Press & Recognition
Awards, rankings, press coverage, and published work. Every entry links to its original source.
Awards & Rankings
Chambers and Partners · 2026
Chambers USA: Spotlight 2026 — Fintech (Los Angeles)
Firm-level ranking in the Chambers Spotlight guide, Chambers and Partners' guide to leading boutique and small firms.
Lawdragon · June 5, 2026
The 2026 Lawdragon 500 X — The Next Generation
Chanté Eliaszadeh named to Lawdragon's guide to the next generation of leading lawyers, recognized for Crypto Regulation, Disputes, and Blockchain.
The Burton Awards · 2024
Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award (2024 Burton Award)
Awarded for the Banking Law Journal article "A New ‘Operation Choke Point’? The Quickly Constricting Rules on Crypto Activities for Banks" (Landy, Cuccinello, Eliaszadeh).
The Legal 500 · 2023
The Legal 500 USA — Financial Services Regulation
Ranking of White & Case LLP, where Chanté Eliaszadeh was then an associate.
Best Lawyers · 2027
Ones to Watch in America 2027 — Commercial Litigation
Brandon Orewyler was included in the 2027 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Commercial Litigation. Best Lawyers states that no fees are accepted for consideration or inclusion.
Best Lawyers · 2026
Ones to Watch in America 2026 — Commercial Litigation
Brandon Orewyler named to Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America for Commercial Litigation (2026 edition) — a peer-review recognition earned during his tenure at Ervin Cohen & Jessup.
California Bar Foundation · 2017
California Bar Foundation Diversity Scholarship
Chanté Eliaszadeh named among fifteen Berkeley Law first-year students awarded the 2017 California Bar Foundation Diversity Scholarship.
In the Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · April 29, 2026
Gelasio v. Zafar, No. 24-7277 — unanimous reversal
Brandon Orewyler argued before a Ninth Circuit panel in San Francisco on February 10, 2026, while at his prior firm. On April 29, 2026, the panel unanimously reversed the district court's dismissal for lack of personal jurisdiction over foreign digital-asset defendants. The disposition is unpublished and reaches jurisdiction only, not the merits. The oral argument recording is published by the court on its own channel: Ninth Circuit oral argument, No. 24-7277.
Press Mentions
Sandmark · August 6, 2026
AI Agents Can Move Money – Lawyers Say Nobody Knows Who’s Liable
Chanté Eliaszadeh is quoted throughout part four of Sandmark’s seven-part Agentic AI series, by Jona Jaupi, on the control test for AI-agent liability, the E-SIGN Act starting point, the split between the Ooki DAO ruling and immutable smart contracts, and the unresolved Regulation E question for agent-initiated payments.
crypto.news · August 14, 2026
AI cannot bear liability for losing trades, responsibility follows delegation: Brickken CEO
Chanté Eliaszadeh’s analysis cited — as reported by Sandmark, not a separate interview — on liability following control, and on developer exposure where a system marketed for autonomous trading fails in a foreseeable way.
Sandmark · July 2, 2026
The New Economics of Crypto Treasury Companies
Chanté Eliaszadeh, founding principal of Astraea Counsel, quoted on Investment Company Act of 1940 exposure for crypto treasury companies.
The New York Times · December 27, 2018
Remember Bitcoin? Some Investors Might Want to Forget
Chanté Eliaszadeh quoted as a source.
The New York Times · January 13, 2018
Everyone Is Getting Hilariously Rich and You're Not
Chanté Eliaszadeh quoted as a source.
Published Work
Law360 — Expert Analysis · August 13, 2026
Complying With Calif. Crypto License Law's 11th-Hour Rewrite
Chanté Eliaszadeh and Brandon Orewyler on the two rewrites that landed in the final 48 hours before California's Digital Financial Assets Law took effect — S.B. 97's repeal of the stablecoin chapter, the narrowed pending-application safe harbor, and the $500,000 surety bond that appears nowhere in the regime.
Global Legal Insights · 2024 and 2025 editions
The Regulation of Stablecoins in the United States
Chanté Eliaszadeh, co-author of the U.S. stablecoin chapter in Global Legal Insights: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation.
The Banking Law Journal · May 2023
A New “Operation Choke Point”? The Quickly Constricting Rules on Crypto Activities for Banks
Co-authored analysis of crypto banking-access restrictions; winner of the 2024 Burton Award (Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award).
Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast · November 27, 2017
Shussh and Save Your IP: Trade Secret Law with Matt Caplan
Podcast episode on trade-secret protection with guest Matt Caplan (Cooley), hosted by Tony Bedel '18 and Chante Eliaszadeh '20.
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