Scott Malzahn

Managing Partner
Waymaker LLP
UC Law San Francisco
Litigation

Scott Malzahn is the managing partner at Waymaker where he specializes in fintech and anti-SLAPP litigation. He recently secured a precedent-setting anti-SLAPP victory for eGumball by building on his previous unanimous California Supreme Court win in FilmOn.com Inc. v. DoubleVerify Inc. This record of success extends to the Central District of California where he obtained an $18.3-million trade secrets award for International Medical Devices Inc.

Malzahn provides strategic counsel to cryptocurrency exchanges like Kraken and won the dismissal of an $80-million bitcoin theft dispute. Leveraging his background in constitutional advocacy he served on the trial team that struck down the California same-sex marriage ban in Perry v. Schwarzenegger. He serves as the Equality California treasurer and on the board of Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles.