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Constantine Economides
Founding Partner
Constantine has wide-ranging litigation experience, with expertise in commercial, securities, cryptoasset, and international litigation, including class actions. Over the past sixteen years, he has represented litigants in some of the most notable fraud-based disputes in United States history.
Before founding Dynamis, Constantine was a litigator with elite litigation boutiques and national firms in New York and Florida. He was part of the team that recovered over $11 billion on behalf of the victims of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, and he also recovered funds on behalf of investors defrauded by failed blood-testing company Theranos, Inc. and its infamous founder, Elizabeth Holmes.
As a former judicial clerk to Judge William P. Dimitrouleas of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, moreover, Constantine assisted the Judge in adjudicating over 100 civil cases.
Constantine currently represents an array of clients in high value litigation and arbitrations in fora nationwide. In addition to handling general commercial litigation, he has expertise with disputes involving cryptoassets, securities, cannabis, gaming, RICO, and/or fraudulent transfers. Constantine also represents plaintiffs and defendants in an array of class actions, and he is adept at navigating Rule 23 (and state analogs) to maximize recoveries for plaintiffs or to minimize liability for defendants.
Constantine is the co-founder of the Federal Bar Association’s Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee, which is designed to marshal and provide professional opportunities for the national network of current and former federal judicial clerks.
Constantine is also an Adjunct Professor teaching Cryptoasset & Fintech Litigation and Disputes at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Constantine frequently blogs about legal issues, including the Electronic Funds Transfer Act , the “Howey Test,” the presidential pardon power, domestic troop deployments, and birthright citizenship.
Selected Experience
Constantine’s engagements include:
Rai v. Ouraring Inc. & Oura Health Oy, Case No. 25-cv- 09654 (N.D. Cal.) (representing former CEO of Oura in bringing claims against Oura for refusal to remit stock options)
Goldberg v. Kaczmarek, Case No. 25-cv-02477 (D. Md.) (representing owner of HoudiniSwap in disputes surrounding ownership and control of company)
Hayden Gateway LLC v. Advanced Flower Capital Inc., Case No. 25-cv-02789 (D.N.J) (representing cannabis business in suing creditor for wrongful claims of default on $100M loan)
Advanced Flower Capital Inc. v. Kanovitz, Case No. 25-cv-02996 (S.D.N.Y.) (defending owners of multistate cannabis business against RICO and fraud claims)
Licht v. Binance, Case No. 24-10447 (D. Mass.) (representing victims of cryptoasset scams in bringing RICO claims against Binance and Zhao)
Chitty v. Portal, Case No. 2024-1129-NAC (Delaware Chancery) (representing investors in crypto project suing note issuers for breach of contract)
Shelat v. Kaizencure LLC, Case No. 24-cv-04696 (N.D. Cal.) (defending business from consumer protection claims in putative class action)
Beal v. Gritstone, Case No. 24-cv-03640 (N.D. Cal.) (obtained dismissal with prejudice on behalf of former CFO)
Soucek v. Roblox Corporation, Case No. 23-cv-04146 (N.D. Cal.) (defending individual defendant against class claims involving Roblox’s platform and digital currency)
Polychain Capital LP v. Shipyard Software, Inc., Case No. 2022-0705 (Delaware Chancery) (litigated dispute between crypto exchange and investor)
Goines v. Celsius Network, LLC, Case No. 22-cv-04560 (D.N.J.) (defending former CFO of Celsius in securities class action under PSLRA)
HMF Affiliates LLC et al v. Weismann et al., Case. No. 21-cv-10078 (S.D.N.Y.) (complex business and real estate dispute involving breach of contract and commercial property)
Lowry v. RTI Surgical Holdings, Inc., No. 20-cv-01939 (N.D. Ill) (obtained eight-figure settlement for class of investors)
Temujin v. Abittan, Case No. 20-CV-372622 (Santa Clara Superior Court) (obtained $50M judgment on fraud and breach of contract claims involving blockchain company)
Coleman v. Theranos, Inc., No. 16-cv-06822 (N.D. Cal.) (reached confidential settlement to recover funds on behalf of defrauded investors)
In re Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, LLC, No. 11-02732 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.) (participated in the recovery from international defendants of billions of dollars on behalf of investors defrauded by Madoff)
Education
New York University School of Law, LL.M., International Legal Studies
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, J.D.
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A.
Admissions
Florida
New York
California
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Court of Appeals: Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court: Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court: Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court: Southern District of Florida
U.S. District Court: Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court: Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court: Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court: Northern District of California