Partner, Los Angeles
444 South Flower Street
8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2901

TEL: 213.243.6189
FAX: 213.243.6330
EMAIL: smitchell@mckennalong.com

PROFILE

Susan Mitchell has been a litigator for more than fifteen years, during which she has appeared before federal trial courts, the United States Court of Federal Claims and California trial courts. She was also the lead partner in the successful defense of a $60,000,000 claim by a French company against a Japanese company in a two-year arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce. The matter was tried through two hearings before a panel that included former U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzanbach. The case involved technical engineering issues, including a poorly-defined engineering baseline, engineering change orders and charges of delay and disruption during the manufacturing process.

Susan was also the senior litigator during an eight-month trial where she successfully defended a major U.S. aerospace company in a $60,000,000 claim involving allegations of fraudulently prepared "level two" engineering drawings. She is currently managing litigation on behalf of another major U.S. aerospace company involving multi-million dollar claims arising from supposed waiver of specifications during Critical Design Review as well as allegedly ambiguous manufacturing specifications. For the past two years, Susan has also been one of the two litigators representing Boeing in the Peace Shield termination for default case, one of the largest such cases in the history of government contract litigation.

Susan, who was Managing Editor of the Minnesota Law Review, has been litigation counsel in civil jury trials involving breach of contract, unfair competition, labor disputes, performance certification and testing and technical data infringement issues. She has litigated commercial cases involving financial agreements, real property sales and acquisition, product liability, wrongful termination, bankruptcy and corporate fiduciary obligations. She also handles unfair competition cases, including theft of trade secrets and false advertising.