Nicolle Brito is a partner in Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP’s Florida office. Her practice focuses on complex class actions and MDLs, covering consumer fraud, public nuisance, racketeering, conspiracy, environmental, and privacy litigation.
Brito currently represents numerous school boards and counties in the social media youth addiction MDL (In re Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Prods. Liab. Litig., No. 4:22-md-03047-YGR (N.D. Cal.)), and is counsel to the State of Arkansas in its own enforcement suits against tech titans Meta and YouTube (Arkansas, ex rel. Griffin v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 57CV-23-47 (Ark. Cir. Ct., Polk Cnty.), and Arkansas, ex rel. Griffin v. Alphabet Inc., No. 54CV-24-258 (Ark. Cir. Ct., Phillips Cnty.)). She is also currently working on the AFFF (aqueous firefighting foam) MDL (In re Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Prods. Liab. Litig., No. 2:18-mn-02873-RMG (D.S.C.)), representing governmental entities for PFAS contamination. All told, the AFFF cases have resulted in recoveries of over $12 billion from chemical giants such as 3M, DuPont, Tyco, and BASF.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers | 2026 | Class Actions, Consumer Fraud, Privacy, Pharmaceuticals |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers | 2025 | Class Actions, Consumer Fraud, Privacy, Pharmaceuticals |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Plaintiff Consumer Fraud, Mass Torts |
In prior years, Brito was a part of the Firm’s team leading the effort on behalf of cities and counties around the country in the opioid epidemic MDL (In re Nat’l Prescription Opiate Litig., No. 1:17-md-02804-DAP (N.D. Ohio)), where, among other things, she was a member of the winning trial team in San Francisco’s bellwether trial before Judge Breyer against Allergan, Teva, Walgreens, and others in the prescription opioid supply chain (City & Cnty. of San Francisco v. Purdue Pharma L.P., No. 3:18-cv-07591-CRB (N.D. Cal.)), which ultimately yielded a $350 million post-liability verdict settlement. She also worked on notable data breach cases such as In re Luxottica of Am., Inc. Data Sec. Breach Litig., No. 1:20-cv-00908-MRB (S.D. Ohio), and In re Lakeview Loan Servicing Data Breach Litig., No. 1:22-cv-20955-DPG (S.D. Fla.), where she significantly contributed through all phases of litigation and helped yield weighty recoveries for the respective classes.
Before joining the Firm, Brito worked in complex arbitration, insurance, and personal injury law, where she gained significant litigation experience. Brito has been named a Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer by Lawdragon, included in the 500 X – The Next Generation Lawdragon guide. Brito earned her Juris Doctor degree cum laude from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, where she attended as a Goodwin Scholarship recipient.