{{short description|American attorney (born 1987)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Kyle Roche | image = File:Roche Bitcoin Conference.png | caption = Roche in 2022 | birth_name = Kyle William Roche | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|30}} | birth_place = Amherst, New York, U.S. | alma_mater = Purdue University (BS)<br />Northwestern University (JD) | occupation = {{hlist|Attorney|real estate developer|philanthropist}} | political_party = Democratic | spouse = {{marriage|Kaylin Marcotte|2024}} | children = 2 | website = [https://rochedevelopment.co/ rochedevelopment.co] }}
'''Kyle Roche''' (born October 30, 1987) is an American attorney and real estate developer from Amherst, New York. He co-owns the real estate development company Roche Development, which handles properties within the Allentown Historic District of Buffalo, New York.
In October 2022, Roche resigned from the Roche Freedman law firm, which he originally co-founded, following targeted lawsuits that garnered controversial reception. The firm was later rebranded to Freedman Normand Friedland, and Roche rejoined the firm in July 2024.
==Early life and education== Kyle Roche grew up in Amherst, New York, son of Kari (née Meyers) and William Roche.<ref name="d759">{{cite web | last=Lakamp | first=Patrick | title=$10 million awarded to injured target archer whose son helped argue the court case | website=The Buffalo News | date=May 30, 2025 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/article_0221a893-f4ab-4aac-ae72-c69573c0e448.html | access-date=July 25, 2025}}</ref> His paternal grandfather was Commodore of the Buffalo Yacht Club.<ref name="y486">{{cite web | title=WILLIAM J. ROCHE | website=The Buffalo News | date=November 29, 1998 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/article_f9002ca4-f984-5de6-96d9-8d8a97d96dc2.html | access-date=July 26, 2025}}</ref> He is the oldest of four siblings, who all attended parochial school at Saints Peter & Paul Church in Williamsville, New York.<ref name="a391">{{cite web | last=Carreyrou | first=John | title=He Went After Crypto Companies. Then Someone Came After Him. | website=The New York Times | date=June 18, 2023 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/business/kyle-roche-crypto-leaks-satoshi.html | access-date=July 25, 2025}}</ref><ref name="w126">{{cite web | last=Buckley | first=Eileen | title='It's revitalized the campus': Catholic school in Williamsville opens Montessori program | website=WKBW-TV | date=September 12, 2025 | url=https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/northtowns/its-revitalized-the-campus-catholic-school-in-williamsville-opens-montessori-program | access-date=September 15, 2025}}</ref> Roche graduated from Canisius High School, where he was accepted after a personal recommendation by National Fuel chief executive officer Bernard Kennedy.<ref name="t299">{{cite web | last=Watson | first=Stephen T. | title=Kyle Roche just bought Buffalo's most expensive mansion. And that's not even the most interesting thing about him | website=The Buffalo News | date=July 20, 2025 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/article_e66192b7-b5d2-410c-bfcc-dce531472248.html | access-date=July 25, 2025}}</ref> The Evans Scholars Foundation awarded Roche a college scholarship in recognition of his work caddying at the Country Club of Buffalo.<ref name="t299"/><ref name="n095">{{cite web | last=Nason | first=Geoff | title=WNY CADDIES LEFT HOLDING THE BAG PROFITS FROM CARTS, COSTS DRIVE PROGRAMS FROM ALL PUBLIC, MOST PRIVATE CLUBS | website=The Buffalo News | date=August 4, 2004 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/article_0ffc11f1-ff59-591a-add1-8d552839d73e.html | access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref>
