Brandon Wise founded and manages Peiffer Wolf’s St. Louis, Missouri office. His practice is focused on a wide variety of class and mass cases, including an emphasis on mass arbitration.

Brandon leads the firm’s data privacy practice and is a tireless advocate for individual’s privacy rights. As part of the data privacy practice, Brandon has been or is currently counsel in over 400 class action lawsuits brought pursuant to the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). Brandon has been appointed lead counsel in over 3 dozen BIPA cases, and currently serves as lead or interim lead counsel in numerous cases. As part of one of his lead-counsel appointments, Brandon has been called a “leader in biometric privacy litigation.” Selected settlements include:

• Thome v. NovaTime Technology, Inc. 1:19-cv-06256, appointed co-lead counsel in class action that was resolved for $14,100,000.00;
• Alonzo Hayes v. Saddle Creek Corporation, Cas No. 3:19-cv-1143-SMY, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $390,000;
• Crystal Lee v. Neimann Foods, Case No. 2019-L-00152, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $4,200,000;
• Andrew Ellis v. Terminal Operations Management, Inc., Case No. 2019-CH0-9407, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $409,000;
• Belva Joyce Hill v. Valli Produce of Evancston, Inc., Case No. 2019-CH-13196, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $815,000;
• Cassandra Boyle v. Harbor Freight, Case No. 3:19-cv-00498-SMY-GCS, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $595,000;
• Jhamala Thomas v. Kik Custom Products Inc., Case No. 2019-CH-02471, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $957,600;
• Nicole Smith v. D&W Fine Pack, LLC, Case No. 2021-L-00182, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for over $1,000,000;
• Connie Young v. Worldwide Technology, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for over $2,000,000;
• Shannon Delgado v. America’s Auto Auction, Case No. 2019-CH-04164, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $796,000;
• Tanya and Robert Pelka v. Saren Restaurants, Inc., Case No. 2019-CH-14664, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $475,000;
• Timothy Cravens v. Dematic Corp, Case No. 1:20-cv-01190-JBM-JEH, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for over $1,000,000;
• Yeske et al v. Macoupin Energy LLC et al, Case No. 2017-L-24, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $750,000;
• Gary Bird v. Three Z Printing Co, Case No. 2020-L-12, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for over $700,000;
• Glen Ralph v. Get Fresh, Case No. 2019-CH-02324, appointed co-lead counsel in class action that resolved for $675,000;
• Israel James v. Mado Healthcare, Case No. 2019-CH-06140, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $500,000;
• John Charles, et al v. Scheels All Sports Inc., Case No. 2020-L-0180, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $625,000;
• Joseph Trottier v. Summit Staffing, Inc., Case No. 2019-CH-02731, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for $940,000;
• Kevin Truss v. Four Seasons Heating and Air Conditioning, Case No. 2019-CH-09633, appointed lead counsel in class action that resolved for over $700,000;

Brandon is heavily involved in the firm’s data breach practice as well and has served as lead counsel in a number of data breach class actions.

Recently, Brandon has expanded the firm’s reach by helping to build the firm’s mass arbitration practice, which has resulted in settlements for hundreds of thousands of individuals. In this practice, Brandon combines cutting edge technology, automation, legal theories to secure recoveries for individuals who would otherwise not have the ability to go to court or participate in a class action.

Brandon attended St. Louis University School of Law, concentrated in Civil Litigation, won Best Appellant’s Brief in the Giles S. Rich Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition, and graduated with honors.

Areas of Practice

Class Action
Mass Arbitration
Data Privacy
Consumer Protection
Employee Rights
Student Loan Law

Education

B.S., Biological Studies, Illinois State University (magna cum laude)

J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law (Concentration in Civil Litigation) (cum laude)

Bar Admissions

Illinois
Missouri