Our Team

Chris Dryden is well-recognized as a leading payments industry attorney with expertise in many subfields therein that range from corporate governance and planning, contract drafting, transactions to mergers and acquisitions, federal and state regulatory compliance and overall business consulting. What sets Chris and Global Legal’s attorneys apart from other industry attorneys is their considerable litigation experience concerning all of those subject matters.

James Huber, expert payments litigator, cryptocurrency consultant, husband and father of two, works heavily in the compliance field; helping electronic payment processing companies avoid getting fined, arrested, violate rules, or get sued from internal or external threats. Drawing on experience from white-collar criminal defense, civil litigation, and general business advise, including heavy litigation in the payments space, James successfully advises his clients how to avoid litigation.

But some clients contact Global when it’s too late to avoid litigation, and many clients have learned that litigation can also be used as a powerful sword, when you have the right attorneys.  James, therefore, litigates often. That includes defending and pursuing electronic payments companies. James is also well-versed in mergers and acquisitions, compliance, contract review, internal operations, regulatory defense including FTC, CFPB, DOJ, AG, Class-Actions, and all legal aspects that affect a business.

Mr. Herndon is an attorney at the Global Legal Law Firm, whose attorneys are well-recognized as top industry experts. Mr. Herndon works in the compliance field helping electronic payment processing companies avoid getting fined, arrested, violate rules, or get sued from internal or external threats. Mr. Herndon is also involved in litigation in the payments space, including defending and pursuing electronic payments companies.

Michael Douglas is an experienced litigator and outside counsel for large, multi-national corporations. Michael specializes in payments, fintech and banking litigation and is on the cutting-edge of legal issues surrounding emerging markets in cryptocurrency, NFTs and gaming. He has also spent considerable time advocating for and advising clients in complex insurance coverage matters. Throughout his career, Michael has litigated complex civil matters in state and federal courts across the West Coast. He is counsel of record in favorable published decisions in the California Court of Appeal and Ninth Circuit. Michael has successfully defended and prosecuted matters for his clients in complex, high-dollar-value litigation ascending up to and including the California Supreme Court. His approach to litigation, transactional matters and outside counsel services is personal and practicable. Michael enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, camping, and playing golf. He is also an avid NFL football fan. Outside of his professional career, Michael is actively involved with charities and organizations advocating for Cystic Fibrosis and mental health patients.

Bryce began his legal career working in insurance defense with an emphasis on personal injury and premises liability. He then pivoted to Plaintiff’s work, handling cases involving personal injury, products liability and medical malpractice, for which he was responsible for from intake to resolution. He then went back to defense work, returning to insurance defense and now adding complex civil litigation to his repertoire, which has served him well at Global Legal, representing merchants, and payment processors in the payments sphere. Bryce lives in San Diego with his wife Allison, with whom he raises six children. He enjoys golfing, surfing and hiking.

Bradley Crosley is a seasoned attorney with a successful background of guiding clients through a wide array of transactional and courtroom challenges. In addition to litigating countless subject matters, including electronic payment processing and complex business disputes, Brad has served as general counsel for a nationally operating corporation in complex real estate financing and development projects including public private partnerships and infrastructure development ventures. These experiences allow him to see matters from the perspective of the client and create pragmatic solutions and strategies that are custom suited to the wants and needs of the individual client. Brad serves our clients in planning, compliance and transactions, as well as advocating on their behalf in litigated matters.

Bill is a post-bar law clerk at Global Legal Law Firm and works in its electronic payments practice. Prior to joining Global Legal, Bill clerked for the DOJ where he provided recommendations to the United States Attorney’s Office in matters related to civil litigation defense, qui tam, and federal whistleblower actions. A scholar of the Bank Secrecy Act, Bill enjoys working with the top industry experts at Global Legal because doing so allows him to combine his legal knowledge with the experience he gained in the compliance field from prior to law school when he worked as an anti-money laundering management consultant.

In law school, Bill was a Legal Honors Program Intern for the SEC’s Division of Examinations where he developed competency in the capital markets and was exposed to the evolving regulatory landscape of cryptocurrency and disruptive FinTech. Bill graduated cum laude from California Western School of Law and earned four American Jurisprudence Awards for achieving the highest grade in four of his classes: (1) Corporate Finance, (2) Securities Regulation, (3) Advanced Legal Research, and (4) Administrative Law. Outside of his professional career, Bill enjoys bodybuilding, powerlifting, and playing rugby.