Brittany Record advises clients on complex and sensitive matters in state and federal courts, with a focus on case strategy and dispositive motions practice.

Brittany draws on extensive experience to help clients navigate law and motions work in securities and commercial litigation and appellate matters.

Brittany previously served as Deputy Solicitor General of Virginia and Senior Counsel to an investigative committee in the US House of Representatives, where she managed a portfolio of high-profile litigation.

She has argued a number of cases in the US Courts of Appeals, US District Courts, and Virginia state courts, including the Supreme Court of Virginia.

Before joining Latham, Brittany served as a law clerk to Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States; Judge Patricia Millett of the US Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C. Circuit; and Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Brittany’s experience at and before joining Latham includes:

  • Successfully moving to reconsider a motion to dismiss in a billion-plus dollar securities class action, obtaining a full dismissal of the case, which was otherwise set to be tried within the year
  • Successfully moving to dismiss a company from a large Delaware Chancery fiduciary duty action
  • Successfully moving to dismiss a large class action alleging securities fraud against a major producer of plant-based meat products and its executives in the Central District of California
  • Successfully defending a constitutional ruling piercing a statutory collateral review bar in favor of two pro bono clients in the Virginia Court of Appeals
  • Successfully moving to dismiss a large class action alleging securities fraud against a major aerospace company and several executives in the Eastern District of New York, and successfully defending that victory from interlocutory appeal
  • Successfully securing review from the Michigan Supreme Court on an issue of nationwide importance to the client’s business model and the sharing economy
  • Successfully representing several health systems in defending the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking over a billion dollars in damages in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Representing multiple clients in ongoing, high-profile securities litigation related to the collapse of the FTX trading platform in a multidistrict litigation
  • Preparing a high-level executive for public testimony in a live congressional hearing
  • Successfully representing the Commonwealth of Virginia in numerous high-profile appeals and trial matters, including election-related constitutional litigation and the defense of several high-profile Virginia statutes and executive actions
  • Advising members of Congress on complex and novel legal issues arising out of challenges to congressional subpoenas, including issues of separation of powers and executive privilege
  • Advising state agencies and the Virginia legislative and executive branches on the constitutionality of state programs, policies, and draft legislation

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Virginia

Education

  • JD, Stanford Law School, 2016
    Kirkland and Ellis Scholar, President, Stanford Law Review
  • MS, University of Virginia, 2012
    Valedictorian, Beta Gamma Sigma
  • BA, University of Virginia, 2011
    Distinction, Echols Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • French
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March 9, 2026 Recognition

Top Verdict: Homyk v. ChemoCentryx Inc.

California’s Daily Journal spotlights Latham team who won a landmark summary judgment victory for client Amgen in a securities class action.