- Criminal DefenseHarland Braun is a named Partner at Braun & Braun, LLP. Mr. Braun has over 50 years of experience in the legal profession and is a premier Los Angeles criminal defense attorney.
- FraudAs an Assistant United States Attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Los Angeles, Mr. Braun served in several divisions at the U.S. Attorney’s Office including the computer crimes section, the anti-terrorism section and securities fraud and financial crimes (or “major frauds”) section. Mr. Braun supervised criminal investigations involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and numerous other federal and state law enforcement agencies.
- White Collar CrimesOur firm boasts a comprehensive white-collar practice including areas such as fraud, tax evasion, and government corruption.
- MurderMr. Braun received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 1967 where he served as Senior Editor on the UCLA Law Review. After law school, Mr. Braun worked at the Office of Economic Opportunity in Washington, D.C. From 1968 to 1973, Mr. Braun was a Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney, where he prosecuted five members of the Manson family, as well as co-prosecuted a case for a murder that occurred in Switzerland.
- Money LaunderingInsider trading, tax evasion, economic espionage, bribery, political corruption and campaign-related offenses, tariff evasion and other customs-related offenses, health care fraud, offenses related to the excessive dispensing of medications by physicians, false corporate records and accounting fraud, loan fraud, regulatory offenses related to wholesale distribution and storage of meat and other food products, weapons and explosives trafficking, money laundering, computer hacking and intrusion, illegal telephone wiretapping, various vehicle-related offenses, and quasi-criminal asset forfeiture proceedings pursued by federal and state governments.
- ManslaughterRepresented director John Landis and Producer George Folsey in the “Twilight Zone” manslaughter trial involving the death of actor Vic Morrow and two children killed by the main rotor of a helicopter that crashed on the set of the Warner Bros. film “Twilight Zone: The Movie.”
- Business DisputesAdam H. Braun is an experienced trial lawyer who provides his clients with aggressive, effective, and dignified representation in court and thoughtful and successful counsel outside of court. Mr. Braun prides himself on the personal service he delivers working hand-in-hand with the client to identify the client’s goals, design the strategy necessary to achieve those goals, and present the client’s case to the jury, judge or arbitrator in the most compelling manner possible or advocate on a client’s behalf to maximize value in business negotiations.
- Intellectual Property
- Wrongful Termination
- Real Estate Litigation
- Construction Litigation
- Personal InjuryBreach of contract, libel actions against newspapers and other publications, construction defect, personal injury, real estate disputes, insurance coverage, fraudulent conveyance, trust and estate disputes, wrongful discharge and other employment-related claims, partnership dissolution disputes, tortious interference with business opportunities, and asset forfeiture cases pursued by federal and state governments.
- Estate Planning