Susan Stradley

Associate

She/Her/Hers

Susan Stradley represents clients in a diverse array of complex matters in US state and federal district courts and the US International Trade Commission, including intellectual property and patent, trade secret, and complex commercial litigation. Her litigation experience spans all stages of a case’s lifecycle, including hearings, discovery, dispositive motion practice, claim construction, trial preparation, and trial. Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Susan served as a law clerk to Judges Robert W. Schroeder III and John D. Love of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

While in law school, Susan was a member of the Texas Environmental Law Journal and Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law and participated in the National Environmental Law and Thad T. Hutcheson Moot Court competitions.

Defended a prominent aerospace technology company as part of the trial team that obtained a complete defense verdict on the plaintiffs’ personal injury claims in Cameron County, Texas
Represented an oilfield services company in a series of patent infringement lawsuits in the Western District of Texas and District of Wyoming; cases settled favorably before trial after several major victories during claim construction and dispositive motion practice
Defended an oilfield services company in a bet-the-company case in the Southern District of Texas involving allegations of trade secret misappropriation; following completion of expedited discovery, the case settled favorably at the preliminary injunction hearing
Represented a leading supplier and manufacturer of machinery products in a patent infringement dispute in the Southern District of Iowa; case settled favorably before trial with the defendant agreeing to pay the client’s full requested damages
Defended a major provider of payroll and HR management software in a business dispute seeking injunctive relief originally filed in Harris County, Texas; plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their claims after removal to the Southern District of Texas and after less than one year of litigation
Represented a global medical technology company in a complex multiparty dispute involving negligence and personal injury claims in the Western District of Louisiana; case settled favorably at mediation prior to trial

University of Texas School of Law, 2019, J.D.
Baylor University, 2016, B.A., Environmental Studies, cum laude

Texas
US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
US District Court for the Western District of Texas

Clerkship to Judge Robert W. Schroeder III of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (2020 - 2021)
Clerkship to Judge John D. Love of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (2019 - 2020)

Member, Eastern District of Texas Bar Association

Member, Houston Young Lawyers Association

Member, Association of Former Law Clerks of the Eastern District of Texas