Brett G. Mead

Brett G. Mead is an Associate at Schertler Onorato Mead Sears & Manning in Washington, DC. He joined the firm in 2025 and focuses on complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense. His practice also includes corporate internal investigations and compliance, securities litigation and enforcement, civil litigation, and False Claims Act matters. He represents clients in disputes and investigations involving regulators, business counterparties, and government agencies.

Mead studied at Columbia Law School and Washington University in St. Louis. Before entering his current practice, he served as a law clerk to Judge Dennis Jacobs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge Deborah Chasanow of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Those clerkships provided experience with both appellate and trial-court decision-making and complex federal litigation.

Mead’s representative work includes advising witnesses in FINRA, SEC, and Department of Justice investigations, representing venture capital fund managers in arbitration over carried-interest distributions, and handling disputes involving pharmaceutical and technology companies. His matters have also included securities litigation, intellectual property and advancement disputes, contractual claims involving a business-to-business software company, and an internal investigation concerning alleged fraudulent grading practices at an educational institution.

Brett G. Mead previously worked at a large international law firm in New York and at a New York white-collar litigation boutique. In those roles, he represented clients in financial services, technology, pharmaceuticals, education, airlines, and metal refining. His background across investigations, commercial disputes, securities matters, and federal clerkships supports a practice focused on careful legal analysis, strategic advocacy, and practical handling of complex litigation risk.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Schertler Onorato Mead Sears & Manning
• Member, New York State Bar Association

Licensed State

• New York

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