Founder
Seattle & California Office
Heidi Bradley
Heidi is a founding partner of BBS, with nearly 20 years of experience in California and Washington representing diverse clients in a broad range of legal matters. She is recognized by Chambers USA as a band-1 antitrust litigator and as a commercial litigator, leading cases from bet-the-company antitrust and securities class actions to internal corporate governance disputes and protection of trade secrets. Across subject areas, Heidi takes a pragmatic and collaborative approach that respects her clients’ business and litigation goals. This approach has helped her achieve outstanding results for her clients, whether through early and favorable settlements, or victory through motion practice, at trial, or on appeal.
Heidi spent the first decade of her legal career at Sullivan & Cromwell in Los Angeles and before that at Heller Ehrman in Seattle and Los Angeles. She represented major technology and banking clients in significant antitrust and securities matters at all stages of litigation, including through trial and appeal. In 2016, Heidi moved back home to Seattle and joined Lane Powell. There she served as lead counsel representing defendants in multiple class actions, achieving complete dismissals of class actions asserting claims ranging from consumer protection, to antitrust, and securities. She has also counseled and represented clients on broad issues outside the class action context, from representing businesses in transactions for approval by the Federal Trade Commission, to victory in commercial arbitrations, to negotiation of early and favorable settlements of business disputes. Heidi also served as a leader in Lane Powell’s litigation department and led the antitrust and securities litigation teams.
Since founding BBS, Heidi has continued to embrace her background as a generalist, and her clients at public and private companies across many industries turn to her for her fearless and practical approach to some of their most challenging issues, from antitrust and trade secret protection, to partnership disputes and class action defense.
Education
Principia College, with highest honors (2000)
Stanford Law School (2004)
Admissions
Washington
California
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Serves as lead counsel representing public company in ongoing cartel investigation by Department of Justice
Regularly represents clients responding to subpoenas issued by state and federal antitrust enforcers in investigations of potential anticompetitive activity by third parties
Advises clients regarding antitrust compliance issues surrounding mergers and joint ventures, as well as product pricing and distribution and participation in trade associations
Successfully represented individual subject of Department of Justice investigation regarding alleged allocation of markets in organic food industry; investigation ended with no criminal charges
Represented Japanese, Korean, and Thai clients in defense of price fixing investigations and multidistrict class actions in the auto parts, CRT screen, and canned seafood markets
Representing major real estate software company in defense of multiple antitrust class actions pending in Western District of Washington alleging conspiracy in multi-family real estate market
Appointed liaison counsel responsible for coordinating joint defense group in defense of multiple consolidated class actions alleging price fixing in the cedar shingle industry; achieved dismissal of all class complaints with prejudice
Represented successful purchaser of large business ordered to be divested by the Federal Trade Commission in significant merger of food distribution companies
Prepared and submitted premerger notification filings in connection with significant mergers and acquisitions
Represented major technology company defending state class action and federal competitor action alleging abuse of monopoly power; achieved favorable settlement of class action following multi-month trial; prevailed in dismissal of all claims in competitor action and affirmance by 10th Circuit following 3-month trial
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Represents fast-growing, publicly traded software company in ongoing trade secret protection arbitrations and litigation in federal courts across the country
Regularly represents top technology, computer hardware, aviation, healthcare, and pharmaceutical companies in public disclosure matters in Washington, Oregon, and California; successfully obtained preliminary and permanent injunctive relief in numerous actions seeking to enjoin public disclosure of trade secrets and other confidential information
Counsels and represents employees and companies in matters involving employee mobility and claims of theft of trade secrets by former employees
Served as counsel representing major transportation network company at trial and before Washington Supreme Court in litigation to protect trade secret information submitted to city for regulatory purposes; Supreme Court affirmed lower court finding that the information constituted a trade secret
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Regularly represents subpoena recipients in state and federal securities and regulatory investigations in industries including cryptocurrency, technology, and retail
Prevailed on motion to dismiss claims against management directors of public company in derivative complaint alleging related parties’ misuse of company resources
Represented major Wall Street bank in defense of multiple securities actions seeking to rescind purchases of mortgage backed securities in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis
Conducted internal investigation on behalf of board of directors of public company related to accounting irregularities and securities compliance issues
Achieved dismissal of securities class action and derivative complaints against public company following stock drop
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Frequently represents individuals and companies in noncompete and corporate ownership and control disputes with partners and former partners
Successfully represented family-owned local food manufacturing company in contractual dispute with major supplier
Achieved dismissal of all claims on behalf of insurer in arbitration brought by major provider following an evidentiary hearing before three-arbitrator panel
Represented financial services company in employment action brought by terminated general counsel; concluded with favorable settlement
Counseled numerous blockchain and cryptocurrency clients in connection with disputes with investors, portfolio companies, and business partners
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Achieved dismissal with prejudice of all claims brought against consumer products and hospitality clients in putative class actions in California and Washington alleging violations of the states’ Consumer Protection Acts
Prevailed on motions to dismiss all claims in multiple putative class actions challenging major technology company’s intellectual property assignment provisions in its employment agreements
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Executive Committee, Washington State Bar Association Antitrust, Consumer Protection, and Unfair Business Practices Section (2019-present)
Chambers & Partners, Antitrust Band 1 (2022)
Chambers & Partners, Litigation (2021-2022)
Super Lawyer (2021-2022)
Super Lawyers Top Women Attorney in Washington (2022)
Super Lawyers Rising Star (2013-2018)
Litigation Star, Benchmark Litigation (2018-present)
Top 250 Women in Litigation, Benchmark Litigation (2017-2019)
Under 40 Hot List, Benchmark Litigation (2017-2018)
Global Competition Review, Litigation of the Year – Cartel Defense Award (2019)
“Shareholder Litigation in Washington State (2d ed.)," Washington State Bar Association, editorial board member (forthcoming)