Civil Defense Litigation

A Litigator Who Actually Tries Cases

There's a real difference between an attorney who litigates and one who tries matters to verdict — and it's the second category that defines Camille's career. She's tried cases in state and federal courts across the country, secured defense verdicts where opposing counsel sought millions, and won dismissals and summary judgments that never reached a jury at all. When settlement genuinely is the right move, she negotiates from a position of real credibility, because the other side knows she's prepared to try the case if it doesn't resolve.

She's frequently brought in as first-chair on high-stakes matters, often in jurisdictions far from where the case originated. Her leadership within the NARTC — as a faculty member, Past Regional Vice President, Executive Committee Member, and current President-Elect — has made her a recognized authority in civil defense litigation, particularly within railroad law.

Railroad Defense & FELA

Railroad litigation is a specialty inside a specialty, and Camille has spent much of her career working within it — handling Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) claims, grade crossing accident matters, and on-track equipment cases that make up the range of exposure railroad companies face. Major railroad companies have called on her when litigation gets serious and the venue is unfamiliar; she's taken grade crossing matters to verdict in multiple jurisdictions, including recent trials in Chicago and Houston that returned favorable results for her railroad clients.

Trucking, Insurance & High-Exposure Civil Matters

Trucking and transportation liability cases carry genuine exposure and often hinge on facts that have to be reconstructed and contested at trial. Camille defends trucking companies and commercial carriers with the same trial-first approach she applies across her practice, and her parallel insurance defense work covers insurers and insureds in matters where the claimed damages are substantial.

Her practice also reaches into some of civil defense's highest-exposure categories: third-party wrongful death claims, toxic exposure litigation, and construction law disputes — all areas defined by layered facts and expert-driven complexity, and all part of a practice built specifically for this kind of work. Rounding out her practice, she handles defense-side whistleblower actions, FLSA matters, Title VII claims, and Equal Pay Act disputes, bringing the same standard of preparation to employment litigation that her clients expect from her elsewhere.