Susan R Stapleton Email & Phone Number

Susan leads a specialised expert litigation and advisory team in the areas of mass torts, product liability, clinical negligence, insurance defence, personal injury litigation and family law. She has been instrumental in establishing the firm’s reputation as one of the leading litigation firms in Ireland. Susan has acted in numerous high profile High Court claims and has represented some of the leading figures in Tribunals of Inquiry including in the Finlay and Lindsay Tribunals. She was also the lead lawyer representing the Positive Action Group whose members were the largest body of persons who contracted Hepatitis C as a result of the viral contamination of blood products in Ireland. Susan was involved in the drafting of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act 1997 and the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal (Amendment) Acts 2002 and 2006 and led the negotiations with the Department of Health to formulate Health Care and Insurance packages which were implemented for the benefit of individuals who had contracted Hepatitis C. She also represented Irish Haemophiliacs in successful litigation in the USA and Ireland arising from their infection with the HIV virus through the use of factor 8 & 9 products. Susan advises a wide range of clients including insurance companies, corporate bodies, governmental agencies, professional and voluntary organisations and individuals.Professional Memberships:• Peopil – Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers• Apil - Association of Personal Injury Lawyers• American Association of Justice• Member of the Law Society of Ireland (Admitted as a Solicitor in Ireland 1979)Professional Recommendations:• 2011 - Recommended in the European Legal Experts• 2009 - Recommended in Legal 500

Listed skills include Litigation, Legal Writing, Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, and 13 others.

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  University College Dublin

  Law