Achyut J Phadke

Career

Achyut J. Phadke is a partner in the San Francisco office of Munger, Tolles & Olson.

He focuses on high-stakes securities and technology-related disputes. He regularly represents publicly traded companies and their officers and directors in securities class actions, shareholder litigation and government and internal investigations, and he has represented leading financial institutions in securities litigation. He also represents and advises technology companies in complex business disputes.

Mr. Phadke is co-chair of the ABA's Securities Litigation Committee and has spoken and written on securities law topics. He also maintains an active pro bono practice. He helped lead litigation to open Foothills Park in Palo Alto, California, to non-residents and overturn a ban on non-resident access that had been in place for over 50 years, a result that was recognized by the Daily Journal. He also represented the ACLU of Northern California in public records act litigation related to California's proposed lethal injection regulations. Mr. Phadke is a past board member of the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California.