Meet lawyer Max Burwick — ‘The ambulance chaser of crypto’

The New York-based lawyer suing Pump.fun and the Hawk Tuah creators says that when you’re in the public eye, “you’re bound to catch heat.”

It was after clawing back six figures from a decentralized finance (DeFi) scam project in 2021 that New York-based attorney and Navy veteran Max Burwick realized he could take on cryptos biggest grifters and win. 

It changed the way I looked at everything, Burwick tells Magazine. Hes currently suing Solana-based memecoin factory Pump.fun and the creators of the Hawk Tuah (HAWK) token, among many others. 

Two things happened to me at that moment that were critical. One was I understood the dual nature of what people pretend to be in crypto. And I also understood the power that you could have as a lawyer.

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