Brian Bah
Brian Bah is a senior associate in the Dallas office of Reid Collins & Tsai LLP. His practice focuses on complex business and insolvency-related litigation. Brian has represented clients in a broad range of cases in all stages of litigation and arbitration, including pre-suit investigations, pleadings, motion practice, trial preparation, and appeals.
Brian has substantial experience investigating and prosecuting corporate fraud and malfeasance in a variety of contexts. Much of his current caseload involves representing trustees bringing (i) significant fraudulent transfer claims against recipients and (ii) breach of fiduciary duty claims against directors and officers. These cases often also involve professional malpractice suits against law firms and accountants. At his prior firm, Brian spent multiple years working on large-scale cross-border internal investigations involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), environmental crimes, and other bribery, corruption, and fraud issues. Additionally, Brian began his legal career as a judicial clerk working on a collapsed Ponzi scheme—one of the largest in US history—in an SEC receivership.
Prior to joining the firm, Brian spent five years semi-retired as a private investor, actively managing a personal investment portfolio of stocks, bonds, ETFs, ETNs, ADRs, and cryptocurrency. He previously worked as a litigation associate at the Dallas office of Sidley Austin LLP. Prior to Sidley, Brian clerked for the Honorable David C. Godbey of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Brian received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas, where he was an Associate Editor for the Texas Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif upon graduation. During law school, Brian served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Harlin D. Hale, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas, and as a judicial intern to the Honorable Michael Keasler on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Before law school, Brian earned his M.A. in Dispute Resolution from Southern Methodist University, and he received his B.A., magna cum laude, in Political Science from Abilene Christian University.
In addition to his legal practice, Brian devotes time to the Dallas community and currently serves as a member of the Community Police Oversight Board.