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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
Practice Group
Litigation
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Susan Cook is a first-chair litigator who co-heads the firm's Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and false advertising litigation groups. Susan also handles complex commercial litigation involving the pharmaceutical, life sciences, food and beverage, and consumer industries.

Susan has robust experience handling APA cases against federal and state agencies, as well as challenging state laws on preemption grounds. In such cases, she works seamlessly with the firm's regulatory groups. Susan regularly represents clients in APA challenges involving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and other federal and state agencies.

Susan also handles competitor disputes in heavily-regulated industries, including claims under the Lanham Act and state laws governing false advertising and unfair competition. Susan successfully navigates the complex interplay of such laws with regulatory requirements, helping each client to craft a unique litigation strategy targeted to its own specific goals.

In her almost 20 years of practicing law, Susan has litigated in federal and state courts around the country. 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 numerous pharmaceutical companies in APA challenges against FDA, CMS, and HHS.

Successfully represented a pharmaceutical company in a constitutional challenge to a state's regulations governing the prescribing and dispensing of its drug product.

Successfully represented clients seeking to challenge state laws and regulations on federal preemption grounds.

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

Represented clients in false advertising claims brought by non-profit organizations under state consumer protection statutes.

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

2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

IP Star, (Managing Intellectual Property)

2013-2014

Top 250 Women in IP (Managing Intellectual Property)

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