Theresa Trzaskoma’s practice covers both civil and white-collar criminal matters. She has extensive experience representing individual and corporate clients in criminal investigations and prosecutions on the state and federal levels, and in proceedings before regulatory agencies. Her white-collar cases have involved allegations of insurance fraud, antitrust violations, options backdating, securities fraud, money laundering, OFAC violations, improper mutual fund trading practices, embezzlement, insider trading, and tax-related fraud.

Ms. Trzaskoma also represents clients in civil litigation matters in federal and state courts across the country, as well as in international and domestic arbitrations. She has litigated a range of commercial cases, including securities and other class action litigation, and complex contract disputes.  Ms. Trzaskoma recently obtained summary judgment on behalf of a client in a significant case confirming the validity of the established business relationship defense under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Ms. Trzaskoma is a member of the New York City Bar, where she is a member of the judiciary committee.

From 1997 to 1998, Ms. Trzaskoma served as a law clerk to the Honorable Stephen R. Reinhardt in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Prior to joining Brune & Richard in 2004, she was associated for five and a half years with the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.

Ms. Trzaskoma graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 1997 and was elected to Order of the Coif. At Texas, she was a Townes-Rice Scholar, was installed in the Chancellors Honor Society, and served as an Articles Editor on the Texas Law Review. Ms. Trzaskoma attended the Honors College at the University of Michigan and graduated in 1990 with a B.A. in Classical Archaeology.