Britt K. Strottman

Overview

Britt K. Strottman, a member of the Meyers Nave Litigation and Crisis Management: Public Policy, Ethics and Investigations Practice Groups, is a skilled attorney with experience in managing all aspects of litigation. Her background encompasses research, drafting complaints, obtaining preliminary injunctive relief, motion practice, pre-trial discovery, drafting settlements, jury and bench trials. She worked in the Litigation Department at Bingham McCutchen LLP in San Francisco and in the White Collar Investigations and Enforcement group in Boston. 

Britt has extensive experience regarding white collar litigation, Public Records Act and open meetings laws, class action lawsuits, and tobacco litigation from her position as a Senior Assistant Attorney General at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. While there, Britt served on a special task force to restore public trust after the elected Attorney General left office due to sexual harassment and theft of office allegations.

At the Attorney General's office, Britt conducted public records and open meetings act training presentations for State of Ohio agencies. Britt served as the lead Assistant Attorney General handling subprime securities class action litigation against E*Trade, Merrill Lynch, Freddie Mac, and Citigroup on behalf of the nation’s two largest public pension funds. Britt also served as the lead counsel for enforcing the public health provisions of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, a 200-page contract with Fortune 100 tobacco companies. Britt was lead counsel in a bench trial for $5 million against R.J. Reynolds for an advertisement in Rolling Stone magazine. Britt also worked on investigations involving alcohol companies and worked with alcohol and tobacco companies to implement responsible retailing practices. Britt acted as legal counsel in various litigation matters including constitutional challenges of federal and state law for Ohio Elections Commission, Supreme Court of Ohio, and Ohio Treasurer of State.

Britt also has significant jury trial experience with 30 jury trials and over 150 felony preliminary hearings from several years as a Deputy District Attorney at the San Mateo District Attorney’s Office, where she handled felony and misdemeanor cases involving gang crimes and special allegations, embezzlement, identity theft, welfare fraud, elder financial abuse, and three-strike cases. Through these experiences, Britt understands the complex, sensitive, and ethical issues public agencies and companies face in highly-regulated industries.

In addition to her work as a litigator, Britt was Vice President at Van Prooyen Greenfield LLP, where she specialized in developing and implementing litigation and crisis communications marketing and public relations plans for public agencies, law firms, law schools and corporations.