Brad Brian

Career

Brad Brian is a national trial lawyer and chair of Munger, Tolles & Olson.

A complex civil and criminal litigator, Brad is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He was recently named to the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2025 LA500 List of the most influential people in Los Angeles. He is recognized by both Chambers USA and Chambers Global as one of the top trial lawyers in the country, having been ranked in Band 1 in both categories.

Chambers USA calls him a “heavyweight litigator for the full range of commercial and criminal trials” and highlights client feedback that he is “among the best to handle big-ticket litigation.”

Brad has served as lead trial and litigation counsel in some of the largest crisis cases in the country over the past dozen years, including:

- Hawaiian Electric in the Maui wildfire litigation

- PG&E in its civil and criminal litigation arising from Northern California wildfire

- MGM Resorts in the litigation arising from the 2017 terrorist shooting at the Mandalay Bay Hotel

- Transocean, the offshore drilling giant, in the massive civil litigation arising out of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy

Brad won significant trial victories for Transocean; PG&E in the criminal case arising from the Zogg fire; Jeffrey Gundlach and DoubleLine Capital in a trial against Trust Company of the West; and Rhonda Byrne (the author of “The Secret.”)

Brad is widely considered a “lawyer’s lawyer,” having represented many of the largest law firms in the country in legal malpractice and malicious prosecution matters, including three victories at trial. He has also represented lawyers in criminal investigations of alleged false statements, false loan applications, obstruction of justice and alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Brad has developed substantial expertise in the areas of attorney-client privilege and attorney work product.

Brad has conducted more than 100 internal corporate investigations. He also has handled more than 50 lawsuits under the False Claims Act.

Brad graduated with great distinction from the University of California at Berkeley, where he earned three varsity baseball letters, was a member of the United States All-Star Baseball team playing in the World Amateur Games and was selected First Team All-Pac 8 (Southern Division) and Second Team Academic All-American.