Brittany L. Sukiennik is a partner in Cravath’s Litigation Department. She focuses her practice on general commercial litigation.
Ms. Sukiennik represents PG&E in connection with mass tort litigation related to the 2019 Kincade Fire and the 2020 Zogg Fire. She previously represented the company in numerous lawsuits arising out of the unprecedented 2017 and 2018 California wildfires—one of the largest and most complex sets of mass tort litigation in recent years. She also represented the company in its chapter 11 reorganization proceedings—the largest utility bankruptcy in U.S. history—from which PG&E successfully emerged in July 2020.
Ms. Sukiennik also represents Robinhood in dozens of lawsuits, centralized in Florida federal court, including numerous putative class actions. These actions involve antitrust, breach of contract, securities and various other state and federal claims arising out of Robinhood’s decision to temporarily place certain limits on trading in certain securities in the face of unprecedented market volatility. She additionally represents Light & Wonder (formerly Scientific Games Corporation) in putative class action and individual antitrust litigation, and in an arbitration before the American Arbitration Association, involving Walker Process antitrust monopolization claims that concern automatic card shufflers used in casinos.
Ms. Sukiennik recently represented Costamare Shipping and other related entities in connection with litigation, including a consolidated putative class action, alleging various theories of liability concerning the October 2021 San Pedro Bay pipeline leak off the coast of California. She previously represented Crown Castle International in a putative class action securities litigation and related stockholder derivative litigation alleging that Crown Castle made false and misleading statements regarding revenue from its cell tower installation services.
Ms. Sukiennik maintains an active pro bono practice. Recently, she secured a substantial monetary settlement on behalf of a woman who was sexually assaulted by NYC Department of Correction officers while detained on Rikers Island.
Ms. Sukiennik received a B.A. degree with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received a J.D. degree from Columbia University School of Law in 2011, where she was a James Kent Scholar, was awarded the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Prize and served as the Senior Editor of the Law Review. Ms. Sukiennik joined Cravath in 2011. In 2013, she left to serve as a law clerk to Hon. Cathy Seibel, followed by a clerkship to Hon. Vernon S. Broderick, both of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Ms. Sukiennik rejoined Cravath in 2014 and was elected a partner in 2020.
Updated July 2023
