drywall prices. Settlements in this case totaled over $190 million for the class.

    Other Representative Cases:

    • In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Ill.)

    • In re: 3M Combat Arms Earplug Litigation (D. Minn.)

    • In re Domestic Drywall Antitrust Litig. (E.D. Penn.)

    • In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Cal.)

    • In re Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Cal.)