Susan Bower Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Jose, Ca

I have extensive experience in complex commercial and business litigation and have represented companies and individuals in a wide variety of commercial disputes including breach of contract, securities, and trade secret litigation. I have handled every stage of litigation including discovery, motions, mediations, trials, and appeals. Prior to my affiliation with Bergeson, LLP, I was “Special Counsel” for Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Palo Alto, Californi, "Of Counsel" for Crist, Biorn, Shepherd & Roskoph in Palo Alto, and an associate with Sidley, Austin, Brown and Wood in San Francisco. Representative clients include Hewlett-Packard Corporation, IPC Inc., Fortinet Corporation, CrossFit, GSV Asset Management, LLC.

Palo Alto, Ca

Litigate general commercial, trust and estate, and real estate matters in state courts;Responsible for all aspects of fact and expert discovery including taking and defending numerous depositions; Draft and argue numerous motions in state court including summary judgment motions, demurrers, and discovery motions;Represent clients in numerous successful mediations.

Palo Alto, Ca

Litigated a wide variety of complex commercial, securities class actions, real estate, antitrust, unfair competition, employment, and intellectual property matters in federal and state courts;Substantial courtroom experience including breach of contract trial;Responsible for all phases of trial preparation including drafting and arguing jury instructions and motions in limine and preparing numerous witnesses for trial;Responsible for all aspects of fact and expert discovery including taking and defending numerous depositions;Drafted and argued dispositive motions in state and federal court, including summary judgment motions and motions in limine;Responsible for large scale document productions, including review and production of electronic data;Managed complex litigation including class actions, preliminary injunction proceedings, and joint defense arrangements;Managed all aspects of commercial litigation including managing associates and legal staff handling large-scale litigation projects;Advised Boards of Directors of several corporations as to their fiduciary obligations pursuant to the laws of Delaware, New York, and California;Represented clients in successful mediations;Representative clients include Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Advent Software, Inc., Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, Cornish & Carey Commercial, Hasbro Inc, J.D. Edwards & Company, Seagate Technology, Google, Inc., Sequoia Capital, and Vanstar Corporation.

San Francisco, Ca

Litigated complex commercial breach of contract, price-fixing and antitrust cases, as well as regulatory matters before the FTC and NASD;Substantial courtroom experience including arguing numerous motions in Federal Court and State Court;Responsible for all aspects of fact and expert discovery including taking and defending numerous depositions;Responsible for all phases of trial preparation including drafting and arguing jury instructions and motions in limine and preparing numerous witnesses for trial;Drafted motions, discovery and other pleadings;Supervised large document productions including to NASD and FTC;Represented witnesses during testimony before NASD;Representative clients include: Wells Fargo Bank, First Data Corporation, Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Epiphany Software, Inc., Dreyer’s, AT&T, and Morgan Stanley.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Activities and Societies: Environmental Law Journal

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science And Government

Activities and Societies: Delta Gamma Sorority

High School Diploma, 12Th

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