Diandra “Fu” Debrosse
Fu believes we are each responsible for making the world a more just place—a principle that fuels every aspect of her aggressive and passionate approach to practicing law.
Fu believes we are each responsible for making the world a more just place—a principle that fuels every aspect of her aggressive and passionate approach to practicing law.
Diandra “Fu” Debrosse is Managing Partner of DiCello Levitt’s Birmingham office and Co-Chair of the firm’s Mass Tort and Civil and Human Rights divisions. Fu is also a member of the firm’s Public Client, Environmental, Personal Injury, Civil Rights, and Trial practice groups. Widely known for her relentless client advocacy, Fu represents individuals and public entities injured by wrongful conduct, whether from defective medical devices, drugs, cosmetics or food, 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 secured more than a billion dollars in client damages.
Fu holds prominent leadership positions for several multidistrict litigations, including Co-Lead Counsel for In re: Abbott Laboratories, et al., Preterm Infant Nutrition Products Liability Litigation; Co-Lead Counsel for In re: Hair Relaxer Marketing Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation; Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee for In re: Paraquat Products Liability Litigation; Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for In re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/ Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation; and is a member of the Plaintiffs’ Execute Committee and Co-Chair of Trial Strategy for In re Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1 RAS) Products Liability Litigation. She also represents municipalities in both In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation and In re: McKinsey & Company Inc., National Prescription Opiate Consultant Litigation, and is counsel in In re: Proton Pump Inhibitor Litigation. Fu formerly held a seat on the In re: Smith & Nephew Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Hip Implant Liability Litigation Plaintiffs’ Executive Committee and the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for In re: Higher One Account Marketing and Sales Practices Litigation, as well as other MDLs and has represented plaintiffs in many other MDLs. Fu also leads many systematic civil rights and sexual assault cases and represents states and municipalities in litigation.
In addition to other significant representations, she currently represents the City of Baltimore in relation to the devastating collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and represents the City of San Francisco and the People of California in the first of its’ kind public entity litigation against the manufacturers of ultra processed foods.
Forbes has recognized Fu as one of America’s Top 200 Lawyers in their inaugural list, and as one of the 2026 America’s Top Women Lawyers. In 2026 Benchmark Litigation listed Fu as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation. In 2026 Lawdragon recognized Fu as one of the 500 Leading Lawyers in America, and as one of the Leading Civil Rights and one of the Leading Litigators in America. In 2022, 2023 and 2024, Lawdragon recognized Fu as one of the 500 Leading Consumer Lawyers. In 2024 Lawdragon recognized Fu as one of the 500 Leading Global Plaintiff Lawyers. Chambers USA ranked Fu in Band 1; and the firm’s Product Liability nationally in Band 2. Chambers USA 2022 and 2023 ranked the firm’s Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs team among Chambers USA 2022 and 2023 ranked the firm’s Litigation: Mainly Plaintiffs team among the top five in Alabama.
Fu is a founding member of Shades of Mass, an organization dedicated to encouraging the appointment of black and brown attorneys in national mass tort actions. She is a board member of Public Justice and has held leadership roles in the American Association for Justice and the Alabama Access to Justice Commission and acted as Alabama State Bar vice president and commissioner.
Fu is fluent in French and Haitian Creole and functional in Spanish. Her steadfast pursuit of justice is motivated in large part by her experience as a mother of two young girls.
