Education
- University of California at Berkeley (B.A., with honors, 1994).
- Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D. 1999).
- Phi Beta Kappa; Alumni Scholar.
Bar & Court Admissions
- 1999, California.
- 2008, Washington, D.C.
- 2010, New York.
Clerkships
- Law clerk, the Hon. William M. Hoeveler (S.D. Fla. 1999-2000).
Attorneys
Gillian N. Brown
Ms. Brown has litigated matters in California state courts, federal district courts, and federal bankruptcy courts. She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and attended the Centro Studi della Boston University in Padova, Italy. At Boalt Hall School of Law, she was a notes & comments editor for the California Law Review and book review editor for the Berkeley Women's Law Review.
Ms. Brown's practice includes representing clients in general business litigation, including contract disputes, business tort litigation, and unfair competition actions. She has also prosecuted and defended class actions and complex litigation, defended employees and employers in employment discrimination matters, and represented both debtors and creditors' committees in bankruptcy litigation. Since 2004, Ms. Brown has represented sex abuse survivors in bankruptcy cases involving the Roman Catholic Church. Ms. Brown has been named a "Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star" every year from 2004 - 2008. She is fluent in Italian.
Ms. Brown is a resident in our Los Angeles office.
Professional Affiliations
- Board of Directors, Boalt Hall Alumni Association (2010 - ).
- Advisory Board, Western Center on Law & Poverty (2007 - ).
- Member, International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation.
Publications
- Co-author with I. Scharf, "E-Discovery Issues," Business Credit 10 (October 2008).
Representations
- Business litigation: FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation; El Dorado Hills Joint Venture.
- Class actions/complex litigation: plaintiff class in In re Structured Settlement Litigation; defense of FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation.
- Bankruptcy litigation: successful trial verdict in excess of $2 million in Mortgage Lenders Network USA v. Wells Fargo Bank (Bankr. D. Del. 2009); Hilton Hotels Corporation; tort litigants' committee in In re Catholic Diocese of Spokane; creditors' committees in In re Diocese of Davenport; In re Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego; In re Society of Jesus, Oregon Province; In re Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska; and In re Catholic Diocese of Wilmington.