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Litigation: General Commercial

California

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Provided by Brad Brian

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One of the nation's premier civil and criminal trial attorneys, Mr. Brian successfully defended Transocean at trial arising from the largest oil spill in history. He has also won high-profile trials for Fortress, DoubleLine, Northrop Grumman, Rhonda Byrne (author of The Secret) and Tom Spiegel (CEO of Columbia Savings & Loan). A "lawyers' lawyer," Mr. Brian represents some of the largest law firms in the country and has won multiple major trials for national law firms. Mr. Brian has conducted more than 100 internal corporate investigations.

"Litigator of the Year" (The American Lawyer 2016); "Winning Litigator" (The National Law Journal 2015); "Lawyer of the Year" for Bet-the-Company Litigation (Best Lawyers 2013); named among California 100 Most Influential Attorneys (Daily Journal) for 20 consecutive years. Former Chair, ABA Litigation Section; Former Board Chair, RAND Civil Justice Institute; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Former President, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Co-Editor, Internal Corporate Investigations (ABA 4th ed. 2017).

Education

Harvard Law School

J.D.

1977

UC Berkeley

B.A.

1974

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