Brithem LLP — United States

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Brithem LLP is a New York-based trial boutique doing the kind of impact work most firms a hundred times its size can’t touch. Founded by nationally recognized trial lawyers Michael Bowe and Lauren Tabaksblat, the firm is built around a singular focus: deploying elite courtroom advocacy to secure exceptional results in every type of litigation with velocity and efficiency. Brithem is built to handle the cases that matter most — complex disputes where the outcome can define a company, protect a portfolio, or change the law. The firm’s lawyers try cases across real estate, financial fraud, civil RICO, and civil rights, with a record that includes landmark verdicts, precedent-setting rulings, and victories in some of the most closely watched litigation of the past two decades. Among the matters the firm’s attorneys have handled: In a landmark case against the world’s largest online pornography company, its hedge fund financiers, and Visa, the firm represents over 200 victims whose sexual exploitation appeared in videos uploaded to Pornhub and other websites owned by MindGeek (now Aylo), exposing the industry’s widespread monetization of child porn and rape videos, drawing significant public attention to this largely unknown abuse, and forcing major reforms that established both a model for other victims to pursue and critical legal precedent to help end this horrific abuse. The firm waged a decade-long fight to save Canadian insurer Fairfax Financial from a short-selling attack designed to bankrupt the company and secure billions in short-selling gains. Deploying an organic investigative group to conduct a year-long investigation, the team used the evidence uncovered to launch an unprecedented RICO and commercial disparagement suit against the funds and their co-conspirators. The suit not only stopped the attacks but, according to market participants and the SEC’s former top economist, quickly discredited the lies and restored billions in market cap within months. The firm represents Blueprint Capital Advisors, a Black-owned asset manager, in a landmark civil rights and RICO case exposing bias and corruption in the “old boys’ network” controlling the highest levels of state government and global finance. The suit accuses the New Jersey Division of Investment, BlackRock, Owl Rock, Governor Phil Murphy, and senior officials in his administration of diverting promised advisory contracts and investments away from Blueprint and toward overwhelmingly white competitors. The complaint alleges government insiders shared Blueprint’s confidential strategies with BlackRock, allowing the financial giant to launch a near-identical product, while state officials rewarded participants in the scheme with hundreds of millions in pension assets.

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Lauren Tabaksblat

Lauren Tabaksblat, a founding partner of Brithem LLP and nationally recognized litigator, represents clients in high-stakes disputes from pre-litigation through trial and appeal. She advises public companies, private corporations, and high-net-worth individuals in courts and arbitrations nationwide, earning a reputation as a “real trial lawyer” and “brilliant strategist” who commands the courtroom. She is known for creative, aggressive approaches to complex commercial disputes, with experience spanning partnership, contract, real estate, RICO, securities, trafficking, malpractice, tax, and insurance matters. Lauren’s work has drawn significant media attention, including her representation of over 200 victims of child pornography, rape, and trafficking in Fleites v. MindGeek—a landmark case against the largest online porn company, Visa, and several hedge funds, which was covered by major outlets such as The New York Times, CNN, and Bloomberg. She also represented Fairfax Financial Holdings in a decade-long dispute of Wall Street hedge funds that led to the largest insider trading conviction in history and inspired the Showtime drama “Billions.” · Commercial Litigation

Michael J. Bowe

Michael Bowe has more than 34 years of experience litigating high-stakes disputes for both plaintiffs and defendants at trial and on appeal. A founding partner of Brithem LLP, Mike is known for turning complex matters into clear, compelling stories, often developing novel solutions where others see none. Recognized for his fearless advocacy, his work includes the pursuit of hedge fund titan Steve Cohen and groundbreaking litigation involving child sexual abuse and human trafficking claims against MindGeek (now Aylo), Visa, and related financiers. A trusted crisis manager, he has guided companies and high-net-worth individuals through significant legal risk and is widely recognized by clients, peers, and the media as an elite trial lawyer. Mike’s practice spans civil RICO, complex commercial litigation, real estate disputes, and criminal and regulatory defense. His work has drawn significant media attention, including his representation of over 200 victims of child pornography, rape, and trafficking in Fleites v. MindGeek—a landmark case against the largest online porn company, Visa, and several hedge funds. For Fairfax Financial Holdings, he responded to a short-selling attack by three of Wall Street’s most powerful hedge funds with a civil RICO lawsuit credited with saving the company and restoring $2 billion in investor value. And at trial for the Pershing Square Foundation, he secured a jury verdict for millions in withheld insurance coverage. · Civil RICO