Nicolle B. Brito

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.

Nicolle 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.

In prior years, Nicolle 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, Nicolle worked in complex arbitration, insurance, and personal injury law, where she gained significant litigation experience. Nicolle has been named a Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer by Lawdragon, included in the 500 X – The Next Generation Lawdragon guide, and recognized as a Best Lawyer in America: One to Watch by Best Lawyers^®. Nicolle earned her Juris Doctor degree cum laude from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, where she attended as a Goodwin Scholarship recipient.

• Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyer, Lawdragon, 2025-2026
• Best Lawyer in America: One to Watch, Best Lawyers®, 2026
• 500 X - The Next Generation, Lawdragon, 2023

Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law, J.D., 2007, cum laude

• Goodwin Scholar
• Member, ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law
• Phi Alpha Delta Honor Society

Florida International University, B.A., 2003, Political Science

• Minor in Sociology

• Florida
• California
• District of Columbia
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California

• Member, Dade County Legal Aid Society
• Board Member, Dade County Bar Association, 2009-2012