Bryan G. Lesser

EXPERIENCE:
Bryan represents clients in a wide range of matters, including first amendment issues, defamation, breaches of fiduciary duty, copyright and trademark infringement, legal malpractice, and fraud. Bryan has extensive experience in all phases of litigation including pleadings, discovery, depositions, dispositive motions, expert discovery, trials, and appeals. Prior to joining Mandell P.C., Bryan was a State Appellate Defender and argued multiple cases in front of the Illinois Supreme Court.

As a Certified Information Privacy Professional (“CIPP”), Bryan is experienced in digital privacy violations, data protection concerns, and consumer class actions.

In his free time, Bryan is an accomplished musician and singer-songwriter, as well as an intermediate computer programmer.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES:

• International Association of Privacy Professionals
• Media Law Resource Center
• ABA Forum on Communications Law

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:

• Don’t SLAPP the Messenger, 114 Ill. B.J. 42 (2026)
• Are EBT Cards “Debit Cards” Under the FACTA, 78 Consumer Fin. L.Q. Rep. 2 (2025)
• A Tender You Can’t Refuse, 111 Ill. B.J. 30 (2023)
• Record Labels Shot the Artists, but They Did Not Share the Equity, 16 Geo. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 289 (2018)
• Co-author, Media Law Resource Center, Media Privacy & Related Law 50-State Survey, Illinois Chapter

ADMISSIONS:

• Illinois
• United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• United States District Court, Central District of Illinois
• United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin

Not a licensee of the State Bar of California

EDUCATION:

• Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
• Lawrence University, B.A. cum laude