Adjunct Professor Brandi has tried cases in 15 jurisdictions and has obtained numerous jury verdicts ranging from $1 million to $1 billion. A lawyer for more than 30 years, in 1993 Brandi started his own firm, The Brandi Law Firm, representing plaintiffs in serious injury and mass tort cases. He was Consumer Attorneys of California Trial Lawyer of the year in 2004 and three time nominee for Trial Lawyer of the Year for the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association. Brandi has been included in Best Lawyers in America since 1994 and in the top 100 attorney rankings of Superlawyers since 2004. He is past president of the Consumer Attorneys of California and the San Francisco Trial Lawyers, and a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, American College of Trial Lawyers, American Board of Trial Advocates, and Litigation Counsel of America. He was named USF School of Law Alumnus of the Year in 2009.