Bradley A. Tucker

Bradley Tucker represents clients in complex commercial litigation, government and internal investigations, and financial and investment disputes. He is a former federal prosecutor and special agent with nine years of federal service, as well as significant experience in the private sector.

Prior to joining the firm, Brad served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois. In that role, he led teams of prosecutors and federal agents in criminal investigations involving securities fraud, wire fraud, honest services fraud, bribery, insider trading, money laundering, tax fraud, and other federal criminal violations. His investigations involved broker-dealers, investment advisors, private equity funds, securities and commodities traders, banks, cryptocurrency firms, and other financial services firms. He served as a first-chair trial lawyer, including for securities and wire fraud crimes. His experience included working on parallel DOJ-SEC investigations, and he led one of the Office’s most significant recent insider trading prosecutions. He also briefed and argued multiple appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Brad began his federal service as a special agent in the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, leading investigations involving fraud, national security matters, and military and defense-related misconduct.

Brad was previously a litigation associate at a leading global law firm, where his practice included representing funds and other financial industry clients in complex litigation and regulatory matters, including matters before the SEC, CFTC, FINRA, and various SROs. He served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael Y. Scudder, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Brad earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Northwestern University School of Law, and holds an M.B.A. from the University of Nebraska.