Brian Stretch Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Brian is a seasoned trial lawyer with 25 years of litigation experience. He represents clients in the full range of federal enforcement and internal investigation matters, with a particular emphasis on corporate investigations and criminal defense matters. Brian has prosecuted and defended individuals and corporations in a wide range of government enforcement matters, including matters involving the False Claims Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, securities fraud, insider trading, consumer protection, and healthcare enforcement.

Brian served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California from 2016 to 2018, having spent over 18 years as a federal prosecutor. In addition to the U.S. Attorney post, he held other high-level positions in that office including First Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the Criminal Division. Brian led an office of over 130 lawyers and professionals, overseeing the U.S. Department of Justice’s criminal, civil, tax, and appellate work in the district. He supervised investigations involving financial fraud, healthcare fraud, money laundering, the False Claim Act, public corruption, RICO, computer intrusion, theft of trade secrets, digital currency, terrorism, and civil rights violations, among others.

Brian investigated and prosecuted an array of state offenses committed in Marin County, California, including bank robbery, drug trafficking, domestic violence, gun possession, and sexual assault.

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