Byron Tuyay
Biography
Byron Tuyay is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie’s North American Litigation and Government Enforcement group. He is a member of the Antitrust & Competition Practice Group in Los Angeles. He has represented clients in matters involving a broad range of antitrust law issues arising from investigations conducted by the US Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and international competition authorities. Byron also handles matters involving the intersection of consumer protection law and data privacy regulations, ensuring corporate compliance and defending clients in related disputes.
Byron was an Assistant United States Attorney at the US Attorney's Office for the Central District of California where he prosecuted a wide variety of federal crimes including white collar crimes and COVID-19 related fraud schemes, coordinated multi-agency investigations, and conducted federal criminal jury trials. As a federal prosecutor, Byron also briefed and argued appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Before joining the US Attorney's Office, Byron was an attorney at a global law firm where he practiced antitrust and competition law.
Practice Focus
Byron advises clients on all aspects of antitrust and consumer protection law. His experience includes representing clients in civil and grand jury investigations by federal agencies, advising on wide ranging compliance issues, and litigation. He has represented individual and organizational clients in industries ranging from technology, media, financial institutions, pharmaceuticals, energy, consumer promotional products, and sports marketing.
Representative Legal Matters
Prior to joining the firm, Byron handled the following matters:
- Acted as government trial counsel in a health care fraud and money laundering conspiracy matter in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
- Acted as government trial counsel in a drug distribution and National Firearms Act matter stemming from investigation on tribal land in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
- Acted as government counsel in appeal involving Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit resulting in affirmance of trial court's order in government's favor.
- Represented Texas-based promotional products manufacturer and supplier in DOJ price fixing matter in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
- Defended executive in collegiate sports marketing industry in DOJ grand jury investigation into suspected antitrust violations.
- Defended financial industry executive in securities fraud matter in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- Represented multinational hard disk drive manufacturer in connection with European competition authority cartel investigation and advised on antitrust compliance matters.
- Represented logistics industry executive in DOJ investigation involving bid rigging and price fixing allegations among fuel suppliers to US military bases in the Republic of Korea.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Bar Association – Section of Antitrust Law, Member
- California Lawyers Association, Antitrust and Consumer Protection Law Section – Executive Committee Member, Co-Chair of the Inclusion and Diversity Standing Committee
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association – Member
Corporate Responsibility
As part of Byron's pro bono practice, he:
- Assisted in writ of habeas corpus appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of client serving life sentence without parole
- Represented petitioner to the Office of Pardon Attorney and Bureau of Prisons under the 2014 Clemency Project
Admissions
- California~United States (2015)
Education
- Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (JD) (2015)
- New York University (BA) (2009)
Languages
- English