Mr. Seelman is a shareholder and director at Grimshaw & Harring, P.C. He concentrates his practice on complex commercial litigation matters in the following areas:
Antitrust and Competition Litigation. Mr Seelman represents clients in federal and state antitrust litigation matters involving monopolization, price-fixing, bid-rigging, market divisions, market foreclosure, resale price maintenance, tying, and unfair trade practices. He also counsels corporate clients on the fundamentals of federal and state antitrust laws, implements customized antitrust audit and compliance programs, conducts internal audit and compliance investigations, structures distribution and marketing programs, and analyzes the competitive framework of business arrangements with suppliers, wholesalers, retailers, brokers and customers.
Employment Litigation. Mr. Seelman represents clients in federal and state court employment litigation involving trade secret protection, restrictive covenants (non-competition agreements, non-solicitation agreements, and non-disclosure agreements), wage and hour, and breach of contract matters.
Breach of Contract Litigation. Mr. Seelman represents clients in federal and state court breach of contract litigation involving employment, energy, banking, financial services, title insurance, construction, and commercial loans areas.
Construction Litigation. Mr. Seelman represents clients in state court construction defect litigation.
Financial Fraud Litigation. Mr. Seelman represents clients in federal and state court fraud litigation involving banking, mortgage, and financial services.
Mr. Seelman is also an Adjunct Professor of Antitrust Law at the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver. In that capacity, he teaches the history of the English monopoly and United States antitrust laws.
Practice Areas
Education and Honors
J.D., cum laude, Hamline University School of Law, 1990
- Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor
- Journal of Public Law & Policy, Associate Editor
- Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Senior Law Student Award
- Schoenecker Leadership Scholarship
- Dean’s List
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1986
- Member, UWM Mock Trial Team
Rated AV-Preeminent (5.0 out of 5.0) (highest possible rating) by Martindale-Hubbell
Articles, Publications and Presentations
Memberships and Community Service
- American Bar Association
- Member, Antitrust Section
- Member, Litigation Committee
- Member, ABA Advisory Panel
- Federal Bar Association
- Colorado Bar Association
- Denver Bar Association
- Wisconsin Bar Association
- Member, Board of Governors of the Wisconsin State Bar (2011-2013)
- President-Elect of the Nonresident Lawyer Division (2011-2012 Term)
- President of the Nonresident Lawyer Division (2012-2013 Term)
- International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
- Faculty of Federal Advocates
Admissions
- Colorado
- Wisconsin
- United States District Court for the District of Colorado
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Representative Experience
~~Defended a Colorado agricultural grower in an investigation brought by the U.S. Department of Labor alleging numerous violations of federal employment laws pertaining to the use of H-2A workers.
~~Defended a Colorado agricultural grower in a federal employment lawsuit brought by the Colorado Legal Services on behalf of agricultural workers alleging numerous violations of state and federal employment laws.
~~Defended a Fortune 500 oil refinery and marketing company in a federal national class action lawsuit alleging violations of the federal antitrust laws (Section 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, Section 3 of the Clayton Act), multi-state antitrust and consumer protection laws (Colorado, Texas, California, Oklahoma, and Louisiana), and state common law claims related to the drug testing services in the oil industry.
~~Defended a Michigan bank holding company (and its wholly owned subsidiaries) in a state trade mark and unfair competition lawsuit. (Co-defended with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office).
~~Defended former Broadband executive against third-party discovery matters arising out of a federal antitrust lawsuit alleging monopolization and conspiracy in the cable industry.
~~Defended a national mortgage company in a federal lawsuit alleging violations of the Truth and Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, and common law fraud claims.
~~Represented companies in over thirty antitrust and unfair competition lawsuits in federal and state courts throughout the United States involving allegations of monopolization, price-fixing, exclusionary practices, bid rigging, market and customer allocations in a variety of industries.
~~Advised a Canadian company of potential federal antitrust defenses against allegations of federal patent/trademark violations asserted by a U.S. company.
~~Advised a Canadian company of potential federal and state antitrust claims/defenses applicable to resale price maintenance agreements in the U.S. market.
~~Represented California Trust in a federal fraud lawsuit against an international London bank.
~~Represented former senior vice president of financial services company in a federal lawsuit to obtain commissions due under an executive employment contract.
~~Defended national window manufacturer in a $100 million state class action product defect lawsuit.
~~Represented municipal district in a state construction defect lawsuit in Aspen, Colorado.
~~Defended national athletic outer-wear manufacturer in a state breach of stock option agreement lawsuit.
~~Represented company and its president in wrongful termination federal lawsuit involving a breach of a contract and non-competition agreement in the cardiac rhythm device industry.
~~Defended national photocopier manufacturer in a state breach of commercial finance contract lawsuit.
~~Defended a limited partner in two hotels located in Aspen in state breach of contract lawsuit.
~~Defended a company and it president in a federal securities fraud lawsuit brought by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
~~Represented individual against a Kansas oil and gas company in a state lawsuit alleging the unlawful sales of unregistered securities under the Colorado Securities Act. (Worked jointly with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office).
~~Defended a billboard company in a billboard permitting lawsuit brought by a major competitor.
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