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Susan S. Soussan
Susan S. Soussan, P.C.
1330 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 2880
Houston, TX 77056

Phone: (713) 961-2880
Fax: (713) 961-2886
Email: susan@soussan-adr.com
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Judge Susan Soussan became a mediator in 1990 and since 1995 has been a full-time mediator and arbitrator having mediated over 4,000 matters, both pre- and post-litigation.

Susan’s mediation practice has included complex commercial litigation and high-profile cases such as Exxon Valdez v. Lloyds of London, et al.; Hayes v. Robert Courtney, Eli Lilly and Company, and Bristol-Myers Squib Company.  Her business is devoted solely to mediation and arbitration of all civil, domestic and international matters nationwide including:

  • Intellectual Property (Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights)

  • Labor Law

  • Multi-Party national and state class action cases (Pharmaceutical, Silicone Breast Implants, FenPhen, Baycol)

  • Medical Devices (Hemophilia/HIV, Pedical Screws, Sulzer Hip Implants)
    Toxic Tort (Asbestos, Silicosis)
    Product Liability (Firestone. Ford, EIFS)

  • All facets of construction litigation, personal injury, wrongful death, insurance bad faith, commercial litigation, oil and gas, probate, real-estate, and securities litigation.

Areas Of Practice
- Accident / Personal Injury - Arbitration
- Civil - Commercial
- Construction - Employment
- Environmental/Public Policy - Franchise
- Home Owners Associations - Insurance Bad Faith
- Insurance Claims - International
- Landlord/Tenant - Products Liability
- Professional Malpractice - Real Estate
- Securities - Technology
- Wills, Trusts & Estates

IAM Member since 2003


Background

Until 1994, Judge Soussan was an attorney/partner in a Houston, Texas, law firm for 17 years, concentrating in business litigation.  Thereafter, she was appointed by former Texas State Governor Ann Richards as a Texas State Civil District Judge in Houston, Texas.

Susan has served as faculty or speaker in innumerable ADR programs before bar associations, universities, law firms, law schools and corporations. She is a Fellow of American, Texas and Houston Bar Foundation. She is also a member of the distinguished panel of Nuetrals of CPR.


Education/Training

Judge Susan Soussan is a graduate of University of Texas, B.A. with Honors, 1974; New York University in Spain; University of Houston, J.D., 1977; Order of the Barons.

Judge Soussan is proficient in the Spanish language.

Practicing in Texas

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