Renato Mariotti is a partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP and one of the nation's most prominent litigators. He is an accomplished trial attorney who focuses on many types of complex high-stakes litigation, defends firms and individuals in enforcement actions, conducts internal investigations, advises and advocates for clients in the digital asset and crypto space, and helps trading firms navigate some of their most challenging hurdles. He is a graduate of the Yale Law School.

Renato has tried and won more than 20 civil and criminal cases in federal and state court. Among them was United States v. Jitesh Thakkar, the first-ever criminal case charging a non-trader with a form of market manipulation. After Renato's cross-examination of the government's star witness caused the witness to admit there was no conspiracy, the judge acquitted Mr. Thakkar of conspiracy, finding that no rational jury could find him guilty. When 10 out of 12 jurors voted for acquittal on the remaining counts, the Justice Department dismissed them shortly thereafter, resulting in complete acquittal for Mr. Thakkar.

Renato is a former federal prosecutor in the Securities and Commodities Fraud Section of the United States Attorney's Office. In that role, Renato was best known as the lead prosecutor in United States v. Michael Coscia, the nation's first federal prosecution of a high-frequency trader for order entry and the first prosecution nationwide under the anti-spoofing provision of the Dodd-Frank Act. This landmark case captured national headlines and signaled a new era of enforcement in computer-aided trading. After securing a first-of-its-kind indictment, Renato successfully defended the constitutionality of the spoofing and commodity fraud statutes. At the end of a lengthy trial, the jury returned a guilty verdict on all 12 counts after less than one hour of deliberation.