Suzanne Salgado’s practice focuses on trial work and civil litigation. Suzanne has tried both bench and jury trials in courts around the country. Suzanne represents individuals and corporations in high-stakes litigations—developing themes, preparing and examining key witnesses, and designing strategies that have resulted in favorable outcomes for her clients. Suzanne has experience with a range of substantive areas of law, including healthcare, financial services, and contract and commercial disputes. In addition to her trial work, she has represented clients from a range of industries in investigations by State Attorneys General and by the United States Government.
A native of Washington, D.C., Suzanne received her B.A., cum laude, from Yale University in 2008. She received her J.D., with high honors, from The George Washington University Law School in 2013, where she was the Senior Articles Editor for The George Washington Law Review. After law school, she clerked for Judge Richard J. Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Suzanne is vice chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee.
Representative Experience
Though all cases vary and none is predictive, Suzanne’s experience includes:
- Trial counsel in a four-month, 40+ witness trial concerning misrepresentation, defective renovation, and breach of fiduciary duty. The judge found in favor of her client and awarded over $350 million.
- Representing financial service providers and law firm against civil RICO and fraud claims relating to credit reporting and credit report repair, including a three-week civil RICO trial that resulted in a jury verdict in favor of her clients.
- Defending Cardinal Health in state and federal trials relating to the Company’s distribution of opioid medications, including obtaining a complete defense verdict after a landmark 3-month-long, 70-witness bench trial in West Virginia.
- Representing Cardinal Health as national counsel in the nationwide opioid litigation in federal multi-district litigation and state court proceedings.
- Trial counsel representing a national health care company in a major intervened false claims jury trial in federal court.
- Representing a national bank in class action litigation resolved before trial.
- Representing the former President and Defense Minister of a Latin American country in the first-ever civil trial in the United States against a former head of state of a foreign country.