Fahringer, Susan

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• French

Lawyer Overview

Susan Fahringer has over 16 years' experience representing clients involved in intellectual property litigation (including copyright, trademark and trade secret litigation), as well as in business litigation and complex commercial litigation. She has represented individual artists and professionals as well as clients from a variety of industries, from video game and software companies to capital equipment manufacturers. Susan also has substantial experience counseling clients with respect to protection and enforcement of their intellectual property rights and in helping clients develop and enforce anticounterfeiting programs.

Susan has worked for Perkins Coie since 1990. She has served on the Firmwide Executive Committee since 2000, has served as Chair of the Firmwide Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group and was recently elected to serve on the Firm's Management Committee.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Copyright Litigation
• Trademark Litigation
• Trade Secrets
• IP Enforcement Programs
• Litigation
• Retail & Consumer Products
• Arbitration
• Game Industry
• Intellectual Property

West Practice Categories

Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Appeals, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Law Enforcement Agencies, Regulatory Enforcement, Business & Commercial Law, Products Liability Law, Arbitration, Business Organizations

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington

Past Employment Positions

• Perkins Coie, Seattle, Summer Associate, 1990
• Cole & Cole, Davis, Summer Legal Intern, 1989

Education

• University of California at Davis School of Law, Davis, California, 1991
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Law Review: Staff Editor, University of California Davis Law Review, 1990 - 1991
• Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1985
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Major: Philosophy

Address

1201 Third Avenue
Suite 4800
Seattle, WA 98101-3099

Phones

(206) 359-8687

Faxes

(206) 359-9000

Emails

sfahringer@perkinscoie.com

Websites

http://www.perkinscoie.com