Brian S. Pafundi is an associate in the firm’s Minneapolis office focusing on antitrust and consumer protection class actions.
Mr. Pafundi received his B.A. in Political Science in 2005 and a Master of Arts degree in Mass Communications in 2009, both from the University of Florida. His graduate research focused on communications law and policy generally, and specifically, public records and open meetings laws. His research on public access to criminal discovery records has been quoted by the Tennessee Supreme Court, see Tennessean v. Metro. Gov’t of Nashville, 485 S.W.3d 857, 871 (Tenn. 2016), and is cited in LaFave and Israel’s Criminal Procedure Practice Series treatise. See n. 198, § 23.1(d) Closed proceedings: First Amendment right of access, 6 Crim. Proc. § 23.1(d) (4th ed.).
Mr. Pafundi graduated from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 2010. After law school he worked as an Assistant Public Defender for the State of Minnesota where he handled a full and diverse caseload, including representing juveniles in delinquency proceedings and representing hundreds of adult criminal defendants across Minnesota’s Third Judicial district.
During his tenure with the Public Defender’s office, Mr. Pafundi served as lead attorney for numerous serious felony trials and represented a handful of individuals indicted on first-degree murder charges from initial appearance all the way through resolution of the matter.
Since joining Pearson Warshaw, Mr. Pafundi has worked on many of the firm’s complex antitrust litigation matters, including all three protein cases, while also assisting on a handful of the false and deceptive advertising matters, leveraging his research background and courtroom experience to enhance the firm’s work across all cases.
