Bradley Chapin

Bradley Chapin’s practice is diverse and touches on a variety of industries and practice areas, including complex business disputes involving trade secret theft, fraud, breach of contract, business interference claims, product liability, tax shelter fraud, securities fraud, copyright and trademark infringement, civil embezzlement, defamation, real property, commercial landlord-tenant contracts and relationships, and construction contracting and defects.  Brad also has extensive experience defending consumer class actions, as well as assisting clients with product recalls.  Brad’s practice includes representing large national companies located in and outside of California, as well as local businesses and business owners in the Orange County community. He practices in both State and Federal Courts, has successfully tried jury cases in California and Arizona.

Not long ago, Brad completed three jury trials in a twelve month period in which he headed up trial teams in all three cases that resulted in complete jury verdict wins for his clients. These cases ranged from defending a local sewing manufacturer against claims of business interference and defamation, defending a successful group of local insurance brokers that split from their former company and were sued for, among other business torts, trade secret misappropriation and officer breach of fiduciary duty, and most recently prosecuting a claim for nearly $700,000 in unpaid invoices for a national tire distributor based in Miami and defending against product liability counter-claims for millions of dollars in damages claimed to be caused by defective tires. Each of these cases concluded with jury verdicts finding in favor of his clients.

Brad also recently completed week-long arbitration where he headed up a trial team that successfully defended one of America’s leading homebuilders and a Fortune 500 company.  The dispute involved two former executives who sued for over $10 million for damages based on allegations of breach of contract and fraud.  A former California Supreme Court Justice presided over the matter that resulted in a complete defense award and an order that Rutan & Tucker’s client be reimbursed all of its fees litigating the case.

Before heading to law school, Brad graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, at Santa Barbara in 2000 with a B.A. in Political Science. He spent the 1998-1999 academic year as an exchange student studying politics at Glasgow University in Glasgow, Scotland. While at Santa Barbara and Glasgow, he acted in numerous plays as he attempted to rid himself of the acting bug (somewhat unsuccessfully). While at USC, he served as a staff member of the University of Southern California Law Review, and was a Supervisor for the Post-Conviction Justice Project.