What Is Camille Vasquez’s Net Worth?
Camille Vasquez is an American attorney who has a net worth of $2 million. She is best known for acting as counsel to Hollywood actor Johnny Depp during his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard. Vasquez was born in 1984 in San Francisco, California.
Her father, Leonel Vasquez, is Colombian, and her mother, María Marilia Puentes, is Cuban.
Her dad worked for Hilton Hotels.
“They’re the best parents anyone could ask for,” she told Hola.
Vasquez speaks both English and Spanish fluently, which makes it easier for her to communicate with people from all walks of life.
She has a younger sister who is a doctor.
“‘You know, we want you to be professionals, we’re not leaving you with a lot, but we are leaving you with your education,’ and they pushed us to be professionals,” Vasquez told Access Daily’s Mario Lopez in June 2022.
Beyond this, little is known of Vasquez’s early life.
Education
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Vasquez graduated from the University of Southern California in 2006 at the age of 22 with a degree in political science.
She was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority during her time at the university and also attained membership in the Order of Omega and Gamma Sigma Alpha – two Greek honor societies that recognize “academic excellence” among Greek society members.
In her senior year, she was admitted to the Skull & Dagger Honor Society. At that time, she announced her intention to attend law school.
Vasquez then attended Southwestern Law School from 2006-2010, where she earned her Juris Doctor.
Legal Career
Vasquez’s legal career has focused primarily on arbitration and litigation.
The bulk of her caseload consists of the role she assumed in the Depp-Heard trial – that is to say, representing the plaintiff in defamation cases.
Little is known of her early legal career immediately following her graduation.
In 2018, she joined the legal firm of Brown Rudnick as a litigation and arbitration associate.
During her time in this role, she represented many clients as a trial lawyer, and garnered extensive experience in contract disputes, torts, defamation trials, and employment claims.
In the summer of 2022, following her strong performance in the Depp-Heard case, she was made a partner in the company.
Celebrity Clients
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Vasquez has represented several high-profile clients.
These include Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, and – most famously – Johnny Depp.
The Depp trial made Vasquez an internet sensation due to the huge public interest in the trial and her spirited defense of the actor.
Vasquez drew a huge following after her sustained and repeated objections to Heard’s lawyer’s questions and Heard’s answers.
Vasquez also won praise for her relentless and blunt cross-examination of Heard, wherein she questioned Heard’s account of events, interrogated her regarding her supposed charitable donations, and cast doubt on Heard’s portrayal of herself as a victim.
“I was fighting for his life, his name,” Vasquez said in an exclusive interview with CBS Mornings in July 2022 about Johnny Depp. “It’s perfectly normal; I think to be able to extend a hand and give him a hug and make him feel like he was protected.”
Vasquez also attracted a number of detractors, however, regarding her representation of Depp and merciless interrogation of Heard.
Some internet commentators saw her as a ‘traitor’ to feminism and opined that she had set feminism back 50 years by representing someone they saw as a domestic abuser.
After the win for Depp, Vasquez was promoted from associate to partner. “It’s been surreal,” she said.
Personal Life
Vasquez is incredibly private about her personal life, and reveals little about it publicly.
She maintains no social media profiles and has not spoken about her personal life to the press.
Husband/Boyfriend
Camille Vasquez is not married.
Some sources have suggested that Camille Vasquez is in a relationship with Edward Owen, a British man who works in real estate. More precisely, Owen works at WeWork, a company founded by Miguel McKelvey, Rebekah Neumann, and Adam Neumann.
The same sources refuted the idea that Vasquez was in any way romantically involved with Depp, despite their warm courtroom relationship.
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Net Worth
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So, how much is Camille Vasquez worth?
Vasquez earned most of her wealth from her career as an attorney.
“I don’t have a long-term goal except I want to continue my practice,” Camille revealed. “I’m a lawyer. When I look at myself in the mirror, I see an advocate. I was born to do this. I really feel that way.”
It is believed that Camille Vasquez charges around $450 – $600 per hour.
Therefore, Camille Vasquez has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
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Lee Parry is a writer and blogger originally from Manchester, UK, and he has a B.A. in Modern Languages from Manchester Metropolitan University. Parry occasionally teaches English and spends most of his free time reading.