About Attorney Chetan Patil

Chetan Patil is the founder and Managing Partner of the Patil Law. He brings over 15 years of extensive experience in diverse complex disputes and transactions, across the country. Mr. Patil specializes in litigations, trials, arbitrations, and appeals of complex securities, FINRA, financial and business disputes, with an emphasis in securities, financial services, and financial regulatory law.

Few attorneys have the depth and breadth of his legal experience and judgment. He has handled and overseen well over a thousand litigation and arbitration cases, in Federal and State Courts, and arbitration forums across the country. Chetan has represented defrauded investors, family trusts, family offices, public and private companies of all kinds (including banks and other financial institutions), broker dealers, registered investment advisors, advisory firms, and securities brokers.

Chetan’s vast trial and arbitration experience includes business, securities, and financial fraud; breach of contract; real estate transactions and disputes; employment disputes; unfair competition; noncompete and restrictive covenant cases; and intellectual property disputes including copyright and trademark infringement. He is a highly experienced and respected litigator as well as an effective negotiator.

Mr. Patil began his career at a large (over 150 attorneys) Midwestern law firm. He then was recruited to a senior litigation position at Cetera Financial Group, one of the largest brokerage firms in the United States with over $115 billion in assets under management as of 2022. In this role, he managed internal attorneys, external legal counsel, significant regulatory matters, and significant legal matters with exposure exceeding $1 million. On average, he would be responsible for an annual litigation portfolio of approximately $20 million.

Since its inception, Patil Law has recovered over $25 million on behalf of its clients.

Chetan travels extensively serving the Patil Firm’s clients. The Firm is proud that its clients are located across the entire United States. Chetan is active in community organizations and generously gives his time and expertise to various pro bono projects.