Rachael A. Campbell  |  Associate

Areas of Practice

Ms. Campbell is an associate at Butz Dunn & DeSantis. Her areas of practice include complex civil litigation including professional liability, commercial disputes, employment litigation and general business litigation. Her professional liability practice has included representation of large international law firms, as well as prominent regional and local law firms.

Representative Matters

• Assisted in the defense of a municipality in a multi-million breach of lease dispute centering around the interpretation of a complex ground lease and whether or not the lessee could terminate the lease without incurring a substantial penalty.
• Assisted in the defense of professional liability claims asserted against international and regional law firms.
• Assisted in the defense of a partner of a financial services firm in a multi-million dollar dispute concerning breach of fiduciary duty, breach of loyalty and unfair competition claims.
• Assisted in the defense of a nationally renowned bariatric surgeon in a wrongful death action.
• Assisted in defense of a physician defendant in a case involving allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligent misrepresentation and abuse of process.

Email

rcampbell@butzdunn.com

Education

Ms. Campbell completed her undergraduate degree in Liberal Studies at the University of Washington in 1997. In 2000, she received her J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law, where she served as an editor for the Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Journal, was a quarter-finalist in Honors Moot Court, and earned a Certificate of Excellence in Legal Research and Writing.

Admissions

• Admitted to practice, all courts of the State of California
• Admitted to practice, all courts of the State of Washington
• Admitted to practice, United States District Court for the Southern, Central and Eastern Districts of California
• Admitted to practice, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Memberships

• State Bar of California
• San Diego County Bar Association
• State Bar of Washington
• Federal Bar Association, San Diego Chapter
• San Diego Defense Lawyers
• San Diego Lawyers Club
• Louis M. Welsh Inn of Court
• Challenged Athletes Foundation, regular contributor and fundraiser

Publications & Speaking Engagements

San Diego Defense Lawyers, “The Update”, Summer 2006, p. 9: Back to Basics: Protect Your Client by Obtaining a Dismissal With Prejudice; San Diego Defense Lawyers, “The Update”, Winter 2005, Volume 8, Issue 7, p. 3: Confusion Created by Inconsistent Amendments by the Legislature; San Diego Defense Lawyers, “The Update”, Summer 2005, Volume 8, Issue 6, p. 18: Beware of Plaintiffs Shoehorning A Professional Negligence Case Against a Health Care Provider Into A Veritable Jackpot of Heightened Remedies Under EADACPA; Co-authored United States Supreme Court Supports State Immunity From Suit Under Federal Patent Law (Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Educ. Expense Bd. v. College Sav. Bank, 119 S. Ct. 2199, 1999) 16 Santa Clara Computer & High Tech. L.J. 499-510 (2000).