Crypto Litigation Attorney for Token and Digital Asset Disputes
When a token deal collapses or a counterparty vanishes across borders, Astraea Counsel litigates — led by Brandon Orewyler, who briefed and argued the 2026 Ninth Circuit appeal in Gelasio v. Zafar, where the panel unanimously reversed a dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction in an unpublished disposition reaching jurisdiction only, and who first-chaired a books-and-records trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Lead attorney: Brandon Orewyler, Founder & Principal
- Licensed in California · State Bar No. 324391 — verify
- Consultations scheduled directly with the attorney, not an intake desk
Disputes we take
- A token sale, SAFT, or trading counterparty defaulted — and the defendant is offshore or pseudonymous
- You need to establish, or defeat, personal jurisdiction over a foreign crypto defendant
- A co-founder or investor conflict is heading toward a derivative suit or books-and-records demand
- An exchange, custodian, or protocol froze, lost, or misappropriated your assets
- The case is going up: you need appellate briefing and oral argument
How we litigate
- Case assessment from a litigator who clerked three years in the Los Angeles Superior Court's Complex Division — a read on what judges actually credit, before you spend on discovery
- Prosecution and defense of token, exchange, and custody disputes from pleadings through trial
- Jurisdictional strategy for internet-native and offshore defendants — establishing or defeating personal jurisdiction is a question we brief and argue through the appellate level
- Shareholder, derivative, and governance litigation, including a first-chaired Section 220 books-and-records trial in the Delaware Court of Chancery
- Appellate advocacy in state and federal courts
Recognition
- Astraea Counsel ranked in Chambers USA: Spotlight 2026 — Fintech (Los Angeles)
- Lawdragon 500 X — The Next Generation: Crypto Regulation, Disputes, Blockchain (2026), Chanté Eliaszadeh
- 2024 Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award, The Burton Awards — Chanté Eliaszadeh, co-author (White & Case)
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America — Commercial Litigation (2027), Brandon Orewyler
- Summer honors intern, Cyber Unit, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2018), Chanté Eliaszadeh
- Invited speaker: American Bar Association Business Law Section, Korea Blockchain Week (BIF25), ETHDenver, GRR Live, Blockchain Law for Social Good Conference, Art Basel Miami, and Berkeley Law; keynote, Computational Law & Blockchain Festival
Common Questions
Can I sue a crypto company or founder who is outside the United States?
Often, yes — it depends on the defendant's contacts with the forum. Courts are actively working out how those frameworks apply to virtual conduct, and we brief and argue exactly this question, including before the Ninth Circuit.
Do you handle both plaintiff and defense work?
Yes. Brandon prosecutes token and governance disputes and defends companies and founders — experience that includes complex white collar and securities litigation at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and three years drafting rulings as a complex-court law clerk.
What makes crypto disputes different from ordinary commercial litigation?
Asset tracing, pseudonymous counterparties, cross-border jurisdiction, and technology the court must be taught. Astraea pairs litigation with the firm's own regulatory practice, so the dispute strategy accounts for the compliance exposure — and vice versa.
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