Roche attended Purdue University and earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, later earning his Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.<ref name="t299"/> While attending Northwestern University in 2013, he began investing in cryptocurrency.<ref name="a391"/> He co-authored ''Bitcoin: Order without Law in the Digital Age'' with professor John McGinnis in March 2017, an academic paper that argued Bitcoin was resistant to state control.<ref name="f711">{{cite web | last=Connell | first=Justin | title=New Academic Paper Suggests Bitcoin is Resistant to State Control | website=Bitcoin.com | date=March 17, 2017 | url=https://news.bitcoin.com/new-academic-paper-suggests-bitcoin-resistant-to-state-control/ | access-date=August 1, 2025}}</ref> Roche and McGinnis also co-authored a July 2017 op-ed in ''The Wall Street Journal'', where they argued the strength of Bitcoin against fiat currency.<ref name="f437">{{cite web | last1=McGinnis | first1=John O. | last2=Roche | first2=Kyle W. | title=Why Bitcoin Is Booming | website=The Wall Street Journal| date=July 9, 2017 | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-bitcoin-is-booming-1499638932 | access-date=July 25, 2025}}</ref>
==Career==
===Law=== While an associate at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Roche began representing the estate of Dave Kleiman in its lawsuit against Craig Steven Wright.<ref name="a391"/> Wright had publicly claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous inventor of Bitcoin.<ref name="y589">{{cite web | last=Tidy | first=Joe | title=IT expert convicted for repeatedly lying about inventing Bitcoin | website=BBC| date=December 19, 2024 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74x0j47gz8o | access-date=July 25, 2025}}</ref> Roche and co-worker Devin Freedman hoped to verify Wright's claim through discovery, and they left to start their own law firm in August 2019.<ref name="a391"/><ref name="ltv90">{{cite web | last=Roche | first=Kyle | title=Kyle Roche | website=LinkedIn| url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylewroche | access-date=August 1, 2025}}</ref> Emin Gün Sirer commissioned Roche to work for him in September 2019, paying Roche in cryptocurrency from his startup platform Avalanche, along with an equity stake in the company.<ref name="a391"/>
In April 2020, Roche Cyrulnik Freedman began filing class action lawsuits against cryptocurrency exchanges and token issuers for selling unregistered securities.<ref name="y465">{{cite web | last=LaCroix | first=Kevin | title=Plaintiffs File a Slew of Cryptocurrency-Related Securities Suits | website=The D&O Diary | date=April 7, 2020 | url=https://www.dandodiary.com/2020/04/articles/securities-litigation/plaintiffs-file-a-slew-of-cryptocurrency-related-securities-suits/ | access-date=July 26, 2025}}</ref> Jason Cyrulnik sued Roche and Freedman in March 2021 after being fired from the firm, claiming he was owed $60 million of their Avalanche shares.<ref name="e967">{{cite web | last=Thomas | first=David | title=Ousted partner sues Boies Schiller spinoff as fight's focus turns to crypto fees | website=Reuters | date=March 10, 2021 | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/cyrulnik-lawsuit/ousted-partner-sues-boies-schiller-spinoff-as-fights-focus-turns-to-crypto-fees-idUSL1N2L801N/ | access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref><ref name="n148">{{cite web | last=Thomas | first=David | title=Crypto law firm, ex-founder Cyrulnik settle lawsuit before trial | website=Reuters | date=June 28, 2024 | url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/crypto-law-firm-ex-founder-cyrulnik-settle-lawsuit-before-trial-2024-06-28/ | access-date=July 25, 2025}}</ref> As part of the discovery process, Roche and Freedman's shares in Avalanche were publicly disclosed.<ref name="a391"/> The blockchain company Dfinity was sued by Roche Freedman in August 2021.<ref name="f952">{{cite web | author=Roche Freedman LLP | title=Roche Freedman LLP Brings Class Action Lawsuit Against DFINITY USA Research LLC for Engaging in Insider Trading and Other Securities Violations Resulting in Billions of Dollars in Unlawful Sales to Retail Investors | website=PR Newswire | date=August 11, 2021 | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/roche-freedman-llp-brings-class-action-lawsuit-against-dfinity-usa-research-llc-for-engaging-in-insider-trading-and-other-securities-violations-resulting-in-billions-of-dollars-in-unlawful-sales-to-retail-investors-301353005.html | access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref> Roche Freedman won a $100 million judgement for the estate of Dave Kleiman in December 2021.