Susan Stradley

While in law school, Susan was a member of the Texas Environmental Law Journal and Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law and participated in the National Environmental Law and Thad T. Hutcheson Moot Court competitions.

• Defended a prominent aerospace technology company as part of the trial team that obtained a complete defense verdict on the plaintiffs’ personal injury claims in Cameron County, Texas
• Represented an oilfield services company in a series of patent infringement lawsuits in the Western District of Texas and District of Wyoming; cases settled favorably before trial after several major victories during claim construction and dispositive motion practice
• Defended an oilfield services company in a bet-the-company case in the Southern District of Texas involving allegations of trade secret misappropriation; following completion of expedited discovery, the case settled favorably at the preliminary injunction hearing
• Represented a leading supplier and manufacturer of machinery products in a patent infringement dispute in the Southern District of Iowa; case settled favorably before trial with the defendant agreeing to pay the client’s full requested damages
• Defended a major provider of payroll and HR management software in a business dispute seeking injunctive relief originally filed in Harris County, Texas; plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their claims after removal to the Southern District of Texas and after less than one year of litigation
• Represented a global medical technology company in a complex multiparty dispute involving negligence and personal injury claims in the Western District of Louisiana; case settled favorably at mediation prior to trial