Bradley R. (“Brad”) Bruner, Esq.

Vice President and Managing Partner, West Coast; In-House Practice Group Leader

Phone: 866-910-6751

Fax: 866-632-2062

Located in…

Bio

Bradley R. (“Brad”) Bruner, Esq. graduated from Harvard Law School and originally earned both his Masters and Bachelors degrees from Stanford University. A past Fulbright Scholar, Brad has lived in the northeastern, southeastern and western United States as well as several locations throughout Europe, and he brings a global market perspective to his work with candidates and clients. Brad began his legal career as an associate in the San Francisco Bay Area offices of top firms Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Fenwick & West LLP. He then jumped into the vibrant Silicon Valley technology scene as a Corporate Counsel for Yahoo! Inc. during the heady days of the dot-com boom. Brad continued his in-house career as Director of Legal Affairs for GetThere L.P., an internet-based business travel company, before finally becoming a legal recruiter for a California-based recruiting firm.

Brad brings years of experience recruiting attorneys at all levels in both companies and top global law firms, and his long-term clients include some of the most recognizable global technology companies. (Please see his Recent Representative Placements below for specific examples.) Brad has assisted many candidates and clients with long-distance searches involving relocations. He emphasizes working closely with his candidates to prepare them in-depth for each step of the search process, and with each new search, he lives for the knowledge that both his candidates and clients end up satisfied that a perfect fit has been found. Brad has also aided both his in-house and law-firm clients with innovative implementation of temporary attorneys/staff to help meet their changing needs. In his spare time, Brad is an avid cinemaphile and reader, enjoys traveling around the world, is increasingly dabbling in photography, and has been known to do some writing of his own. In addition to English, he is fluent in German and Italian.

Education

Stanford University; A.B. in International Relations & Italian; A.M. in German Studies
Middlebury College Intensive Summer Language Schools in German and in Italian
Fulbright Scholar, Berlin, Germany
Harvard Law School; J.D.

RECENT REPRESENTATIVE PLACEMENTS

IN-HOUSE/ CORPORATE

Associate General Counsel, Corporate/M&A (Europe) for a major technology company in its continental European headquarters
Legal Director – Entertainment and Digital Video for a major West Coast technology corporation
Legal Director, technology transactions/licensing, for a Silicon Valley technology product development-focused corporation
Head legal compliance officer for one of the world’s leading technology companies
National director of public policy for a premier technology company (U.S. East Coast)
Lead patent counsel for technology product start-up company (U.S. West Coast)
Lead counsel for online video gaming division of major entertainment/media company
Divisional general counsel for a globally-recognized online entertainment website
Counsel, Payments and Finance for major international corporation
Multi-lingual Central & South American Lead Counsel responsible for content-based commercial transactions in multiple languages for a leading West Coast-based global technology company
Senior employment law attorney at a top Pacific Northwest-based corporation
General Counsel for technology product start-up company
Top government-contracting attorney for major international cloud-computing corporation
Added dozens of additional attorneys with top credentials (including more than 20 commercial/technology transactions attorneys alone) to the legal departments of some of the world’s top global technology, media/entertainment and retail corporations

LAW FIRM

Opened first West Coast office for vibrant AmLaw100 East Coast-based law firm by successfully recruiting multiple partners with different but compatible legal teams
Moved IP team with multi-million-dollar book of business to more appropriate business platform at growing firm within Silicon Valley
Helped move Employee Benefits/ERISA partner with sizeable book of business to more appropriatelaw-firm platform in New York City
Moved West Coast patent partner from IP boutique firm to larger firm with more business crossover potential
Helped well-credentialed associates relocate cross-country as well as to different locations on both the U.S. East Coast and West Coast, respectively