“Injustice anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere.”
Attorney Brittany Whittington
Brittany Armstrong Whittington
Attorney Whittington is a graduate of the illustrious Spelman College, where she graduated Suma Cum Laude. She then received her Juris Doctorate from the University of San Francisco School of Law. Upon graduation from law school,She began her legal career as a Civil Rights Employment Discrimination Attorney. In this capacity, she represented those who could not speak for themselves but needed advocacy due to unfair treatment as it related to race, gender and disability in the workplace and beyond. She contributed to major class action law suits against small and major corporations for people who were treated unfairly. Most notably, she settled a major class action case for employees who were disabled recovering millions of dollars in lost wages from New united Motor Company. Additionally, you may have seen her on the news representing young African American women against Kohls department store for violating their right to be able to shop freely.
During this time, she also gave back to her community as a street law teacher, teaching inner-city students in Oakland, California about laws and legal processes that can be applied in their everyday life. She discussed current events that involved the law and more importantly encouraged and inspired them to become lawyers.
After several years of representing clients as a Civil Rights Attorney, Brittany went on to represent the people of the state of California as a Deputy District Attorney. In this capacity, she spent a significant amount of time prosecuting cases that assisted in creating safer communities and provided victims of crime the opportunity to use their voice. Brittany has experience prosecuting all misdemeanors and serious and violent felonies. As a Deputy District Attorney, I pride myself on having never given anyone a first-time felony conviction. She utilized her position and realized her perspective and background afforded her the opportunity to impact lives on both sides of the criminal justice system. She has a unique ability to take jurors back to the day of the crime, prove the facts and secure a conviction.
She currently applies those same skills and passion as the Founding Attorney of Whittington Law Firm. Attorney Whittington has over a a decade of experience practicing civil and criminal law, Attorney Whittington is a former deputy district attorney with over 200 jury trials and several successful million dollar civil settlements. She is a zealous advocate and will ensure that you reach a favorable outcome in your legal matter.
Whittington Law Firm is committed to ensuring justice is administered fairly while effectively and aggressively fighting for the firm's clients' rights
Community Involvement
Brittany also enjoys giving back to the future leaders of the world. She is a coach and board member of Girls on the Run, a program that builds confidence and self-esteem in the next generation of young girls through mentorship, exercise and group activities. She also have planned, hosted and facilitated numerous “Know Your Rights” forums, which bring together law enforcement and the local community that they serve. These forums are special as it creates an opportunity to bridge the gap and meet officers in a different, non-confrontational setting and counter act implicit biases or racism that permeates through this world. I am also a mentor at Jesse Bethel High School, where I encourage students to pursue careers in the legal arena.
She services as the Chair of the Solano County Black Lawyers, Judicial Chair of the Charles Houston Bar Association and she is a member of the Bay Area Women’s Lawyer Association.
Her latest and very rewarding accomplishment is a children’s book series that will inspire children at their earliest learning level. Layla the Lawyer book series is about an African American girl that wants to be a lawyer. In each book Layla utilizes her gift to advocate for fellow classmates. This book allows kids to enhance skills that we use every day as lawyers. With this book series, She goes to libraries and schools in the bay area to read and motivate the next generation of lawyers. She along with other community partners, have donated almost 500 copies and she has participated in several community book reads.