Massey & Gail LLP

Partner

Bret Vallacher is a commercial litigator who has represented clients on both sides of the “V” in high-stakes cases and appeals. He has defended Fortune 100 companies and the United States Government from civil suits and represented classes of plaintiffs—including shareholders, employees, and consumers—in advancing their claims for relief. His experience spans a wide range of matters, including contract, securities, antitrust, employment, trade secret, trademark, deceptive trade practices, fraud, defamation, election law, and constitutional takings.

Before joining the firm, Bret served as a Trial Attorney in the Commercial Litigation Branch of the United States Department of Justice, where he first-chaired dozens of cases in federal trial and appellate courts involving breach of contract, constitutional takings, employment disputes, bid protests, and international trade. Earlier in his career, Bret clerked for federal trial and appellate judges and practiced at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP and Jones Day.

Bret received his J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he served as a judicial extern to the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals and worked in the Stanford Criminal Defense Clinic, where he successfully obtained dismissals for all of his clients.

Stanford Law School, J.D., pro bono distinction, 2013 Dartmouth College, B.A., cum laude, 2010