Leslie J. Suson

Practices

• Business Litigation
• Antitrust, Competition & Distribution
• Product Liability Litigation

Professional Experience

Leslie is counsel in the firm's Product Liability Litigation, Business Litigation, and Competition, Antitrust & White-Collar Crime practice groups. She focuses her practice on product liability and general liability defense, commercial and business litigation, including secured lending and real estate litigation, insurance coverage and defense, and tort litigation.

Leslie is admitted to practice in the states of Georgia and Illinois. She also is a certified mediator in the state of Georgia.

Education

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, J.D., 1988, American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Procedure; American Jurisprudence Award in Pre-trial Litigation; Dean's List, Executive Editor, Loyola University Law Journal
• Loyola University Chicago, B.S., 1985, summa cum laude

• Served as local counsel to a pharmaceutical manufacturer in cases involving a statin drug
• Served as local counsel to a pharmaceutical manufacturer in cases involving vaccine ingredient, Thimerosal
• Represented various insurers in bad faith, indemnification, and subrogation matters
• Represented and obtained court-approved settlement for insurer in class action lawsuit involving medical payments for psychological services
• Represented various clients in breach of real estate contracts and fraud in real estate transactions
• Represented various clients in RICO, fraud, and white-collar criminal matters
• Performed internal investigation of manufacturer and represented manufacturer in false claims act litigation in connection with government contract
• Represented criminal defendants facing death penalty in appeal on a pro bono basis
• Represented prisoner in connection with civil rights violations on a pro bono basis
• Represented minor facing transfer to adult system for criminal prosecution on a pro bono basis
  
  
  
  
• Selected cases:
• American Home Products Corp.v. Ferrari,  289 Ga. 184, 710 S.E.2d 771 (2011)
• R & R Insulation Services, Inc. v. Royal Indemnity, et al. 307 Ga. App. 419 (2010)
• Haynes v. Cyberonics, Inc., No. 1:09-CV-2700-JEC, 2011 WL 3903238 (N.D. Ga. Sept. 6, 2011)
• Selene RMOF REO Acquisition II, LLC, et al. v. Vandiver & Kaufman, LLC, No. 3:10-cv-109 (CAR), 2011 WL 1833204 (M.D. Ga. May 12, 2011)
• Winchester v. Pension Comm. of Michael Reese Health, 942 F.2d 1190 (7th Cir. 1991)
• Rick Nolan's Auto Body Shop, Inc. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 718 F. Supp. 721 (N.D. Ill. 1989)
• Zegar v. Sears Roebuck & Co., 211 Ill.App.3d 1025, 570 N.E.2d 1176 (1st Dist. 1991)

• Co-Author, "Illinois Survey of Criminal Procedures" · 18 Loyola Law Journal, 1988
• Co-Author, "Alice In Pharmaland: The 'Curiouser And Curiouser' Case Of Conte v. Wyeth" · Rx for the Defense, Winter 2009