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Susan Abouchar Creighton
  • Antitrust Law, Business Law, Appeals & Appellate
  • California, District of Columbia
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Antitrust Law
Business Law
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
California
State Bar of California
ID Number: 135528
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District of Columbia
District of Columbia Bar
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Professional Experience
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Current
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati
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Director of the Bureau of Competition
Federal Trade Commission
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Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition, 2001 – 2003
Partner
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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Law clerk to Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
U.S. Supreme Court
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Law clerk for Judge Pamela Ann Rymer
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
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Education
Stanford Law School
J.D. (1984)
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Honors: Order of the Coif
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Harvard University
A.B.
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Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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Awards
Thought Leader
Global Competition Review/Whos Who Legal Competition
One of the top 50 women lawyers in Washington, D.C.
Washington DC Super Lawyers
Outstanding Women Lawyers
The National Law Journal's list
Lawyer of the Year
GCR Awards
Best Academic Unilateral Conduct Article
Antitrust Writing Awards for her co-authorship of "Twenty-Five Years of Access Denials"
500 Leading Lawyers in America
Lawdragon'
2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015
Named in the editions of Chambers USA
Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers
2007 and 2008
Professional Associations
District of Columbia Bar
Member
- Current
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California State Bar  # 135528
Member
- Current
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Publications
Articles & Publications
Speaking Engagements
"Monopolization and Dominance: Legal Standards for Single-Firm Conduct," ABA Section of Antitrust Law Fall Forum, November 2007
"Industry and Regulatory Update," Via Licensing Summit, October 2007
"Antitrust Issues," LSI Technology M&A Conference, September 2007
"Patent Reform: Judicial, Legislative, and Administrative Responses to Fundamental Questions," ABA Sections of Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law, Intellectual Property/Antitrust Conference, June 2007
"Avoiding Antitrust Dilemmas in Mergers and Acquisitions," ACI Conference on Pharmaceutical Antitrust, May 2007
"Final Session: Single-Firm Conduct and Antitrust Law," DOJ/FTC Section 2 Hearings, May 8, 2007
"Intellectual Property and the Antitrust Review of Mergers and Acquisitions," ABA Section of Antitrust Spring Meeting, April 2007
"Noerr-Pennington, Patents and Standard-Setting," ABA Section of Antitrust Seminar, December 2006
"Misleading and Deceptive Conduct," DOJ/FTC Section 2 Hearings, December 6, 2006
"Managing Global Practices: FCPA, Codes of Conduct and Compliance," The Economist's Fourth General Counsel Roundtable, November 2006
"New Evidentiary Hurdles for Merging Parties and Government Regulators," George Mason Law Review Antitrust Symposium, September 2006
"Current State of Economics Underlying Section 2," ABA Section of Antitrust Brown Bag Seminar, July 2006
"The Growing Interplay of Patent and Competition Law," PLI 12th Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law, September 21 and October 5, 2006
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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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Fifth Floor
Washington, D.C., DC 20006
Telephone: (202) 973-8855
Fax: (202) 973-8899