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Brittany Norfleet Royce

Brittany Royce is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on representing employers in a wide range of workforce-related matters. Brittany’s practice covers a cross-section of labor and employment litigation and white collar defense and investigations. She regularly advises and defends health care companies and financial institutions in a wide variety of disputes before government agencies and in state and federal courts nationwide.

Brittany also has deep experience representing individual defendants in high-profile matters, including a former banker involved in the “Tuna Bonds Scandal” and charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, securities fraud, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and money laundering, a parent charged in the “Varsity Blues” college admissions federal prosecution, and a global asset manager in an SEC enforcement action related to hedge fund underperformance during the COVID-19 market downturn.

On May 18, 2026, the SEC rescinded Rule 202.5(e), ending its decades-old prohibition on post-settlement public denials by settling parties. This shift removes a longstanding settlement friction point and may affect how companies and individuals approach SEC enforcement matters, public communications, and parallel litigation.

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