Overview
Bradley Schneider focuses his practice on high-stakes commercial litigation and bankruptcy matters.
In the bankruptcy context, Brad represents creditors, independent directors, equity holders and other stakeholders in major bankruptcy proceedings. His experience includes representing a wide range of clients in defending adversary proceedings brought by debtors, litigation trustees, creditors’ committees and other bankruptcy estate representatives. For example, Brad played a lead role in successfully defending a major law firm against malpractice claims asserted by a chapter 7 trustee.
Brad also represents clients in a wide range of other complex litigation matters, in both court and arbitration (domestic and international), on issues ranging from high-stakes contractual disputes to trade secret misappropriation. He also advises clients on pre-litigation disputes, where he has often secured favorable outcomes that avoided litigation.
Capabilities
Practices
Experience
Complex Commercial Litigation
- A major pharmaceutical company in a two-week AAA arbitration where plaintiff sought more than $100 million for an alleged breach of a “co-promotion” agreement for a highly successful drug.
- Amgen Inc. in multi-year trade secret litigation against a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, which settled on favorable terms on the eve of trial.
- Stockbridge Capital Management and affiliate entities in litigation arising from the Treasure Island redevelopment project.
- Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. against plaintiffs who alleged that Wells Fargo’s securities lending program made improper investments of cash collateral. Following a six-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, the jury returned a verdict for Wells Fargo on all counts.
Bankruptcy Counseling and Litigation
- Berkshire Hathaway in various restructuring matters including as a bondholder and asset buyer in the Residential Capital bankruptcy, and the equity owner in the Whittaker Clark & Daniels bankruptcy cases.
- WeWork, Inc. at the direction of a Special Committee of independent directors of the board with regard to conflicts matters with related parties, including SoftBank Group and affiliates, and Adam Neumann.
- Pacific Gas & Electric and PG&E Corporation in their bankruptcy reorganization cases with respect to certain matters including regulatory matters, power purchase agreements and wildfire claims.
- Texas Competitive Holdings LLC (TCEH) group of companies in the Energy Future Holdings bankruptcy case.
- A law firm in securing a bankruptcy court’s ruling upholding legal release in favor of law firm and denying a former client leave to bring claim for legal malpractice.
- A law firm in winning district court affirmation of a bankruptcy judge’s ruling that the option had expired for a former client to remove legal releases it had granted the law firm in connection with the firm’s fee application to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, as well as any follow-on lawsuit for legal malpractice.
More
- Board member, Mental Health Advocacy Services, 2018 to present
- Financial Lawyers Conference
- American Bankruptcy Institute
Speaking Engagements
- Speaker, Practicing Law Institute, Basics of Accounting for Lawyers, 2023 to present
