Biography of Camille Vasquez

Camille M. Vasquez (1984) is a Latinx lawyer, expert in defamation lawsuits. She was born in San Francisco, California. She studied at the University of Southern California (2006) and in 2010 received the Juris Doctor degree from the Southwestern Law School. After graduating, she worked for the firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in Los Angeles. Since 2018, she has been an associate lawyer at Brown Rudnick. In 2021, she was selected as one of the “Best Lawyers in the United States, Ones to Watch in Commercial Litigation” 2021-2022.

Vasquez was born in 1984 in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Leonel and Marilia Vasquez, of Cuban and Colombian origin, respectively. After finishing high school, she enrolled in the University of Southern California, where she majored in Political Science and Communication, graduating magna cum laude in 2006. Soon after, she began studying at the Southwestern Law School, obtaining the Juris Doctor degree in 2010.

For over a year, Vasquez worked at the firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in Los Angeles, where she stood out for her excellent command of English and Spanish

, as well as her experience with private clients. In 2018, she joined the law firm Brown Rudnick as an associate lawyer. Since then, her specialization has been in defamation lawsuits, although she also has extensive experience in contract disputes and in the offensive and defensive litigation strategy for private clients.

The Heard-Depp case

Was a defamation trial that took place on April 11, 2022, in which Vasquez became known as one of Depp’s legal team lawyers. During the trial, Vasquez was a key figure in debunking several of the allegations of physical, sexual and mental abuse made by Heard since her separation from Depp in 2016 with evidence. Through her interrogations and with the help of several key witnesses, Vasquez was able to prove that Heard had lied in several statements and that, in fact, it was Heard who abused Depp both physically and mentally during the time they were married.

One of the big surprises of the trial was the recording in which Heard admits to physically abusing Depp. It was also important for Depp the statements of the TMZ employee, who admitted to being warned about the divorce and the alleged domestic abuse inflicted on Heard, and the statements of Kate Moss, who denied the rumors of a supposed attack by Depp while they were a couple. In addition, Vasquez and Depp’s legal team proved that Heard lied about the payment of $7 million dollars to organizations against domestic abuse agreed upon during the divorce in 2017.

“She ruined her life by falsely telling the world that she was a victim of domestic abuse at the hands of Mr. Depp,” Camille Vasquez

Due to her tough interrogations of Heard, Vasquez became an Internet sensation. On May 27, 2022, Vasquez presented the final arguments of the trial. She argued that Heard had “played the role of her life”

by falsely presenting herself as a victim of domestic abuse, staging everything from 2016 to her article in the Washington Post and ruining Depp’s image and reputation, with Heard being the true source of the abuse.

Before the jury, Vasquez asked for Depp’s image to be cleared, recognizing Heard as the abuser.

“There is an abuser in this room, but it is not Mr. Depp (…) Mr. Depp suffered persistent verbal, physical and emotional abuse.”

On June 1, 2022, the jury ruled in favor of Depp in the Depp v. Heard case, awarding him $15 million in damages. Heard also obtained a favorable ruling on one of her three charges and received $2 million. The judge reduced the punitive damages awarded to Heard to a total of $10.35 million awarded to Depp. Vasquez received a lot of public attention for her representation of Depp in the trial and was called a “overnight celebrity” by Vogue magazine.