Brittani C. McKnight
Associate
Brittani McKnight is a member of the Litigation Practice in the Atlanta office. She focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters, including consumer class actions, complex commercial disputes, breach of contract and business tort claims.
Before joining the private sector, Brittani served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Sheila R. Tillerson Adams of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County and as legislative counsel for Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie on the Council of the District of Columbia.
While attending Howard University School of Law, Brittani acted as a senior articles editor for the Howard Human and Civil Rights Law Review. She was also an active member of the university’s Business Law Society as well as the Howard Public Interest Law Society.
- Represented a poultry company in several class actions and state attorney general actions alleging conspiracies to restrict supply and increase prices in the poultry industry.
- Represented a poultry company in a class action alleging conspiracy among poultry companies to suppress employee wages.
- Represented a national organization against a local council regarding the implementation of a common technology platform.
Education
- Howard University School of Law, J.D., 2016
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., Dean's List, 2012
Admissions
- Georgia, 2023
- District of Columbia, 2021
- Maryland, 2017
Courts
- U.S. Dist. Ct., N. Dist. of Georgia
Memberships & Affiliations
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Georgia
- Recipient, The National Black Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, 2020 – 2022