Brenna McGill

Attorney

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Overview

Brenna is an attorney in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group. She represents companies in the financial services industry, with a primary focus on credit reporting, consumer lending, and transactions involving non-performing loans.

Brenna handles matters in both federal and state court and has prevailed in several cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Prior to joining the firm, Brenna was an associate for a national firm that handled business disputes and commercial litigation. She was the handling attorney for cases involving causes of actions such as breach of contract, insurance bad faith, professional negligence, fraudulent advertising, and more. Brenna has experience defending class actions, as well as representing broker-dealer firms in arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

While attending Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Brenna served as the executive editor of the Loyola Law School International and Comparative Law Review. She also participated in the Poehls-Hobbs District Attorney Practicum, which allowed her to serve as a certified law clerk for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, and appear in court and on the record at preliminary hearings.

Brenna also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Julia W. Brand of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California.

Overview

Brenna is an attorney in the firm’s Consumer Financial Services Practice Group. She represents companies in the financial services industry, with a primary focus on credit reporting, consumer lending, and transactions involving non-performing loans.

Brenna handles matters in both federal and state court and has prevailed in several cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Prior to joining the firm, Brenna was an associate for a national firm that handled business disputes and commercial litigation. She was the handling attorney for cases involving causes of actions such as breach of contract, insurance bad faith, professional negligence, fraudulent advertising, and more. Brenna has experience defending class actions, as well as representing broker-dealer firms in arbitrations before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

While attending Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Brenna served as the executive editor of the Loyola Law School International and Comparative Law Review. She also participated in the Poehls-Hobbs District Attorney Practicum, which allowed her to serve as a certified law clerk for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, and appear in court and on the record at preliminary hearings.

Brenna also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Julia W. Brand of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California.

Top areas of focus

  • Mentor, Aztec Mentor Program
  • Mentor, Loyola Law School Young Lawyers Program (2018-2019)
  • Election Day poll worker, Los Angeles County (2018)
  • Certified law clerk, Preliminary Hearing Unit, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, 2019
  • Judicial extern to the Honorable Julia W. Brand, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, 2017

Education

  • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 2019
  • San Diego State University, B.A., with distinction, 2016

Bar Admissions

  • California
  • District of Columbia
  • New York

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Central District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  • Author, “Chocrón Chocrón, Diaz Pena, and Uzcategui v. Mexico Cases Addendum,” 41 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 1299 (2018).
  • Author, “Galindo Cárdenas et al. v. Peru,” 41 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 1301 (2018).
  • Author, “Quispialaya Vilcapoma v. Peru,” 41 Loy. L.A. Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 1323 (2018)