Bri Durhal has represented Fortune 100 companies in high-stakes litigation from inception through appeal. She has represented a range of clients in major investigations, trials, and appeals throughout the country, including clients in the information technology, automotive, e-commerce, beverage, and entertainment industries.
Bri draws on her appellate experience to develop winning trial and appellate briefs, and she was recently involved in the briefing and oral argument preparation for a case that obtained an en banc Sixth Circuit vacatur of the certification of an 800,000-member class in a product defect case.
Bri also has experience researching, drafting pleadings and motions, handling offensive and defensive discovery, and preparing for depositions.
Prior to Jones Day in 2025, Bri clerked on the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C. and Sixth Circuits.
Bri is active in the community, serving as a board member of the Appellate Project and as a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing clients seeking asylum through the Firm's Border Project.
- University of Michigan (J.D. cum laude 2021); University of Mississippi School of Law (2018-2019: Outstanding Student Achievement Award for highest grade in Civil Procedure; Campbell DeLong Trial Advocacy Winner; 1L Student of the Year; Bessie Young Scholar); Jacksonville State University (M.P.A. 2018; B.S. 2015)
- Admitted in Illinois, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Sixth and D.C. Circuis, and U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; not admitted in Michigan
- Law Clerk to U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senate Judiciary Committee (Fall 2020)
2021 Defense Research Institute Diversity Scholar
2020 Jacksonville State University Young Alum of the Year
- Law Clerk to: Judge Robert L. Wilkins, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit (2022-2023) and Judge Bernice B. Donald, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (2021-2022)