A former federal prosecutor, Randy Luskey is one of the Bay Area’s leading litigators and finest trial lawyers. Luskey has deep experience across a range of sensitive, high-stakes matters, including white collar and regulatory enforcement defense, internal investigations, franchise-threatening commercial disputes and complex class actions, in California and federal courts across the country. He is undefeated in the nine cases he has tried to verdict, and has negotiated favorable outcomes in numerous other high-stakes engagements. Clients have described Luskey as a “titan of his generation at the white-collar bar” and as a “thoughtful tactician that knows how to run and try a case,” while noting his ability to handle challenging situations in a “professional and ingenious way.”
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management | 2026 | Litigation, White Collar, Investigations |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2026 | White Collar, Investigations, False Claims Litigation |
| The Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Crisis Management | 2025 | Litigation, White Collar, Investigations |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2025 | White Collar, Investigations, False Claims Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America | 2024 | White Collar, Investigations, False Claims Litigation |
Luskey has represented Fortune 500 technology and life sciences corporations, public and private academic institutions, private equity and venture capital investors and emerging private companies and their founders in several of the Bay Area’s highest-profile class actions, regulatory matters and commercial disputes. He has handled civil and criminal trade secrets matters, False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute investigations and litigations, regulatory investigations and government enforcement actions, and internal and workplace investigations.
Luskey also has broad experience representing clients in their most important business disputes, including high-value contract, trade secrets misappropriation and unfair competition disputes; product liability and securities fraud litigation; and bankruptcy litigation, among others. Representing clients on both the plaintiff and defense side, he leverages his prosecutorial experience to effectively pursue his clients’ interests.
Luskey previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, where he managed complex government investigations and prosecuted criminal cases involving trade secrets misappropriation, health care fraud and abuse, money laundering and RICO violations.