Scott Brooks

Scott Ashford Brooks graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Political Science followed by a law degree from Loyola Law School. Mr. Brooks has extensive experience in complex litigation including class and representative actions, mass torts, consumer, and labor and employment cases. For 17 years, he was a partner at a civil litigation firm representing individual and corporate clients. During this time he worked closely with Buddy Herzog’s firm including as Class Counsel in the class action lawsuit which resulted in the published opinion, Sav-On Drug Stores, Inc. v. Superior Court (2004) 34 Cal.4th 319 and a $47.5 million dollar settlement, reached during trial. Mr. Brooks also served as one of the national coordinating counsel for the nation’s largest retailer in toxic tort litigation, including the defense of Proposition 65 and related claims. Mr. Brooks has extensive experience arguing before the California state and federal appellate courts and has handled dozens of appeals and original proceedings. Reported decisions in which Mr. Brooks served as Plaintiff’s or Class Counsel in trial and/or on appeal include Prachasaisoradej v. Ralphs Grocery Co., Inc. (2007) 42 Cal.4th 217, Heyen v. Safeway Inc. (2013) 216 Cal.App.4th 795, Puerto v. Superior Court (2008) 158 Cal.App.4th 1242, Harper v. 24 Hour Fitness, Inc. (2008) 167 Cal.App.4th 966, Lopez v. Baca (2002) 98 Cal.App.4th 1008 and Ralphs Grocery Co. v. Superior Court (2004) 112 Cal.App.4th 1090, Simon v. Value Behavioral Health, 208 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir. 2000), and King v. Great American Chicken Corp., Inc., 903 F.3d 875 (9th Cir. 2018).

In addition to being a SuperLawyer (2019 – 2024), Mr. Brooks is a member of the Sigma Phi Society and a founding member of the GR Surf Team.