A partner in the Litigation Department, Susanna M. Buergel has extensive experience handling a broad range of matters, with particular emphasis defending financial institutions and corporations in complex securities and commercial matters in federal and state courts across the country as well as representing financial institutions and other clients before the SEC and federal and state regulatory authorities. Susanna also has extensive intellectual property experience, counseling and litigating on behalf of clients in copyright, trademark and patent disputes.
Experience
Susanna's current and recent representations include:
- Citigroup in:
- its subprime and credit crisis-related litigations and regulatory matters;
- its auction rate securities litigation and regulatory matters; and
- the civil litigations arising out of the activities of former Salomon Smith Barney research analyst Jack Grubman (in connection with his coverage of WorldCom, Global Crossing and other issuers);
- Viking Global Investors LP, a successful hedge fund, in a dispute pending in Delaware Chancery Court; and
- Ericsson in a securities class action pending in the Southern District of New York, which was dismissed.
Susanna served as articles editor of the Columbia Law Review and was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She is an adjunct lecturer in law at Columbia Law School and currently teaches a course in trial practice. She also speaks at the ACI-Securities Enforcement Conference. Susanna was selected to Law 360's list of 10 securities lawyers under 50 to watch in March 2010. In 2012, Susanna was recognized by Legal 500 in Financial Services: Litigation. In 2013, Susanna was named a "Future Star" by Benchmark Litigation.
Practices
Education
- J.D., Columbia Law School, 1999
- B.A., Columbia University, 1996
Clerkships
- Hon. Fortunato P. Benavides, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
- Hon. Alvin K. Hellerstein, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Bar Admissions
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Related Resources
Dec 09, 2015 | Publications
United States v. Litvak: Second Circuit Overturns Conviction, Holds Defense Is Entitled to Put Forward Expert Evidence on Materiality
Oct 02, 2015 | News
Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Derivative Action Against Citigroup’s Board
Oct 05, 2015 | Publications
Supreme Court Declines To Consider Second Circuit’s Landmark Insider Trading Ruling
Oct 01, 2015 | Publications
Southern District of New York Ruling Highlights That Materiality Is a Meaningful Pleading Obstacle in ’33 Act Cases
Sep 17, 2015 | Publications
Southern District of New York Issues Ruling in AIG Securities Litigation That Increases the Hurdles for Opt-Out Plaintiffs
Jul 17, 2015 | Publications
Treasury Department’s Analysis of Existing AML and Anti-Terrorist Financing Regimes Recognizes Banks’ Efforts to Reduce the Flow of Illicit Funds Through the U.S. Financial System
Jun 15, 2015 | Publications
New York Court of Appeals Holds That Claims for Breaches of Representations and Warranties Accrue When RMBS Contracts Are Executed
Apr 28, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Issues Decision Establishing Comprehensive Framework for Adjudicating Preclusion Issues Under SLUSA
Apr 20, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Fraud Suit on Materiality Grounds, Embracing SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 99’s Quantitative and Qualitative Factors as Criteria for Materiality at the Motion to Dismiss Stage
Mar 30, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Rejects Investor Suit Against Auditors, Adhering To High Standard for Alleging Scienter
Feb 24, 2015 | Publications
California District Court Clarifies the Appropriate Terms of Securities Class Action Bar Orders and Holds That Nonsettling Class Action Defendants Are Entitled to Judgment Reduction Measured by Settling Defendants’ Liability on Securities Act Claims
Jan 22, 2015 | Events
Paul, Weiss Hosts Seminar Series on U.S. Legal Developments Affecting Canadian Companies
Jan 14, 2015 | Publications
Second Circuit Holds That Omissions Regarding “Known Trends” May Support a Section 10(b) Claim, but Imposes Limitations on Such Claims
Jan 05, 2015 | Publications
Ninth Circuit Adopts the Heightened Pleading Standard of Rule 9(b) for the Element of Loss Causation in Securities Fraud Actions
Dec 16, 2014 | Publications
Third Circuit Holds That Parties to Arbitration Agreements Can Compel Arbitration of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Claims
Of Note
Aug 07, 2014
Susanna Buergel and Michele Hirshman Named in Benchmark’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation”
Jan 19, 2011
Paul, Weiss Recognized in The American Lawyer for Texas Rangers Bid