Called to Bar: 1991
Glenn has extensive experience as an advocate and advisor. He has successfully appeared before all levels of Court in Alberta, the Supreme Court of Canada, and at a variety of administrative boards and commissions. His court experience includes appearances in virtually all areas of administrative and civil litigation. Glenn has also participated as counsel in many forms of alternative dispute resolution, including mediations, arbitrations and judicial dispute resolutions.
In addition to practising law, Glenn has served as an arbitrator on a pipeline arbitration committee by federal ministerial appointment under the National Energy Board Act. He was a board member on the City of Calgary’s License and community standards appeal board and is on the Government of Alberta’s Long-Term Disability Second Level Appeal Board.
Glenn has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Calgary, an LL.B. from the University of Alberta, and two Masters in Law degrees (LL.M.) from Osgoode Hall in Administrative Law and in Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution. After law school, Glenn articled at the Court of Appeal and the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta before joining Bennett Jones. He joined JSS Barristers in 1998, and has served as the firm’s managing partner and chairman.
Glenn has authored numerous articles dealing with the practise of litigation, competition matters, personal property security, personal injury, privacy law, collections, bankruptcy and insolvency and other subjects. He has also presented at, and moderated, a number of seminars for the legal profession, and has been a guest lecturer at the faculty of law at the University of Calgary.
Glenn has been the recipient of multiple awards. In 2005, he was honoured as a recipient of the Alberta Centennial Medal. Glenn was awarded a King’s Counsel designation in 2010. He was honoured as a recipient of a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
Glenn’s biography can be seen at https://jssbarristers.ca/litigators/glenn-solomon/.
Updated April 2024
