About Haley Broughton

Haley Broughton is an Associate Attorney at Mary Alexander & Associates, P.C., bringing a background in consumer protection, technology law, and public policy to her personal injury practice. She earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where she received certifications in Law and Technology and in Consumer Law and Economic Justice. During law school she was involved in the Coalition of Minorities in Technology Law, Women in Technology Law, and the Native American Law Students Association, and served as Podcast Editor for the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.

Before joining the firm, she served as the Christopher M. Patti Legal Fellow with the University of California Office of the President, researching and drafting memos, briefs, and legal advisories on litigation, settlement, and statutory analysis. She also worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C., supporting enforcement actions under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and served as a research assistant to Dean Erwin Chemerinsky on constitutional law and U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence. Prior to law school she worked as a Junior Multimedia Producer at EURACTIV in Brussels and as a reporter and producer at KBIA, an NPR-affiliate station in Missouri.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Mary Alexander & Associates

These results are credited to Mary Alexander & Associates. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

Mary Alexander & Associates served as co-counsel for seven California counties and three cities in a landmark public-nuisance action that secured a $1.15 billion trial judgment (later reduced on appeal to pre-1951 homes) and ultimately resolved in 2019 for $305 million to fund lead paint abatement across California residences.

Santa Clara County Superior Court, CA · 2019Product LiabilityRead the full story →

In March 2009 a San Mateo County Superior Court judge awarded $45 million to Tricia Roth, a 41-year-old former software developer from San Mateo who was left quadriplegic when a company truck ran a red light and struck her car. She had sued the driver and the South San Francisco hauling company he worked for. The award rested largely on her lost future earnings and on the pain and suffering of a spinal cord injury. Her attorney, Mary E. Alexander, said she planned to pursue the two insurers that had refused to defend the driver.

San Mateo County Superior Court, Redwood City · 2009Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$32.7 millionSettlementTop 20 of 2020 · #14

Mary Alexander served as lead plaintiffs' counsel representing 13 of the victim families in litigation against the City of Oakland over the December 2016 Ghost Ship warehouse fire, which killed 36 people, securing a $32.7 million settlement covering 32 families and a survivor.

Oakland, CA (City of Oakland) · 2020Wrongful DeathRead the full story →
$21.4 millionVerdict

A Contra Costa County jury returned a $21.4 million verdict against Chevron Corp. in March 2019 for the benzene-exposure deaths of brothers Gary and Randy Eaves, who spent years spraying a benzene-based solvent onto tires at an Arkansas plant without respirators, protective clothing, or safety warnings.

Contra Costa County Superior Court, CA · 2019Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
J.D.
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of California, admitted 2025

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.