Nationally recognized for handling complex technology cases, constitutional litigation, and federal white collar defense, Tor Ekeland Law represents clients facing high-stakes legal challenges. With a trial-first approach and deep experience in cutting-edge matters, the firm takes on select cases where experience, strategy, and strong advocacy matter most.
Built for the Cases Others Won't Take
From precedent-setting computer law cases to high-stakes federal trials and appeals, we take on matters that demand experience, strategy, and conviction.
High-Stakes Defense Across Computer Law
Focused on Complex, Technical, and Federal Matters
- Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
- Computer Law
- Constitutional Law
- Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Law
- Federal Appeals
- Federal White Collar Criminal Defense
- Regulatory & Compliance Law
Landmark Cases. Lasting Impact.
Our work has helped shape the future of computer law and federal litigation.
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Landmark CFAA Conviction Vacated on Appeal
Our origin story. The Third Circuit unanimously vacated Andrew Auernheimer's CFAA conviction, setting precedent on computer crime venue that courts and scholars still cite. The case is the subject of the documentary Troll Inc.
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High-Profile Election Cyber Case Ends in Probation
We represented a client accused of DDoS attacks on a congressional campaign website during a contested California election, first reported by Rolling Stone. He faced up to ten years in prison. The Firm negotiated the case down to no prison time, probation, community service, and a fine.
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Federal Felonies Reduced to a Single Misdemeanor
Armed FBI agents raided a security researcher's home after he found unsecured patient data and reported it. We negotiated the federal felony computer-crime case into a single misdemeanor without a custodial sentence.
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Major Financial Case Overturned on Constitutional Grounds
The Firm represented co-defendant Anthony Conti at trial in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and on appeal from a LIBOR interest-rate-manipulation conviction. The Second Circuit reversed the conviction on Fifth Amendment grounds.
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Challenging Secret FISA Evidence
The FBI obtained a FISA warrant based on allegations that Keith Gartenlaub, a Boeing IT manager, provided classified aircraft designs to China, though no evidence established that he did so. As co-counsel with John D. Cline, and later in a petition for certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court, we challenged the warrant’s secrecy and argued that defendants have Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights to examine the basis for a search whose evidence is used against them.
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High-Profile Hacktivist Case Reaches Negotiated Outcome
The Firm represented a hacktivist who helped expose evidence in the Steubenville sexual assault case. He faced up to sixteen years; we negotiated twenty-four months.