Brendan Radke

Mr. Radke’s recent experience includes:

• Successful defense of a financial analyst in a criminal trial for alleged acts of insider trading and fraud that resulted in an acquittal on all 30 counts of the indictment.
• Defense of a fashion business and its executives facing fraud and breach of contract claims by a founder and former CEO.
• Defense of a medical device company facing claims of trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement.
• Internal investigations of allegations of accounting, securities, and employment law violations.
• Defense of companies and executives facing claims of trade secret misappropriation by departing executives.
• Representing companies in a variety of industries, including biotechnology, food & beverage, and marketing technology, responding to FINRA subpoenas. 

His recent digital currency and blockchain technology experience includes:

• Representing companies in connection with token sales and related matters, including consultation regarding potential litigation and government scrutiny.
• Representing a financial services company seeking a no-action letter from the SEC for the issuance of a token in compliance with the securities laws and regulation.
• Representing a cryptocurrency exchange responding to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) subpoena for the financial information of its users.

His recent representations in the cannabis industry include:

• Successful dismissal of multiple class action litigations against a cannabis device producer wrongfully named as a co-defendant to a producer of nicotine products.

Mr. Radke also has an extensive pro bono practice, which includes:

• Representation of a class of students with reading disorders suing a California public school district for violation of federal and state disability and education laws.
• Representation of a federal criminal defendant in connection with a plea and sentencing.
• Work on behalf of the California Innocence Project.