Brandon S. Reif

Brandon S. Reif is a trial attorney with a track record of winning trial verdicts and arbitration awards and leads Reif Law Group, P.C., California’s preeminent boutique trial and litigation law firm for securities and business disputes.Mr. Reif has been practicing law since January 2001 and is Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent™ peer-rated, Judicial Edition-rated, and a Client Champion Platinum™ client-rated attorney. He has been one of Los Angeles Magazine’s “Top Attorneys in Southern California” for 2011-2020 and Southern California's Super Lawyer® for 2011-2020 (elevated from Rising Stars® in 2015). He is “America’s Most Honored Professionals – Top 1%” for 2016-2020. Mr. Reif received Top Verdict Magazine’s Top 10 Court Verdicts in California for a commercial loan trial against a real estate broker. He earned Los Angeles Daily Journal’s Top Verdict Award for a municipal bond fund jury trial. He is a frequent author, speaker and commentator for securities, professional liability and real estate topics.As a proven securities trial attorney, Mr. Reif prosecutes and defends customer disputes involving the sale of securities, investment and insurance products. Mr. Reif excels at high-stakes actions involving financial elder abuse, large losses and complex transactions. Examples include securitized real estate,Ponzischemes, securities-insurance-tax plans and premium financed insurance. Mr. Reif has won “run-away” trial and arbitration verdicts for plaintiffs-claimants and full defense verdicts plus attorneys’ fees for defendants-respondents. Mr. Reif has delivered wins for clients after taking over cases for other attorneys as replacement counsel for trial.Relying on a deep understanding of the securities industry, Mr. Reif defends enforcement actions and investigations with governments and regulators.  He also handles insurance coverage disputes, vendor and sponsor disputes, shareholder derivative actions and raiding, recruiting and employment matters within the securities industry.Mr. Reif also has extensive experience litigating professional liability cases. He prosecutes and defends attorneys and law firms for legal malpractice, accountants and auditors for financial misconduct and real estate professionals (agents, brokers, financiers, lenders and escrow) in court, arbitration and administrative forums.His employment experience focuses on prosecuting and defending workplace misconduct involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, recruitment and Form U5, and business disruption and restraining order actions involving non-compete, non-solicit and confidentiality clauses.Mr. Reif’s contact information is 310.494.6500 and www.reiflawgroup.com.Additional Office Location:3333 Michelson DriveSuite 300Irvine, CA 92612