About Camille A. Brooks

Camille Brooks defends banks, credit unions, commercial landlords and other large companies in the ever-evolving world of consumer class actions.

Defending clients with diligence and dedication

Camille’s practice is deeply focused on class action defense and other complex litigation in federal and state courts throughout the country. For her retail banking clients, she has spent the last several years litigating overdraft-fee class actions. She also regularly defends against other consumer-related claims, including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and discriminatory lending claims. In her home state of California, where privacy trends typically originate, Camille is experienced in defending against various invasion of privacy claims.

Additionally, Camille advises clients on how to mitigate against class action risk and regulatory scrutiny. Her approach to client service includes sitting with them to understand their business practices, and then revising their consumer contracts and disclosures and recommending practice changes to protect against any perceived risks.

Further, Camille regularly assists clients with implementing arbitration provisions and class action waivers. She has significant experience enforcing these provisions in courts across the country, and should the enforcement of these provisions lead to the filing of arbitrations, Camille has successfully defended her clients in consumer arbitration proceedings.

Camille is also actively involved in pro bono matters and the mentorship of associates in the Los Angeles office. While attending law school, Camille was a senior editor for the Southern California Law Review.

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Practice Focus

  • Litigation
  • Class action and multidistrict litigation

Representative Experience

  • Successfully defeated class certification for a credit union in a putative class action involving challenges to overdraft and NSF fee policies.
  • Served as lead counsel and successfully defended a credit union in private arbitration against federal and state Fair Credit Reporting Act claims.
  • Obtained dismissal of breach of contract and consumer protection claims for financial institutions in putative class actions across the country.
  • Prepared several successful motions to dismiss for banks against claims the banks had aided and abetted third-party fraud.
  • Successfully enforced arbitration provisions on behalf of financial institutions and other companies in federal and state courts throughout the country.

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Practices
Education
  • University of Southern California Gould School of Law, JD
  • University of California, Berkeley, BA, with honors
Bar Admissions
  • California
Court Admissions
  • US District Court, Central District of California
  • US District Court, Eastern District of California
  • US District Court, Northern District of California
  • US District Court, Southern District of California
  • US Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Recognitions
Recognized or listed in the following:
  • The Legal 500 United States
    Recommended Attorney, 2024
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