Tony Stauber joined Gustafson Gluek PLLC as an associate in 2021. Since joining the Firm, Tony has vigorously advocated on behalf of individuals who are alleging constitutional violations, illegal price-fixing schemes, and violations of state and federal privacy statutes, among other things. He is passionate about pursuing claims on behalf of his clients who have been harmed by institutions of power – whether those are gigantic corporations or law enforcement agencies.
In addition to working on significant antitrust cases, including re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Ill.), and In re Beef DPP Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Ill.). Tony has worked on pro bono cases alleging constitutional and civil rights violations by state and local governments. Among those cases, Tony represented peaceful protesters who were subjected to excessive force by law enforcement in separate cases against the City of Minneapolis and the City of Brooklyn Center. Tony has been recognized as a North Star Lawyer each year from 2022 through 2024, for providing at least 50 hours of pro bono time in a single year.
Tony is an active member of the Minnesota and Federal Bar associations. He currently serves as interim vice-chair of the Amicus Committee for the Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws (COSAL). Tony is also co-chair of the digital communications committee for the Minnesota Chapter of the FBA. In 2023, Tony was selected as an “Up & Coming Attorney” by Minnesota Lawyer.
Tony graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in English Literature. He graduated magna cum laude from Mitchell Hamline School of Law. While in law school, Tony was Vice President of the Mitchell Hamline Hovenkamp Antitrust Society, Membership Coordinator of the Mitchell Hamline Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, and a student researcher and member of the Mitchell Hamline Sex Offender Litigation and Research Center. Additionally, Tony was the Production Editor of the Mitchell Hamline Journal of Public Policy and Practice, where he was a published author of an article on the topic of qualified immunity. Tony has been an active member of the National Speech and Debate Association and the Minnesota State High School League as a speech and debate coach for ten years.
Tony is a proud resident of Minneapolis along with his wife, their cat, and French bulldog. In his free time, Tony is an avid woodturner and makes bowls, vessels, and vases out of fallen or downed trees he finds around the city. Tony is also a film buff and enjoys frequenting the many independent movie theaters around the Twin Cities.
For more information regarding Tony and a list of his representative cases, see below.
More About Tony
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Mitchell Hamline School of Law, magna cum laude, J.D.
University of Minnesota, B.A.
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Minnesota State Bar
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
United States Appeals Court for the Fourth Circuit
United States Appeals Court for the Eighth Circuit
United States Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit
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North Star Lawyer (2022-2024) by the Minnesota State Bar Association
Up and Coming Attorney (2023) by Minnesota Lawyer
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Since joining Gustafson Gluek, Tony has had the opportunity to work on a variety of cases involving antitrust, consumer protection, and civil rights law.
Currently, Tony is a vital part of the Gustafson Gluek team representing class of direct purchasers of boxed beef in the In re Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation (D. Minn.). Gustafson Gluek is one of four Co-Lead Counsel of the direct purchaser class who are alleging the Defendants conspired to fix and maintain the price of beef in violation of the federal antitrust laws.
Tony was also part of the Gustafson Gluek team that represented a class of Consumer and Institutional Indirect Purchaser Plaintiffs in In re Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Ill.). Gustafson Gluek was one of four Co-Lead Counsel in this action alleging that nearly twenty of the largest poultry producers in the country illegally conspired to restrain the supply of broiler chickens in order to artificially improve the producers’ profit margins.
As noted above, Tony’s pro bono work is also very important to him. He was part of the litigation team that has been litigating constitutional rights violations on behalf of a class of individuals who have been indefinitely committed to the Minnesota Sexual Offender Program. This case began in 2010 and has proceeded to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals four times and remains active to date. Karsjens v. Piper (D. Minn).
Tony has also represented protesters in class and individual cases who were brutalized by police in retaliation for exercising their First Amendment rights. Settlements in both Samaha v. City of Minneapolis (D. Minn) and Wolk v. City of Brooklyn Center (D. Minn) have resulted in substantial injunctive relief, including policy changes within the Minneapolis Police Department and Minnesota State Patrol. Tony presented an oral argument in front of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals defending the district court’s denial of the defendants’ motion to dismiss.
Finally, Tony is a part of the Gustafson Gluek team that has brought lawsuits against the Minnesota Department of Human Services for their ongoing practice of illegally detaining mentally ill criminal defendants in local jails, often for months, rather than transferring them to hospitals for treatments. Dalen v. Harpstead (D. Minn.).
Other Representative Cases:
In re Eyewear Antitrust Litig. (S.D.N.Y)
In re FICO Antitrust Litig. (N.D. Ill)
Brnich v. Siemens (N.D. Ga.)
Havrilla v. Centene Corp. (N.D. Ill.)
Rud v. Johnston, et al. (D. Minn)
Graves v. 3M (Minn.)