<ref name="c644">{{cite web | last=Stempel | first=Jonathan | title=Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor largely prevails in $54 billion bitcoin trial | website=Reuters | date=December 6, 2021 | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-crypto-currency-lawsuit/self-proclaimed-bitcoin-inventor-largely-prevails-in-54-billion-bitcoin-trial-idUSKBN2IL25A/ | access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref> Roche unveiled Ryval in January 2022, his crowdfunding platform for legal financing.<ref name="e504">{{cite web | last=Newsham | first=Jack | title=A hemp farmer is trying to crowdfund a lawsuit on the blockchain. Here's how it could open up litigation funding to the masses. | website=Business Insider | date=January 4, 2022 | url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ryval-litigation-funding-on-the-blockchain-apothio-hemp-lawsuit-2022-1 | access-date=August 3, 2025}}</ref> He spoke at the OffshoreAlert conference in April 2022, participating in panel discussions on the topics of legal financing, Nexo, and Tether.<ref name="z570">{{cite web | last=Comerford | first=Naomi | title=Ongoing Multi-Billion Dollar Crypto Schemes: Tether & NEXO | website=OffshoreAlert | date=April 26, 2022 | url=https://www.offshorealert.com/ongoing-multi-billion-dollar-crypto-schemes-tether-nexo/ | access-date=August 9, 2025}}</ref><ref name="z968">{{cite web | last=Comerford | first=Naomi | title=Litigation Investing: ILOs & Other Developments | website=OffshoreAlert| date=April 26, 2022 | url=https://www.offshorealert.com/litigation-investing-ilos-other-developments/ | access-date=August 10, 2025}}</ref>
{{quote box | width = 20em|The jury just listens to the story. The fact that ten idiots control the flow of all the money that happens in American class actions, every case – that is what makes the practice of law. | source = Kyle Roche<ref name="n363">{{cite web | title='Uniquely Stupid': Judge Attacks Kyle Roche's Comments as Law Firm Battles to Continue Bitfinex Case | website=Coinmarketcap |last=Sephton|first=Connor|date=October 4, 2022 | url=https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/uniquely-stupid-judge-attacks-kyle-roche-s-comments-as-law-firm-battles-to-continue-bitfinex-case | access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref><ref name="s106">{{cite web | last=Godoy | first=Jody | title=Law firms seek to oust Roche Freedman from Tether crypto case | website=Reuters | date=September 6, 2022 | url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/law-firms-seek-oust-roche-freedman-tether-crypto-case-2022-09-06/ | access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref> }}
Footage of a January 2022 meeting between Roche and Christen Ager-Hanssen was published by Crypto Leaks in August 2022, featuring Roche admitting that he had targeted rivals of Avalanche with lawsuits.<ref name="a391" /><ref name="e924">{{cite web | last=Miller | first=Rosemarie | title=Crypto Lawyer Roche Beset On 2 Fronts After Leaked Videos | website=Forbes | date=August 31, 2022 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rosemariemiller/2022/08/31/crypto-lawyer-roche-beset-on-2-fronts-after-leaked-videos/ | access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref> The London, England meeting and its recording were later revealed to have been orchestrated by Dfinity.<ref name="h588">{{cite web | last=Frankel | first=Alison | title=Secret recordings of ex-partner continue to haunt law firm Freedman Normand | website=Reuters | date=May 10, 2023 | url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/secret-recordings-ex-partner-continue-haunt-law-firm-freedman-normand-2023-05-10/ | access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref> Ager-Hanssen had misrepresented himself to Roche as a potential investor in Ryval.