Allison A. Bruff

Allison A. Bruff is a lawyer based in Bailey Glasser’s Washington, D.C. office and works in the firm’s Consumer Litigation practice group litigating class action cases involving debt collection, consumer finance, and other deceptive, unfair, and fraudulent business practices.

Allison’s legal experience spans across the federal judiciary, having served as a United States Supreme Court Fellow at both the United States Sentencing Commission and in the Office of the Counselor to the Chief Justice of the United States. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Julia Smith Gibbons of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Judge David G. Campbell in his role as Chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure.

Allison serves as a Commissioner to the Supreme Court Fellows Commission, having been appointed to that role by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. The Commission oversees the Supreme Court Fellows Program and selects the Fellows each year.

Before joining Bailey Glasser, Allison worked in the Office of the General Counsel at the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. In that role, she served as counsel to the Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committees on the Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure, advising judiciary officers and employees on matters of practice and procedure.

Allison graduated summa cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law where she was the Executive Cases Editor for the Mississippi Law Journal and president of the student body. Prior to law school, Allison graduated cum laude from Rhodes College with a bachelor’s degree in history.

In her free time, Allison enjoys spending time outdoors and visiting family and friends.

Clerkships

• Law Clerk, Hon. Julia Smith Gibbons, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2018-2019)
• Law Clerk, Hon. David G. Campbell, United States District Court for the District of Arizona (2019-2020)

Representative Matters

• Obtained, as part of the Bailey Glasser trial team, a verdict in favor of approximately 37,000 Arkansas State Farm customers who suffered a “total loss” of their vehicle.  The jury found that the insurance company breached the contract of insurance when its computer program applied a “typical negotiation adjustment” to comparable vehicles used to determine the “actual cash value” of the wrecked vehicle. The jury also rejected the insurance company’s affirmative defense of estoppel. The verdict form is here. The damages phase is now being conducted consistent with the damages determination made by the jury. The process is expected to return tens of millions of dollars to the 37,000 customers in the class.

News & Insights

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Community and Professional Activities

Commissioner, Supreme Court Fellows Commission