Kalpana Srinivasan tries cutting-edge cases in courtrooms across the country. She serves as Susman Godfrey’s fourth managing partner in the firm’s 45- year history and a member of its executive committee, helping lead the 200-lawyer litigation firm in its handling of high-profile matters across the nation.
Srinivasan has been repeatedly recognized as one of the leading 500 lawyers in America by Lawdragon, and was featured in the Plaintiff Issue.
Lawdragon Honors
Srinivasan and her co-counsel received a California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) award for their work in Flo & Eddie Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio Inc., a copyright class action involving pre-1972 sound recordings. Srinivasan argued the appeal of the underlying issue to the 9th Circuit in 2021.
Srinivasan is the recipient of the Cornerstone Award from the South Asian Bar Association of North America and the Gender Diversity Lawyer of the Year from Chambers for her efforts on behalf of diverse and female lawyers in the legal profession.
Srinivasan sits on the advisory forum of Stanford Law School’s Rhode Center on the Legal Profession to make civil justice more equitable, accessible, and transparent. She currently serves on Senator Alex Padilla’s Judicial Evaluation Commission for the Central District of California and previously served on the Judicial Nominees Evaluation Commission of the California State Bar. Srinivasan previously acted as vice-president for the Western Justice Center and held leadership roles on the executive committee of the South Asian Bar Association. She has also taught a course on Class Actions at UCLA Law School.
Before becoming a lawyer, Srinivasan reported for The Associated Press in Washington D.C., covering national media and telecommunications policy.