<ref name="e924"/> Roche attempted to mitigate the scandal by withdrawing from his firm's ongoing suits, but judge Katherine Polk Failla removed Roche Freedman as a whole from its pending cases against Bitfinex and Tether.<ref name="r706">{{cite web | last1=Singh | first1=Amitoj | last2=De | first2=Nikhilesh | title=US Judge Removes Legal Firm Roche Freedman From Class Action Against Tether, Bitfinex: Report | website=Yahoo Finance | date=October 14, 2022 | url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-judge-removes-legal-firm-070504476.html | access-date=July 30, 2025}}</ref><ref name="h588"/> He resigned from Roche Freedman in October 2022, and the firm rebranded that same month as Freedman Normand Friedland.<ref name="y112">{{cite web | last=Merken | first=Sara | title=Crypto law firm Roche Freedman parts ways with founder after video leak | website=Reuters | date=October 19, 2022 | url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/crypto-law-firm-roche-freedman-parts-ways-with-founder-after-video-leak-2022-10-19/ | access-date=July 25, 2025}}</ref>
Roche and Kelvin Goode co-founded ClaimsHero in January 2023, an online platform used to recruit plaintiffs for class action lawsuits against companies such as TikTok.<ref name="s484">{{cite web | last=Brandt | first=Libertina | title=Buffalo Can Be Hard to Love. For These Former Residents, It Was Harder to Stay Away. | website=The Wall Street Journal | date=July 31, 2025 | url=https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/buffalo-can-be-hard-to-love-for-these-former-residents-it-was-harder-to-stay-away-49f58b3b | access-date=July 31, 2025}}</ref><ref name="l107">{{cite web | last=Davis | first=Jenny B. | title=Class-action lawyer went from being 50 Cent's roadie to taking on TikTok | website=ABA Journal | date=November 30, 2024 | url=https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/class-action-lawyer-went-from-being-50-cents-roadie-to-taking-on-tiktok | access-date=August 1, 2025}}</ref> He won a $12.5 million judgment against Cantor Fitzgerald in April 2023 on behalf of their former partners, but it was later overturned in Delaware Supreme Court.<ref name="a391"/><ref name="x977">{{cite web | title=Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Forfeiture-for-Competition Provision in Limited Partnership Agreement | website=Jackson Lewis | date=April 23, 2024 | url=https://www.jacksonlewis.com/insights/delaware-supreme-court-upholds-forfeiture-competition-provision-limited-partnership-agreement | access-date=August 4, 2025}}</ref> Freedman Normand Friedland was removed from its lawsuit against Dfinity in May 2023, with judge James Donato rejecting the firm's claim that Dfinity had doctored their leaked video of Roche.<ref name="h588"/> Jason Cyrulnik's lawsuit against Freedman Normand Friedland was settled out-of-court in June 2024.<ref name="n148"/> Freedman Normand Friedland rehired Roche in July 2024.<ref name="t299"/>
Zachary Young was represented by Roche in his defamation lawsuit against CNN for their coverage of the 2021 Kabul airlift, and was awarded a $5 million judgement in January 2025.<ref name="t694">{{cite web | last=Maddaus | first=Gene | title=CNN Ordered to Pay $5 Million for Defaming Contractor in Afghan Refugee Story | website=Variety | date=January 17, 2025 | url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cnn-defamation-trial-verdict-fine-1236277264/ | access-date=July 25, 2025}}</ref> Roche also won his father William Roche a $10 million judgment against PSE Archery in May 2025, after one of their compound bows malfunctioned and left him blind in one eye.<ref name="d759"/>
===Real estate=== [[File:162Allen.jpg|thumb|right|upright|162 Allen Street, Roche's Allentown Historic District building]]
