Davida Brook’s practice focuses on commercial litigation at every level, and ranges from two-party business and employment disputes to complex, multi-party and class action cases involving securities, contract, and patent law. Ms. Brook is also well known for her work related to defamation and intellectual property.
Landmark Legal Work:
In 2023, Ms. Brook and her co-lead counsel secured a historic $787.5 million settlement to resolve Dominion Voting System’s massive defamation lawsuit against Fox News Network, on the very day a jury trial was to commence in Delaware Superior Court. The milestone deal has made media waves, receiving coverage from The New York Times (who called the settlement, “the latest extraordinary twist in a case that has been full of remarkable disclosures”), The Washington Post (who called the matter, “one of the most highly-anticipated media trials in decades), Wall Street Journal (who said, “the case was set to test the contours of modern media law”).
Ms. Brook has handed several other important defamation cases on behalf of well-known clients, including billionaire hedge fund founder Louis Bacon and the former CEO of Tinder, Greg Blatt. She has also been involved in several lawsuits related to the #metoo movement, all of which settled out of court or before trial.
Working pro bono work, Ms. Brook successfully represented Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers in litigation brought to try and prevent the counting of every legally cast vote in the 2020 presidential election. Two of those cases were dismissed after Ms. Brook and her team filed motions to dismiss. A third case, brought by Donald Trump in Wisconsin against Governor Evers, was dismissed following a bench trial in which Ms. Brook and her team represented the Governor.
Ms. Brook previously obtained a $25 million verdict for her client, Steve Lamar, after a three-week trial in LA Superior Court on his claims he was owed royalties from music moguls Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine on the sale of Beats Electronics headphones.
Ms. Brook was also an integral part of a legal team that represented a class of 7,000 limited partners who invested in oil and gas limited partnerships and alleged that they voted to divest themselves of their partnership rights based on false and misleading statements and omissions in defendants’ proxy statements, losing millions in the process. After three years of hard-fought litigation, Ms. Brook’s team obtained a $37.5 million settlement for the class.
Background & Dedication to the Community:
Ms. Brook actively participates in a range of legal and philanthropic organizations in LA and nationwide such as the Federal Bar Association, of which she is Board Member. During her time at Stanford Law School, Ms. Brook co-founded Building a Better Legal Profession, a national organization that promotes diversity within the legal profession by compiling and publishing data on law firms’ commitment to the retention and promotion of women and minority attorneys.
Updated Aug 2024
