Thank you to our past sponsors for supporting diversity in MDL Leadership. We are now accepting new sponsorships.
Ben Crump
President
Ben Crump, recognized by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2021, Ebony Magazine’s Power 100 Most Influential African Americans, and The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, is referred to as Black America’s Attorney General.
Through his steadfast dedication to justice and service, Ben has established himself as one of the nation’s foremost advocates for social justice, winning a number of record settlements and verdicts for victims and families that have faced injustice. His representations include the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, the residents of Flint, Michigan, who were affected by the poisoned water of the Flint River, and the family of Henrietta Lacks in a landmark reparations case. In 2021, St. Thomas University College of Law announced the creation of the Benjamin L. Crump Center for Social Justice for minority students pursuing law degrees.
Diandra "Fu" Debrosse
Immediate Past President
Diandra “Fu” Debrosse is a fearless plaintiffs’ attorney who fights unapologetically for individuals and public entities injured by wrongful conduct, whether by defective medical devices, drugs, or cosmetics, environmental contamination, corporate misconduct, or civil rights abuse. Nationally recognized as a powerhouse in mass torts, class actions, products liability, discrimination, and sexual assault claims, Fu has recovered nearly $1 billion in damages for her clients. Blending her exceptional talents in multidistrict and mass tort litigation with state-of-the-art tools, Fu uses sophisticated modeling to identify technology-based and other forms of discrimination, including environmental injustice, defective devices, and unfair insurance practices.
As the managing partner of DiCello Levitt’s Birmingham office, co-chair of the firm’s Mass Torts division, and co-chair of its Civil and Human Rights Litigation Practice Group, she holds prominent leadership positions in numerous multidistrict litigations. She is Co-Lead Counsel in the massive products liability multidistrict litigation against two of the world’s largest infant formula manufacturers, Abbott Laboratories and Mead Johnson, and in the MDL against L’Oréal and other makers of disease-causing hair relaxer products marketed primarily to Black and Latina women. Fu also serves on numerous plaintiffs’ executive and steering committees in national multidistrict litigations, in addition to representing municipalities.
She’s the recipient of many industry awards, including being recognized by Forbes as one of the top 200 attorneys in the United States in 2024, and The National Law Journal named her to its 2023 list of Elite Women of the Plaintiffs Bar.
Fu is fluent in French and Haitian Creole and functional in Spanish. Her steadfast pursuit of justice is largely motivated by her experience as a mother of two extraordinary young girls.
Apply Today!
To be considered for membership, each prospective member of Shades of Mass must complete the application form. Have questions? Email Marlon Kimpson at mkimpson@motleyrice.com or Navan Ward at Navan.Ward@beasleyallen.com.