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Susan M. Cook

Partner
Washington, D.C.

Susan M. Cook
Email
susan.cook@hoganlovells.com
Phone
+1 202 637 6684
Fax
+1 202 637 5910
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Susan Cook is a first-chair litigator who represents clients involved in complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on the life sciences, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, consumer, and technology industries.

Susan has robust experience in Administrative Procedure Act (APA) cases against federal and state agencies. She also routinely handles disputes among competitors and contract parties, including in the areas of the Lanham Act, unfair competition, false advertising, and trade secret litigation.

Susan regularly represents pharmaceutical companies in APA challenges involving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and other federal agencies. In such cases, Susan works seamlessly with members of the firm's regulatory groups.

In the areas of competitor and contract disputes (including unfair competition, false advertising, and trade secret litigation), Susan regularly advises clients before disputes arise. When matters end up in court, Susan helps each client craft a unique litigation strategy targeted to its own specific goals.

In her more than 17 years of practicing law, Susan has litigated in federal and state courts around the country, as well as before arbitration tribunals. Susan has been praised for her "keen abilities" by Managing Intellectual Property, which named her one of the Top 250 Women in IP in 2013 and 2014.

Practices

Industries

"The IP practice at Hogan Lovells benefits from the keen abilities of Susan Cook regarding her litigation work in patent, trademark, copyright, and Lanham Act cases as well as her experience with Section 337 proceedings before the ITC."

Managing Intellectual Property

Areas of Focus

Representative Experience

Represented a pharmaceutical company in a constitutional challenge to a state's regulations governing prescribing and dispensing our client's drug.

Represented numerous pharmaceutical companies in APA challenges against FDA and HHS.

Represented pharmaceutical and food and beverage clients in Lanham Act false advertising and unfair competition disputes.

Represented clients in trade secret, trademark, and non-compete cases in federal and state courts.

Represented consumer clients in Section 337 cases before the ITC.

Education and admissions

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1998
  • B.A., cum laude, Yale University, 1995

Memberships

  • Administrative Law and Agency Practice Steering Committee for the District of Columbia Bar, 2016
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
  • Member, Intellectual Property Owners Association
  • Member, ITC Trial Lawyers Association
  • Member, Maryland State Bar Association 

Bar admissions and qualifications

  • District of Columbia
  • Maryland

Court admissions

  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals
  • Maryland Court of Appeals
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

2013-2014

Top 250 Women in IP (Managing Intellectual Property)

2013-2014

IP Star, (Managing Intellectual Property)

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