Welcome to another edition of our Litigation Leaders series, featuring the litigation practice leaders of the biggest firms in the country. 

Meet Brad Brian, the chair of Munger, Tolles & Olson based in Los Angeles. Brian is regularly called on to defend law firms in malpractice lawsuits and by Fortune 500 companies in high-profile matters. Brian, notably, defended Transocean in litigation arising from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and PG&E in litigation arising out of California wildfires. What follows is a portion of our exchange.