Gustafson Gluek Adds Two New Attorneys to its Minneapolis Office
Gustafson Gluek PLLC is pleased to announce that Joe Nelson and Bailey Twyman-Metzger have joined Gustafson Gluek PLLC as associate attorneys.
Joe joined Gustafson Gluek PLLC after clerking for the Honorable Kate Menendez at the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota and the Honorable James B. Florey at the Minnesota Court of Appeals. Joe graduated cum laude from Mitchell-Hamline School of Law in 2019. While in law school, he served as an editor on the Mitchell-Hamline Law Review and volunteered with the Self-Help Clinic, which helps individuals represent themselves in court. He also clerked for a Twin Cities plaintiff’s employment law firm.
At Gustafson Gluek, Joe will be practicing in the areas of antitrust, product defect, consumer protection and civil rights. He has recently been involved in filing a case alleging constitutional violations by the State of Minnesota on behalf of individuals for whom the State has failed to move from jail or correctional institutions to a state-operated treatment program in violation of Minn. Stat. § 253B.10.
Bailey joined Gustafson Gluek in March 2023 after working as an attorney editor at Thomson Reuters, where she was actively involved in pro bono work. Prior to her work at Thomson Reuters, Bailey was a Robina Post-Graduate Fellow at the Advocates for Human Rights. Bailey is a 2015 graduate of Miami University with a B.A. in History and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and a minor in Art History, and a 2018 cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School. While in law school, Bailey was a staffer and Lead Symposium Editor for the Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality. Bailey was also a student attorney and director for the University of Minnesota Human Rights Litigation and International Legal Advocacy Clinic. Bailey is an active member of the Minnesota Lavender Bar Association.
Upon joining Gustafson Gluek, Bailey will be practicing in the areas of consumer protection and antitrust litigation, where she will be representing individuals and small businesses in both federal and state court.
Gustafson Gluek PLLC is a nationally recognized law firm for its complex litigation practice focused on antitrust and consumer protection class actions. In addition, the firm is a pioneering leader in pro bono representation and community-oriented efforts.