Susan Allison

Susan Allison handles diverse, complex business litigation matters, including intellectual property and entertainment litigation, defendants' professional malpractice, class action defense, anti-SLAPP motions and appeals, and healthcare litigation.

Equally at home in federal and state trial courts, and experienced in trials, arbitrations and appellate issues, Susan identifies her clients' litigation objectives early on and develops strategies designed to achieve those objectives efficiently and effectively.

• General Civil
• Legal Malpractice Defense

California

Since 1988

State Bar of California

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Courts for the Central, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California

Partner

Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP

Current

Hastings College of the Law University of California

J.D.

1979

Stanford University

B.A.

1975

Member, Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, volume 6, 1979

Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, volume 6, 1979

1979

Judicial Intern for the Honorable Wiley W. Manuel, California Supreme Court

California Supreme Court

Stanford Professional Women of Los Angeles

Current

Association of Business Trial Lawyers

Current

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Current

The State Bar of California

Current

Arbitrating Malpractice Claims: Support from California Case

Law360

April 29, 2014

The Renewable Resources Coalition Case: Pleading Around... The Renewable Resources Coalition Case: Pleading Around California’s Anti-SLAPP Statute

JMBM

September 3, 2013

Enforcing California Professional Services and Employment Contracts: Tips on Bypassing the Statute of Limitations

JMBM

July 24, 2013