Bryan Robert Thurman Gales

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Attorney

  Firm Name

  Venable LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Represented financial institutions in commercial litigation involving both statutory
  common law retail bank claims, including disputes over account documentation, transactions,
  financial instruments.
  Advised
  represented multiple companies throughout the federally regulated process of reporting
  recalling defective products through the CPSC.
  Represented lenders
  loan servicers in lender liability actions brought under FDCPA, RESPA, TILA,
  other consumer fraud statutes.
  Conducted months-long investigation of retailer's regulatory practices to identify areas of risk
  to ensure regulatory compliance, with a specific focus on consumer product regulations.
  Represented publicly traded company in discovery phase of SEC investigation.
  Drafted opinion letter for property
  casualty insurance company to provide analysis of insurance policy in preparation for litigation.
  Represented a brokerage firm in a contract dispute with an energy company involving claims
  counterclaims arising out of a failed multimillion dollar advisory contract.
  Advised an international electronics company to ensure compliance with OSHA st
  ards, CDRH st
  ards,
  federal regulations when importing a new product.
  Defended a security services company in construction-related litigation against a real estate developer's claims.
  Defended a multinational employer against an ex-employee's breach of employment contract claim.
  Represented employer in suit against ex-employee involving breach of contract
  fraud claims.
  Pro Bono Matters
  Represented a state prison inmate in Civil Rights Act litigation.
  Obtained a settlement for a tenant from her former l
  lord in a security deposit suit.