Camille Vasquez (born July 6, 1984) is an American attorney known for representing actor

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in the defamation case that he brought against his ex-wife

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Early life and education

Vasquez was born in San Francisco, California, to a Colombian father and a Cuban mother. While attending the

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, she was a member of

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, Gamma Sigma Alpha, and the

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, in addition to being admitted into the Skull and Dagger honor society during her senior year. She graduated ''magna cum laude'' from USC in 2006 with a

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degree in

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and

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. She received her

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from

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in 2010.

Career

Vasquez's legal career has focused on

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and

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, particularly in the representation of

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s in

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litigation. In 2018, she joined the international law firm Brown Rudnick as an associate, practicing in its Southern California office. Vasquez represented Johnny Depp in cases against his former attorney and business manager and then in his defamation suit against his ex-wife

. She also represented Depp in a

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lawsuit filed against him that was settled outside of court. Other clients she has represented include

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, and

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. Vasquez represented Depp in the ''Depp v. Heard'' trial. The trial was

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ed, receiving widespread viewership around the world. As a result,

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noted a significant surge in searches of her name, and a hashtag of her name received over 980 million

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on the video-sharing platform

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. ''

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'' called her an "overnight celebrity" as a consequence of the trial. Following the trial, Vasquez was promoted from associate to partner at her firm, Brown Rudnick. In October 2022, Vasquez was part of a team at Brown Rudnick hired by

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to provide legal counsel on his business interests. However, following West's refusal to retract his anti-Semitic remarks, the collaboration was dissolved. In January 2023, she was hired by

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as a legal analyst. In May 2023, Vasquez confirmed that she had been hired by Mexican singer

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to represent her in two civil lawsuits filed by two women on December 30, 2022, in California. In August 2024, it was reported that Vasquez has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, working on brand reputation and defamation cases, with

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as one of the team's clients.

References

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Camille M. Vasquez
at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasquez, Camille 1984 births Living people University of Southern California alumni Lawyers from San Francisco Southwestern Law School alumni American people of Cuban descent American people of Colombian descent Hispanic and Latino American lawyers 21st-century American women lawyers 21st-century American lawyers