Roche Development is a real estate development company in Clarence, New York that is co-owned by Roche and his father, William Roche.<ref name="e408">{{cite web | last=Morello | first=Dillon | title=Future of Allentown bars hang in the balance with pending sale | website=WIVB-TV | date=August 6, 2025 | url=https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/future-of-allentown-bars-hang-in-the-balance-with-pending-sale/ | access-date=August 7, 2025}}</ref> Its portfolio comprises significant properties within the Allentown Historic District of Buffalo, New York. This includes a stretch of Allen Street previously occupied by Mulligan's Brick Bar and The Old Pink, where the company plans on constructing a mixed-use building.<ref name="e408" />
The company acquired 162 Allen Street for $765,000 in June 2022, a commercial building with secondary suite in the Allentown Historic District of Buffalo, New York.<ref name="u221">{{cite web | title=June 2022: A new month, a new high for Erie County's high-end deals | website=Buffalo Business First |last=Paulson Meehan|first=Sara|date=July 21, 2022 | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2022/07/25/june-2022-real-estate-transactions-erie-county.html | access-date=August 8, 2025}}</ref><ref name="d071">{{cite web | first=Tommy | last=Gallagher | title=A Buffalo deli will be moving to Allentown in the fall | website=WGRZ | date=August 2, 2025 | url=https://www.wgrz.com/article/life/food/buffalo-deli-dalfonsos-italian-imports-moving-to-allentown/71-6c143647-9bd8-4358-983f-41b26fd1f0a6 | access-date=August 4, 2025}}</ref> It was built in 1880, and had its original façade restored during a 2013 renovation.<ref name="x892">{{cite web | title=Buffalo Property Record Card – 162 Allen | website=Spatialest.com | url=https://property.spatialest.com/ny/buffalo#/property/52533 | access-date=August 11, 2025}}</ref><ref name="o853">{{cite web | title=Cornerstone on Allen | website=Buffalo Rising | date=July 17, 2013 | url=https://www.buffalorising.com/2013/07/cornerstone-on-allen/ |last=Nussbaumer|first=Newell|access-date=August 11, 2025}}</ref> The storefront is currently leased by Dalfonso's Italian Imports.<ref name="d071"/>
A mixed-use building will be constructed by the company on land they own at the corner of Allen Street and Mariner Street within Buffalo's Allentown Historic District.<ref name="e408"/> The vacant lots were purchased for $380,000 in August 2025, and were previously occupied by Mulligan's Brick Bar and The Old Pink.<ref name="n610">{{cite web | title=Historic Allentown sites find new owners | website=WGRZ | date=August 19, 2025 | url=https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/historic-allentown-properties-sold-for-380k/71-133c1021-98c9-4d2b-bf72-7cd2f0bced6e | access-date=August 20, 2025}}</ref> The Old Pink was destroyed by arson in June 2024, and Mulligan's Brick Bar was destroyed by a separate fire in January 2025.<ref name="e408"/> A former parking lot between the two properties is owned by the city of Buffalo, and will be sold to Roche Development upon approval from the city's preservation board.<ref name="a251">{{cite web | title=Under Contract: Old Pink and Brick Bar Lots | website=Buffalo Rising |last=Nussbaumer|first=Newell|date=August 7, 2025 | url=https://www.buffalorising.com/2025/08/under-contract-old-pink-and-brick-bar-lots/ | access-date=August 20, 2025}}</ref>
The company holds venture capital investments in Cerebras, Gopuff, and Palantir Technologies.<ref name="g831">{{cite web | title=Portfolio – Roche Development | website=Roche Development | url=https://rochedevelopment.co/portfolio/ | access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref>
===Philanthropy===
He is a philanthropist and has served on the board of directors for Roswell Park Alliance Foundation since September 2025.<ref name="h805">{{cite web |title=Roswell Park Alliance Foundation Welcomes Kyle Roche to its Board|website=Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center|date=September 24, 2025|url=https://www.roswellpark.org/newsroom/202509-roswell-park-alliance-foundation-welcomes-kyle-roche-its-board|access-date=September 26, 2025}}</ref>
Roche funded the September 2025 opening of a Montessori program within the parochial school of his alma mater Saints Peter & Paul Church in Williamsville, New York.<ref name="w126" />
