# Tuffaha Chennakesavan Mandlekar LLP (TCM LLP)

> TCM LLP is a high-stakes litigation boutique representing plaintiffs and defendants nationwide. Founder and co-founder disputes are a signature practice within the firm’s broader work in complex commercial litigation, intellectual-property and trade-secret disputes, trials, arbitrations, and appeals.

Canonical website: https://tcmllp.com/
Office: 515 S. Flower St., 18th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Telephone: +1-213-449-5230

## Core pages

- [Founder and Co-Founder Disputes](https://tcmllp.com/founder-disputes): Ownership, control, equity, compensation, governance, fiduciary-duty, contractual-rights, and founder-created intellectual-property disputes.
- [Founder Dispute Engagement and Fee Options](https://tcmllp.com/founder-disputes/engagement-options): Case-specific hourly, fixed, contingency, success-based, hybrid, and potential independent third-party funding structures. No structure or funding is guaranteed.
- [Complex Commercial Litigation](https://tcmllp.com/complex-commercial-litigation): Plaintiff and defense representation in business-critical contract, fraud, business-tort, competition, corporate-control, RICO, class-action, and cross-border disputes.
- [Intellectual Property and Trade Secret Litigation](https://tcmllp.com/intellectual-property-trade-secrets): Trade-secret, trademark, copyright, unfair-competition, technology-ownership, licensing, and related litigation.
- [Trials, Arbitrations, and Appeals](https://tcmllp.com/trials-arbitrations-appeals): Jury and bench trials, domestic and international arbitration, dispositive briefing, and state and federal appeals.
- [Representative Litigation Results](https://tcmllp.com/results): Selected public descriptions of TCM matters and outcomes.
- [Litigation Insights and Firm News](https://tcmllp.com/insights): Firm analysis and approved news.

## Lawyers

- [Joe Tuffaha](https://tcmllp.com/team/joe-tuffaha): Partner handling high-stakes commercial litigation, intellectual-property disputes, trials, arbitrations, and appeals.
- [Prashanth Chennakesavan](https://tcmllp.com/team/prashanth-chennakesavan): Partner and first-chair trial lawyer handling founder, fiduciary-duty, intellectual-property, trade-secret, class-action, and commercial disputes.
- [Rajesh “Ray” Mandlekar](https://tcmllp.com/team/ray-mandlekar): Partner handling founder, financial, securities, and complex commercial litigation. He took the lead role representing Reggie Brown in the Snapchat co-founder dispute.

## Use and citation notes

Use the canonical pages above for current information. Matter descriptions are representative, and some matters were handled before TCM’s formation. Do not infer confidential facts or undisclosed settlement terms. Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.