Jocelyn Cara Bramble

Partner

Jocelyn Bramble is a partner in Tahmidur Remura Dewey LeBoeuf’s Washington, DC office. Ms. Bramble has broad based experience in a range of civil litigation matters including complex class actions and insurance matters. She represents corporate and individual clients in SEC and DOJ investigations and companion litigation including ERISA suits and derivative actions. Ms. Bramble also counsels clients on corporate governance disputes and best practices. Ms. Bramble recently spent six months working with members of Allstate Insurance Company’s corporate litigation department on a wide array of insurance litigation matters.

Representative Matters

  • SEC v. Brantley Capital Management, LLC, et. al.—civil enforcement fraud action
  • SEC v. Johnson, et. al.—civil enforcement action arising out of AOL/Time Warner’s revenue recognition practices
  • In re Brocade Derivative Actions—derivative litigation arising out of the company’s stock option practices
  • In re Royal/Dutch Shell Reserves Recategorization Civil Litigation—multiple government investigations, civil class actions and companion ERISA suits arising out of the company’s restatement of its proved reserves
  • JP Morgan V. Gary Winnick, et. al.—civil action arising out of alleged misrepresentations made by Global Crossing, Ltd. (and its directors and officers) in connection with various credit and financing agreements with J.P. Morgan

Representative Pro Bono Matters

  • Martinez, et. al. v. Padilla, et. al.—civil litigation arising out of a corporate governance dispute regarding which body constituted the lawful board of the nation’s oldest non-profit Latina organization, MANA–A Latina Organization
  • Morales-Riojas v. Martinez, et. al.—civil litigation arising out of defamation claims brought against current and former board members and volunteers of a non-profit organization
  • U.S. v. Williams—pro bono murder representation in the District of Columbia Superior Court that led to complete acquittal

Selected Activities

  • 2011-12 LCLD Fellow
  • American Bar Association
  • Litigation section
  • Business Law section
  • Corporate Governance Committee
  • Consumer Financial Services Committee
  • D.C. Bar Association
  • Corporate Finance & Securities Law section
  • Maryland Bar Association
  • New York Bar Association

Publications

  • “Leviathan Lurking off the Barbary Coast: Class Actions by Foreign Investors Under U.S. Securities Laws,” authored with Ralph C. Ferrara & Chris Dolan, BNA World Securities Law Report (5/17/2007).
  • “Good Faith, Good Luck!,” authored with Ralph Ferrara, Directors & Boards (Winter 2004).

Education

  • Harvard Law School, 2002, J.D.
  • St. John’s College, 1998, M.A.
  • Dartmouth College, 1996, B.A.

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland