About Brooke Cluse
Brooke Cluse joined the firm in 2023 as an attorney and executive liaison to Ben Crump after building her courtroom reputation in the felony trial division of the Harris County Public Defender's Office in Houston, where her advocacy produced numerous dismissals for indigent clients. A Lafayette, Louisiana native raised by parents active in social justice work, she graduated magna cum laude from Grambling State University and earned her J.D. from South Texas College of Law in Houston. She is a certified mediator in Texas, holds bar admissions in Texas and Illinois, and previously worked in media and community relations for one of the country's largest insurance companies.
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Charles Payne Sr., 75, died after an HPD patrol car driven by Officer Christopher Cabrera struck his vehicle on North Shepherd Drive in Houston on December 26, 2021. A federal jury found in November 2025 that the City of Houston was deliberately indifferent in adopting an inadequate policy that let officers drive recklessly. It awarded $13 million to his family. The city's new-trial motion was denied and its appeal to the Fifth Circuit is pending.
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