Brittany concentrates her practice in civil litigation, with a focus on casualty/tort, insurance services, product liability, and trucking defense.

Prior to joining Heyl Royster, Brittany worked at a defense firm in the St. Louis Metro East area where she defended clients primarily in the areas of personal injury defense, property damage claims, premises liability claims, and insurance coverage disputes. Brittany has appeared in courts throughout Illinois and Missouri and has second-chair trial experience. From 2015-2016, Brittany served as a Magistrate Judge in North Carolina where she issued criminal process and presided over initial appearances and bond hearings.

Brittany received her J.D., Summa Cum Laude, from Valparaiso University Law School. During law school, Brittany clerked for judges in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and Porter County Superior Court as well as in the United States Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Indiana. She also participated in the Post-Conviction Law Clinic where she represented clients seeking post-conviction relief.

• “The Standard Fire Policy and the Innocent Insured,” IDC Quarterly (2019)
• “Thirty Years of Disappointment: North Carolina’s Remarkable Appellate Batson Record,” North Carolina Law Review (2016)
• “A Continuing Conundrum: Applying Consistent Gender-Neutral Criteria to Federal Sentencing Departures Based on Family Ties and Responsibilities,” Valparaiso University Law Review (2013)
• “Foolish Revival of the ‘Trespass Doctrine’ in Addressing GPS Technology and the Fourth Amendment,” Valparaiso University Law Review (2013)

• Illinois Defense Counsel
• Illinois State Bar Association
• Missouri Bar Association

• State Courts of Illinois
• State Courts of Missouri
• State Courts of North Carolina
• United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
• United States District Court, Central District of Illinois
• United States District Court, Southern District of Illinois
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri