John T. Brooks

John Brooks is a partner in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm's San Diego office.

Areas of Practice

John defends insurance companies, health care service plans, retailers, and other consumer-facing clients in individual and class actions at both the trial and appellate level in California and across the country. John has a track record of success in complex, high-stakes disputes including unfair business practices, first-party and third-party insurance bad faith and coverage, antitrust, and false advertising.

John has substantial first-chair trial experience, and as an appellate lawyer has won numerous published opinions in state and federal appellate courts and the California Supreme Court. John is an elected member of the California Academy of Appellate Lawyers. John is also a contributing editor for the Rutter Group’s California Practice Guide: Insurance Litigation. John is also three-time recipient of the California State Bar’s Wiley W. Manuel for outstanding pro bono legal services and improving access to justice.

Honors

Best Lawyer in America, Best Lawyers, 2020

Leading Lawyer, Chambers USA, 2019

Insights

Articles

•Should You Appeal? Top 10 Things to Consider
The Recorder, 09.05.2017
•Your Skills: The Key to Persuasion is Credibility
The Recorder, 06.14.2013
•Court does a Du-Over in bad faith failure to settle case
Daily Journal, 10.11.2012
•Human Trafficking & Supply Chain For California Businesses
Transworld Business, 10.13.2011
•Human Trafficking and Your Supply Chain: New Disclosure Requirements for Companies Doing Business in California
10.07.2011
•Credit Card Privacy Class Action Lawsuits Back With a Vengeance
02.23.2011
•Don't Be Next: Bank Hit for $203 Million in Overdraft Suit
08.12.2010
•Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Lend Again: Mortgage Late Fee Class Actions
07.19.2010
•Overdraft Fees: Barbarians (and Regulations) at the Gate
06.29.2010
•Merchant Beware: A New Class Action May Be Stalking You If You Accept Credit Cards
ABTL San Diego Report, Fall 2007
•Installment Fee Class Action
10.03.2007
•Liar's Bane: Using Judicial Estoppel in Civil Litigation
ABTL San Diego Report, 05.2002
•Summary Judgment in Peril?
ABTL San Diego Report, 10.2001
•Point-Counterpoint: The Defense and Plaintiffs Bar Face Off on Kraus and Cortez
ABTL San Diego Report, 08.2000

Media Mentions

•GEICO Wins Bad Faith Claim
Dily Journal, 02.02.2018

Speaking Engagements

• The Evolving Duty to Initiate Settlement Discussions, ACI 23rd National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation, Orlando, FL, November 28, 2012
• Class Actions Emerging Threats From Other States, 22nd Annual General Counsel Seminar, Las Vegas, NV, July 29, 2011
• Class Action Litigation: New Theories of Liability and How to Protect Against Them, Luce Forward Insurance Litigation Seminar, Los Angeles, October 14, 2010
• Don't Be the Next Target: Recognizing and Avoiding Insurance Class Action Risks, Luce Forward Insurance Litigation Seminar, Los Angeles, September 11, 2008