Joshua Rissman

Joshua Rissman is a member of Gustafson Gluek PLLC.  He has been selected as a Super Lawyers in the area of antitrust litigation for the past several years.

Joshua Rissman joined Gustafson Gluek in 2010 as an associate and became a member in 2018.  Since joining the Firm, Joshua has focused his practice on antitrust and class action litigation. Mr. Rissman prides himself on vigorously representing small businesses and individuals damaged by wrongful corporate and government conduct.  In addition to his antitrust practice, Joshua has brought several important constitutional cases against city and state entities on a pro bono basis.

Joshua has been selected a Super Lawyer in the area of antitrust litigation for several years (2021-2022) and was previously a rising star (2014-2020).  He is actively involved in the Federal Bar Association, and formerly served as the Treasurer of the Antitrust Section of the Federal Bar Association.  Joshua is also involved in the Minnesota Bar Association, in which he is a counsel member for the Antitrust Section. Joshua has also participated in the Pro Se Project, representing civil litigants in federal court who would otherwise go without representation. 

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

More About Joshua

    • University of Minnesota Law School - J.D., cum laude (2010)

    • University of Minnesota - B.A., magna cum laude (2005)

    • Minnesota State Bar

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

    • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

    • Selected as a Minnesota Rising Star by Super Lawyers (2014 - 2020)

    • Selected as a Minnesota Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers (2021)

  • Joshua Rissman is currently representing classes of individual who were alleged to be injured by anticompetitive conduct. He is representing consumers in price-fixing and supply restriction class actions against the meat industry, including In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.), In re Pork Antitrust Litigation (D. Minn.) and In re DPP Beef Antitrust Litigation (D. Minn.). Gustafson Gluek has been named as Co-Lead counsel in each action, and Joshua has played an integral role in all aspects, including in getting classes certified in the Broilers and Pork matters. The cases have so far resulted in significant settlements for the classes in each case. Joshua was also heavily involved the litigation of Precision Assocs., Inc. v. Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd. (E.D.N.Y.), an international price-fixing case against the freight forwarding industry, in which Gustafson Gluek was appointed Co-Lead counsel and, which ultimately recovered over $450M in settlements.

    In addition to his antitrust class action practice, Joshua Rissman has brought several pieces of important constitutional litigation involving police brutality and the mistreatment of juvenile detainees. Joshua was lead counsel in a class action on behalf of protestors who were unlawfully subjected to tear gas and pepper spray in the protest following the George Floyd protest in Samaha, et al. v. City of Minneapolis, et al (D. Minn.). The case settled for significant injunctive relief preventing the Minneapolis Police Department and Minnesota State Patrol from using excessive force against peaceful protestors, as well as important 1st amendment policy changes. Joshua also represented a former juvenile detainee who was abused at the Minnesota Correctional Facility – Red Wing, and alleged that the administration was aware of the risks to the juvenile and failed to protect him in Doe v. Hanson et al. (Minn. Dist. Ct.) The case settled favorably for the plaintiff prior to trial. Joshua was also the lead attorney in Khottavongsa v. City of Brooklyn Center (D. Minn.), a constitutional rights action brought on behalf of the family of a man killed by Brooklyn Center police officers by tasing him multiple time and ignoring his serious medical needs in 2015. Plaintiff largely defeated defendant’s motion for summary judgment, and the case settled favorably before trial.

    Other Representative Cases:

    • In re Containerboard Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Ill.)

    • In National Hockey League Players’ Concussion Injury Litig. (D. Minn.)

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

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

    • In re Asacol Antitrust Litig. (D. Mass.)

    • In re Opana Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Ill.)

    • City of Wyoming et al. v. Procter & Gamble Company et al. (D. Minn.)