==Personal life== [[File:Tudor Place (8191736332).jpg|thumb|right|50 Tudor Place, Roche's Elmwood Historic District mansion]]
Roche married Kaylin Marcotte in a September 2024 ceremony at St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo, New York.<ref name="t299"/><ref name="h219">{{cite web | title=Kaylin Marcotte and Kyle Roche's Wedding Website | website=Zola | date=September 28, 2024 | url=https://www.zola.com/wedding/kyleandkaylin2024 | access-date=July 25, 2025}}</ref> Marcotte is the founder of jigsaw puzzle company Jiggy, which famously won funding from Mark Cuban during her appearance on the 12th season of ''Shark Tank''.<ref name="v160">{{cite web | last=Barkho | first=Gabriela | title=How pandemic darling Jiggy Puzzles is plotting its next growth phase | website=Modern Retail | date=November 3, 2022 | url=https://www.modernretail.co/marketing/how-pandemic-darling-jiggy-puzzles-is-plotting-its-next-growth-phase/ | access-date=July 27, 2025}}</ref> The couple have two children and reside in Miami Beach, Florida.<ref name="t299"/>
He and his wife purchased 50 Tudor Place, a Buffalo mansion within the city's Elmwood Historic District, for $3.5 million in March 2025.<ref name="b065">{{cite web | title=Historic mansion sets record for most expensive home sale in Buffalo | website=Buffalo Business First |last=Bunny|first=Lian| date=March 27, 2025 | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2025/03/27/buffalo-mansion-tudor-place-highest-home-sale.html | access-date=July 28, 2025}}</ref> It was built in 1927 for pharmaceutical mogul Orin Foster, and designed by Harlow C. Curtiss Building architect Paul F. Mann.<ref name="b065"/> Included with their purchase was an adjacent lot at 43 St. Catherines Court.<ref name="u298">{{cite web | title=High-end deals dipped in March, though $1M+ sales did not | website=Buffalo Business First | date=May 20, 2025 |last=Paulson Meehan|first=Sara| url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2025/05/20/march-real-estate-transactions-erie-county.html | access-date=August 9, 2025}}</ref> The real estate transaction was the highest ever recorded in Buffalo’s history, and the couple use the mansion as a summer home.<ref name="t299"/>
Roche is a practicing Catholic.<ref name="w126"/> He is also an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church, and officiated the August 2018 wedding of William Clayman and Joshua Handell at The Yale Club of New York City.<ref name="m400">{{cite web | title=William Clayman, Joshua Handell | website=The New York Times | date=August 19, 2018 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/fashion/weddings/william-clayman-joshua-handell.html | access-date=August 10, 2025}}</ref>
His sister Serena Roche is a student at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where she is editor-in-chief of the ''Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice''.<ref name="t299"/><ref name="u650">{{cite web | title=Our Team | website=Cardozo ERSJ | url=https://www.cardozoersj.com/our-team | access-date=August 8, 2025}}</ref> Their twin brothers Kory Roche and Kreig Roche are both intellectually disabled.<ref name="a391"/>
A registered Democrat, Roche is listed by OpenSecrets as having donated to the 2020 United States Senate campaign of Theresa Greenfield, and the 2022 California State Assembly campaign of Sara Aminzadeh.<ref name="s950">{{cite web | title=Kyle William Roche from Miami Beach, Florida | website=VoterRecords.com | url=https://voterrecords.com/voter/123280241/kyle-roche | access-date=August 9, 2025}}</ref><ref name="n612">{{cite web | title=Donor Lookup - Kyle Roche | website=OpenSecrets | date=July 23, 2025 | url=https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=Kyle+Roche&cycle=&state=&zip=11249&employ=&occupation=&jurisdiction=&cand=&type= | access-date=July 28, 2025}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}}
*[https://rochedevelopment.co Official website] *[https://www.fnf.law/attorneys/kyle-roche Profile] at Freedman Normand Friedland
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