Noam Glick: Why Workers Need an Attorney Who Has Sat on Both Sides of the Table

Most employment attorneys have spent their careers in one corner — either defending companies or advocating for workers. Noam Glick has done both. That distinction is not a footnote in his biography. It is the foundation of how Glick Law Group operates and why the firm’s approach to employment law carries a depth that single-sided experience rarely produces.

From Defense Counsel to Employee Advocate

Before founding Glick Law Group in 2014, Noam Glick spent years inside some of the most respected defense-side law firms in the United States. His job was to protect large companies from the very workforce claims he now litigates. He understood corporate legal strategy from the inside — how cases were evaluated, where defenses were built, and which arguments moved the needle.

At a certain point, that vantage point became impossible to ignore. The employees on the other side of those cases were not abstractions. Noam Glick recognized in them the same circumstances he saw in people close to him — individuals who had worked hard, been treated unfairly, and could not find a lawyer willing to take their side seriously. Some had had their legal rights violated outright. Others simply needed someone who would listen.

In 2014, Noam Glick left the defense world permanently. He founded Glick Law Group with a singular focus: representing employees exclusively.

What Defense Experience Actually Means for Workers

When an employment attorney has litigated from the defense side, that experience translates into concrete advantages for the workers they later represent.

Defense attorneys see the internal calculus that companies apply to employment disputes. They understand which claims corporations treat seriously, how in-house counsel communicates with outside firms, and what documentation strategies tend to surface in litigation. An attorney who has spent years building those defenses knows — with precision — where they are vulnerable.

Noam Glick brings that institutional knowledge directly to the workers at Glick Law Group. The transition was not simply a change of clients. It was a strategic repositioning that put a decade of high-level defense litigation experience in service of the employees who need it most.

The Educational and Professional Foundation Behind the Practice

Noam Glick’s path to employment law ran through an unusually broad set of academic and professional disciplines. He earned his undergraduate degree in economics and environmental studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, then pursued a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Michigan. He subsequently worked as an environmental policy consultant in Washington, D.C. — work that sharpened both his understanding of regulatory systems and his instinct for advocacy.

He enrolled at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles on a full-ride scholarship, graduated cum laude in the top 10% of his class in 2007, and served as an editor of the Loyola Law Review. After graduation, he held a federal clerkship with the Honorable Gary Klausner of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California — one of the most competitive positions available to a new law school graduate.

That clerkship placed Noam Glick inside a federal courtroom at the highest level of legal writing, procedure, and analytical rigor. It is a credential that relatively few practicing attorneys carry.

Employment Law Is Not a Commodity Practice

Workplace disputes carry real stakes — lost wages, damaged careers, violations of federally protected rights. Workers who have experienced discrimination, wrongful termination, wage theft, or retaliation deserve representation that matches the seriousness of what they are facing.

Glick Law Group was built on the premise that employees deserve the same quality of legal firepower that well-resourced companies have long retained. Noam Glick does not operate a high-volume settlement mill. He brings the analytical depth, litigation preparation, and strategic thinking developed over years of high-stakes defense work to every case on the employee side.

For workers who have been told their case is not worth pursuing, or who have struggled to be heard, that combination of credentials, courtroom experience, and personal conviction carries significant weight.

Protecting Rights in the Workplace Requires More Than Paperwork

Employment law cases often hinge on details that workers do not know to preserve — communications, performance records, internal complaints, HR documentation. Many employees, unaware of how these cases are built and contested, inadvertently undermine their own claims before they ever speak to an attorney.

An attorney who understands how the defense side constructs its narrative can advise workers on what matters from the first conversation. Noam Glick’s ability to anticipate the opposing argument — not theoretically, but from direct professional experience — gives Glick Law Group clients a measurable advantage in how their cases are documented, framed, and ultimately presented.

A Practice Built Around Workers

Since 2014, Glick Law Group has operated with a clear organizational principle: workers’ interests come first. That is not a marketing position. It is reflected in the structure of the practice, which takes only employee-side cases, and in the commitment Noam Glick brings to each representation.

The legal system can feel inaccessible and adversarial to employees who find themselves in conflict with larger, better-resourced employers. Glick Law Group exists to close that gap — bringing federal clerkship training, elite law firm experience, and a genuine understanding of what workers are facing to every case it takes on.

About Noam Glick

Noam Glick is the founder of Glick Law Group, a Los Angeles-based law firm that represents employees exclusively. He earned his undergraduate degree in economics and environmental studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Michigan. Noam Glick graduated cum laude in the top 10% of his class from Loyola Law School in 2007 on a full-ride scholarship, where he served as an editor of the Loyola Law Review. He subsequently clerked for the Honorable Gary Klausner of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. After years defending large corporations at prominent U.S. law firms, Noam Glick founded Glick Law Group in 2014 to represent workers in employment law matters. Noam Glick and his wife support their community through their private foundation.