Gillian N. Brown
[email protected]Gillian Brown, resident in the firm’s Los Angeles office, litigates in a variety of matters on behalf of the firm’s clients in federal district courts, bankruptcy courts, and state courts. Since 2004, Gillian has represented sexual abuse survivors nationwide in bankruptcy cases involving the Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts of America, and a Boys and Girls Club. For two years, Gillian taught political science and legal ethics courses at the South Puget Sound Community College. Gillian was named a “Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star” every year from 2004 to 2008; designated a “Southern California Super Lawyer” in 2015, 2016, and 2018 to 2020; and recognized in the 2023 and 2024 editions of Best Lawyers in America. Gillian earned both her bachelor’s degree and her law degree from the University of California at Berkeley. She is fluent in Italian.
Credentials
Education
- University of California at Berkeley (B.A., with honors, 1994)
- University of California at Berkeley (J.D. 1999)
- Phi Beta Kappa; Alumni Scholar
Bar and Court Admissions
- 1999, California
- 2008, Washington, D.C.
- 2010, New York
- 2018, Texas (inactive)
Clerkships
- Law clerk, Judge William M. Hoeveler (S.D. Fla. 1999-2000)
Representations
- Business litigation: Trial verdict in excess of $2 million in Mortgage Lenders Network USA v. Wells Fargo Bank (Bankr. D. Del. 2009); Trial counsel in successful litigation finding investment pool assets worth $120 million to be property of the chapter 11 estate, Official Committee v. Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Inc. (In re Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Inc.), 432 B.R. 135 (Bankr. D. Del. 2010)
- Committees of sex-abuse survivors: Archdiocese of New Orleans; Boy Scouts of America; Madison Boys and Girls Club, Inc.; Diocese of Rockville Centre; Catholic Diocese of Spokane; Diocese of Davenport; Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego; Society of Jesus, Oregon Province; Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska; Catholic Diocese of Wilmington; Archdiocese of Milwaukee; Christian Brothers of Ireland Inc. and Christian Brothers Institute; Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Gallup; Roman Catholic Bishop of Helena, Montana; Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockton
- Class actions/complex litigation: plaintiff class in In re Structured Settlement Litigation; defense of FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation
Professional Affiliations
- Adjunct professor, legal studies and political science, South Puget Sound Community College (online 2020-2022)
- President, Beverly Hills Bar Foundation (2014-2015)
- Board of directors, Beverly Hills Bar Foundation (2011-2014)
- Board of directors, Boalt Hall Alumni Association (2010-2013)
- Advisory board, Western Center on Law & Poverty (2007-2012)
- Member, American Bar Association Electronic Discovery Working Group (2011-2014)
- Member, International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation
Publications
- E-Discovery Issues Business Credit, October 2008