Simonsen Sussman is pleased to announce the addition of Associates Becca Fitzsimmons (Ou) and Brent Allen to the firm.
Becca Fitzsimmons (Ou)
Becca is an Associate at the firm. She brings prior experience as an attorney at a multinational law firm, focusing on antitrust litigation and complex commercial disputes across the technology and sports industries.
In her pro bono practice, Becca served on the trial team for a civil rights class action that secured, and later defended, a unanimous jury verdict and more than $100 million in damages for the plaintiff class. She has also worked with advocacy groups to protect voting rights.
Becca earned her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where she was a Business Law Fellow. During law school, she interned with the California Attorney General’s Antitrust Section and served as a legal intern at a cybersecurity SaaS company. Becca also has a background in public policy, having served as communications director and led constituent services for elected representatives in the New York State Assembly.
Becca holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Brent Allen
Brent is an Associate at the firm. Prior to joining the firm, Brent was an attorney at the New York State Department of Financial Services and at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, where he advised on federal and state banking law, investigated bank compliance with consumer finance law, and drafted regulatory revisions to streamline application processes.
While earning his J.D. at Columbia Law School, Brent interned at the Federal Trade Commission, where he researched legal issues for FTC v. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits and FTC v. Deere & Co. He also interned at the Internal Revenue Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Prior to law school, Brent worked as a consultant and taught middle and high school math. Brent holds a Master of Materials Science and Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a B.A. in physics from Middlebury College.
Welcome, Becca and Brent!
