Davida Brook

Davida Brook is a high-demand trial lawyer who is frequently brought in to help companies and individuals tackle their thorniest legal disputes.

Ms. Brook is co-leading a class action against PornHub parent company, MindGeek, over allegations that MindGeek violated federal sex trafficking and child pornography laws by knowingly posting, enabling the posting of, and profiting from thousands of pornographic videos featuring persons under the age of 18. The team overcame Section 230, and certified an international class of at least tens of thousands of victims who had their images uploaded to MindGeek’s websites.

Ms. Brook was named among the top 200 lawyers in the nation by Forbes and a Titan of the Plaintiffs Bar by Law360 in 2024. She was also recognized by the Daily Journal as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2023 and 2022. Lawdragon named her among the country’s 500 Leading Litigators in 2023 and 2022 and Law360 recognized her as an MVP in 2023.

In addition to her robust docket of cases, Ms. Brook actively participates in a range of legal and philanthropic organizations in Los Angeles and nationwide such as the Federal Bar Association, of which she is  Board Member. During her time at Stanford Law School, Ms. Brook co-founded Building a Better Legal Profession, a national organization that promotes diversity within the legal profession by compiling and publishing data on law firms’ commitment to the retention and promotion of women and minority attorneys.

Prior to joining Susman Godfrey, Ms. Brook served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Raymond C. Fisher in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Brook is admitted to practice in California, all of the U.S. District Courts for California, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Wisconsin District Court, and the United States Circuit Courts for the Second, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits.